Study: Greek CEOs Optimistic About post-Covid Future

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Greek CEOs who participated in a recent KPMG survey appear to be optimistic about the day after Covid-19 with 82 percent expressing confidence in the country’s future potential for growth compared to 66 percent before the pandemic. The 7th CEO Outlook study carried out in July and August this year on 50 Greek executives active […]

Greece Keeps Covid-19 Air Travel Rules Unchanged

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Photo source: Shutterstock The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Friday extended the rules that all international travelers must follow to enter Greece. The rules, which have been extended until until October 15, are part of the HCAA’s Covid-19 aviation directives that concern flights and arrivals to Greece from abroad. In short, arrivals are allowed […]

Greece Posts Weak Jan-July 2021 Tourism Revenue

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© GTP Greece’s tourism revenue was down by 62.9 percent in the first seven months of 2021 compared to pre-Covid-19 2019, which was also a record year, according to the SETE Intelligence (INSETE) monthly report released this week. More specifically, tourism receipts in the January-July 2021 period came to 3.383 million euros. According to INSETE, […]

Travel & Tourism Bodies Welcome UK Decision to Remove 47 Countries from ‘Red List’

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Photo source: WTTC Global travel and tourism bodies welcomed a decision on Thursday by the UK government to narrow down its “red list” of countries based on Covid-19 risk, saying it was in the right direction and would facilitate international travel. The UK’s department for transport announced that as of 4am on Monday, 47 countries […]

EU Tells Members to Open Borders to Travelers from Bahrain and United Arab Emirates

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Photo source: WTTC The European Council on Friday added Bahrain and United Arab Emirates to its updated “safe list” of third countries, special administrative regions and other entities for which Covid-19 restrictions should be lifted for travel into the EU. The criteria to determine the third countries for which the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel […]

Condé Nast Traveler Readers Place 7 Greek Islands Among Europe’s Best

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Mykonos, Greece Seven Greek islands – Mykonos, Zakynthos, Hydra, Rhodes, Paros, Crete and Santorini – are included on the “Top 20 Islands in Europe” list of Condé Nast Traveler’s (CNT) Readers’ Choice Awards 2021. Published annually by CNT, the Readers’ Choice Awards aim to recognize the world’s best hotels, cities, islands, cruises, and resorts, as […]

Germany Returns Two Stolen Greek Orthodox Icons

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Two 18th-century Greek Orthodox icons that had been stolen in 2007 from a monastery outside Ioannina, northern Greece, were returned this week after being located in Germany. The two works, one depicting Christ Pantocrator and the other Panagia Portaitissa (Virgin Mary), were removed from the Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the […]

Jan-Aug Tourist Arrivals in Greece Down By 51.2% Compared to 2019

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The number of travelers to Greece in the first eight months of the year remained down over pre-Covid-19 levels to 7.7 million compared to 15.8 million in 2019, according to the monthly report released on Thursday by SETE Intelligence (INSETE). More specifically, according to the research department of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), international

Greek Tourism Minister Wraps Up Paris Visit, Optimistic About French Market

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Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias (second from right) and Greek National Tourism Organization Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis (second from left) with representatives of Air France at the Greek stand at the IFTM Top Resa expo in Paris. Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday wrapped up his two-day visit to Paris during which he made […]

‘The Expendables 4’ to Kick Off Filming in Thessaloniki, Greece

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“The Expendables” movie poster Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, will be coming into the international spotlight next month when filming on location kicks off for blockbuster Expendables 4. Preparations are underway for the Hollywood project, a large part of which will be shot in Thessaloniki and budgeted at 19 million euros. Filming is scheduled to […]