EU Council Agrees to Extend Covid Certificate Validity Beyond 2022

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Photo source: EC – Audiovisual Service / Photographer: Denis Lovrovic The Council of the European Union on Friday agreed to extend the regulation establishing the EU Digital COVID Certificate. In force since 1 July 2021, the digital COVID certificate has played an important role in facilitating the free movement of people in the EU during […]

ACI World Sees Slow Recovery for Global Passenger Traffic in 2022

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Photo source: European Commission International passenger volume is forecast to be only slightly above 2 billion in 2022, corresponding to 53.8 percent of 2019 volume, according to the latest data on the impact of Covid-19 on global passenger traffic and the airport business released recently by Airports Council International (ACI) World, the trade association of […]

Royal Caribbean Group to Launch Winter Cruises from Greece

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Royal Caribbean Group will be operating winter cruises out of Greece starting February 2023, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced this week. Kikilias met with representatives from Royal Caribbean Group to discuss the launch of a new 2,200-passenger culture-themed cruise to homeport in Piraeus and make port calls in Cyprus, Israel and Egypt. Royal Caribbean

Works on Athens Metro Line 4 Section 1 Underway

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Οne of the most important transport projects in Greece, the first section of Athens Metro Line 4, is underway aiming once completed to facilitate thousands of commuters each day. Works on the first section of the project linking Veikou Park (Alsos Veikou) with Goudi are set to begin in 2023. More specifically, the 15-stop, 13km […]

EU Wants to Stop Shady Golden Visa Schemes

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MEPs ask the Commission to prepare a legislative proposal banning the sale of European citizenship and regulating “golden visas” Photo © AdS/hamzeh EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to restrict “golden visa” schemes in efforts to tackle shady money dealings. By majority vote, MEPs called for a ban on “golden visa” programs and an EU-wide regulation on […]

Greece to Strengthen Tourism Ties with China

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Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Chinese Ambassador to Athens Xiao Junzhen Greece and China are looking into ways to further strengthen their tourism ties through joint initiatives. Following a recent meeting in Athens, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Chinese Ambassador to Athens Xiao Junzhen agreed on the development of a two-year joint action

Greek Island Tinos Gets Seaplane Port Infrastructure

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The Greek island of Tinos is preparing to launch seaplane transport operations after waterway managing company Hellenic Seaplanes announced that infrastructure construction was underway. “Construction of the Tinos waterway has begun. The installation of land infrastructure is expected to be complete in March,” the company said in a statement. Tinos in the Cyclades

Greece – EU Culture Ministers Call for Protection of Ukraine Heritage

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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and her EU counterparts are calling for the protection of Ukraine’s cultural heritage under the Declaration of the European Ministers Responsible for Culture, Audiovisual and Media in Support of Ukraine. In an informal meeting in France, this week, Europe’s ministers responsible for culture, audiovisual and media expressed solidarity

GNTO Promotes Alonissos and Astypalea to UK Market

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Alonissos Mayor Petros Vafinis with the head of the GNTO service in the UK and Ireland Eleni Skarveli. The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) presented the islands of Alonissos and Astypalea to the UK market during a recent event for the promotion of Greece’s destinations that took place in the Greek Ambassador’s residence in London. […]

Greece to See More ‘Casa Cook’ and ‘Cook’s Club’ Hotels in 2022

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Fosun Tourism Group, part of the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International and a company focused on the leisure travel market, has announced the opening of four new hotels in Greece under the brands of Casa Cook and Cook’s Club. Initially launched by tour operator Thomas Cook, both hotel brands were acquired in late 2019 by the […]