Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Photo Source: @Thessaloniki Travel The Greek city of Thessaloniki is presented as an ideal nearby city break destination for Romanian travelers in an extensive feature recently published by National Geographic Traveler Romania. Journalist Cătălin Gruiea and his crew recently visited the northern port city as part of a familiarization
Athens International Airport (AIA) was included among the most efficient airports in the world at the 2020 ATRS Global Airport Efficiency Awards, held virtually in July by the US-based Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Award winning airports were decided by efficiency rankings as measured by residual Variable Factor
Despite its swift and effective response to the coronavirus pandemic, Greece must bolster its economy with added measures, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said this week, urging at the same time the introduction of employment enhancement measures, increasing productivity growth, addressing banking system needs, and ensuring fairness and
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) on Wednesday warned governments around the world that further country-wide border closures could seriously jeopardise global economic recovery. “Unfortunately, a number of countries around the world are experiencing local coronavirus (Covid-19) spikes. This is forcing a re-think by a number of governments which are now having
Greek tourism revenue suffered a massive blow in May 2020 – the first month of the tourism season – due to the outbreak of Covid-19 with travel receipts plummeting by 99.2 percent to 13 million euros from 1.56 billion euros in May last year, according to tentative data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) […]
Photo source: Heathrow Airport Greek Civil Protection and Crisis Management Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias on Tuesday said that the overall picture of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases from UK arrivals is not alarming. Speaking during a televised address, Hardalias said that from July 15, the day direct flights were allowed back to Greece from the UK, until […]
Agios Sostis beach, Mykonos © Maria Theofanopoulou Greece is home to more secluded beaches than anywhere in Europe, a recent survey by UK online travel agency loveholidays reveals. Loveholidays searched TripAdvisor reviews to discover destinations with the highest proportion of mentions of “secluded”, “isolated”, “remote” and “hidden”. More than a third (seven) of the
Photo Source: @Visit Greece The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) recently took part in the online Chinese campaign #Thinkingofyou, gaining buzz for Greek tourism on social media. Launched by Chinese company Dragon Trail Interactive, the campaign ran in June and July on Wechat and Weibo. It was initiated in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Nea Makri, Attica. Archive photo: Municipality of Marathonas The wider area of Mati, Nea Makri, and Rafina, which was ravaged by one of Greece’s deadliest fires in July 2018 will undergo redevelopment according to the latest spatial plan which went up earlier this month for public consultation. Supervised by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG), […]
National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo Source: Ministry of Culture The courtyard of one of the Greek capital’s most-visited museums, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, opened to the public this week after a series of renovations and upgrades, the Culture Ministry announced. Inspired by ancient Greek philosophy, culture and mythology, the gardens have been


















