Travel editor Sarah Chevalley in Portaria on Mount Pelion. The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) presented the tourism offerings of Athens and Mount Pelion to French journalists who visited the two destinations earlier in October. During the past week, the organization hosted “Le Figaro Magazine” travel editor Sarah Chevalley and photographer Laurent Fabre, who
Tourism representatives from all over the world on Monday agreed that consistent and harmonized travel protocols, enhanced safety measures and the protection of jobs and livelihoods are the main ingredients needed for the restart of tourism following its impact from the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Taking part in the sixth meeting of the UNWTO Global Tourism […]
Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Alexandros Vassilikos has been re-elected as an Executive Committee (ExCom) Member of HOTREC, the European umbrella association of hotels, restaurants and cafés. Representing the hotel, restaurant and café industry at European level, HOTREC brings together 45 national associations representing the interest of this industry in 33
Mandraki harbour, Rhodes. Travelers are still visiting Greece in October with the airports of Rhodes, Kos, Santorini and Mykonos welcoming a total of 130,614 visitors so far this month, said the South Aegean Region, citing data of regional airport manager Fraport Greece. More specifically, a total of 130,614 foreign tourists traveled to Greece on 869 […]
Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo source: Visit Greece / H. Kakarouhas Thessaloniki authorities are alarmed over new Covid-19 cases increasing among younger age groups as well as a spike in the number of infections. Thessaloniki Regional Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas and the city’s mayor Konstantinos Zervas presented Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis the recent developments
Grigoris Tasios during the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation’s 2020 general assembly in Thessaloniki. Greek hotelier Grigoris Tasios was elected to serve a second term as president of the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (known as POX in Greek), during the federation’s general assembly held recently in Thessaloniki. Commenting on his re-election, Tasios said that his second
Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis called for the implementation of rapid testing for Covid-19 at all European airports in order to enable travel and ensure the safety of travelers, tourism professionals and destination populations. Theoharis presented the initiative to tourism leaders during his participation this week in the 6th
Greece is on the list of the Top 10 Best-selling Honeymoon Destinations for 2021 that was recently released by international travel specialist Kuoni, as part of its latest honeymoon report. In its new report, Kuoni reveals the honeymoon trends in light of Covid-19. According to Kuoni’s findings, wedding and honeymoon plans have been thrown into disarray […]
Photo source: TUI Group Travel giant TUI on Monday said bookings for travel to Greece next summer are looking ‘outstandingly good’, which is a result of how well Greece prepared its tourism restart in the post-Covid-19 era. “The way the government in Greece prepared to restart could have been a blueprint for many destinations in […]
Passenger traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 68.9 percent in the first nine months of the year reflecting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on air travel, according to data released this week by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). A total of 16.6 million passengers went through Greek airports in the January-September period down by […]


















