Greece Paves Way for Next-generation Freight Transport Projects

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Photo source: Trainose Greek authorities have set aside 4 billion euros to connect major ports with the country’s railway network setting into motion a new round of next-generation freight transport projects. A main priority of the transport ministry and the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), the projects aim to establish Greece as a hub for freight […]

Greece Named ‘Favorite Country’ at 2021 Global Traveler-The Trazees Awards

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Photo source: @Visit Greece Greece, for the second consecutive year has been named “Favorite Country” at the seventh edition of Global Traveler – The Trazees 2021 awards. Greece ranked first on the list, followed by Ireland in second place and Spain in third. Greece also ranked second in the “Favorite Honeymoon Destination” category. Tahiti topped […]

Lavrio’s Iconic ‘French Iron Quay’ to Be Restored

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Photo source: Lavreotiki Municipality The Greek culture ministry announced that a major industrial heritage monument, an old iron quay used by the French Mining Company in the late 1880s in the port town of Lavrio, southeast of Athens, has been approved for restoration. The culture ministry’s Central Council of Modern Monuments unanimously agreed on a […]

Greece Announces New Round of Rules to Tackle Covid-19

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Greek Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias Greek Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias announced on Tuesday new measures for admission to indoor spaces including restaraunts and bars and testing requirements that go into effect on September 13 aiming to stop the spread of Covid-19 and to protect the public health system. “These rules are not punitive,” said Kikilias […]

Theoharis: Tourism Approaching Greece’s Record 2019 Levels

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis. Photo source: @htheoharis “Tourism is reaching 2019 levels,” said Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis on Tuesday, expressing his satisfaction with the performance of the sector, which he said is a driving force of the economy. Speaking on MEGA channel, Theoharis confirmed that in July and August more than 2 million […]

BoG: Greece Travel Receipts Up by 51% in January – June

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Herod Atticus Odeon, Athens © GTP Travel receipts in the first six months of the year increased by 51.0 percent and by 851.8 percent in June, said the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Monday attributing the positive trend to a 317.1 percent increase in June of inbound traveler flows. More specifically, according to central bank […]

Greece Museum Visits Down 89.4% in January – April 2021

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The number of visitors to Greece’s museums dropped 89.4 percent between January and April 2021, said the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). According to the results of ELSTAT’s monthly survey with data on visitor numbers and generated receipts from tickets sales at museums and archaeological sites for April, the number of visitors to Greece’s sites over […]

GNTO – Ryanair Partner to Promote Greek Tourism to UK, Germany and Italy

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Photo source: Visit Greece / All you want is Greece The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and low-cost carrier Ryanair will run a joint communication campaign with the aim to strengthen Greece’s position as a tourism destination in the British, German and Italian markets. According to an announcement, the country’s “All you want is Greece” […]

Minister: Greece Recovering, Betting on September-October Tourism

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Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki. Photo source: @Sofia Zacharaki Greece is looking to cover lost ground with tourist bookings into September and October, said Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki. In an interview to Liberal.gr, she confirmed that tourism performance in 2021 was on an upward trend. June came near to 50 percent of pre-Covid-19 pandemic […]

Covid-19: Germany to Designate Crete, South Aegean Islands as ‘High Risk’ Areas for Travel

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Photo source: BER – Berlin Brandenburg Airport Germany has announced that it will move Crete and the South Aegean Islands on its Covid-19 “high risk” travel list as of midnight, Tuesday, August 24. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, Crete and the Aegean islands will be classified as “areas with a […]