UNWTO organizes 6th conference on wine tourism
UNWTO organizes 6th conference on wine tourism The importance of partnerships and cooperation to build sustainability and community development was emphasized at the sixth edition of the UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism. Held in the city of Alba, Piedmont, Italy, the conference brought together more than 300 leading public and private sector experts from […]
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Tourism revenues on the mend in Mediterranean countries
Tourism revenues on the mend in Mediterranean countries Even if the number of visitors has still not quite recovered to pre-pandemic levels, Mediterranean countries are enjoying a much-needed boost as inflation and a strong sector recovery lift this year’s tourist spending and tax receipts higher. The positive trend is one factor lending support to the […]
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Greek Tourism Minister to Le Monde: Next campaign will focus on sustainable tourism
Greek Tourism Minister to Le Monde: Next campaign will focus on sustainable tourism Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said that the next tourism campaign will focus on sustainable tourism, in statements to Le Monde newspaper, ANA reports.In Le Monde’s story on the huge travel flows to Greece this year and on the future challenges, Kikilias […]
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Kililias to Le Monde: Greece next campaign will focus on sustainable tourism
Kililias to Le Monde: Greece next campaign will focus on sustainable tourism Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said that the next tourism campaign will focus on sustainable tourism, in statements to Le Monde newspaper. In a Le Monde’s story on the huge travel flows to Greece this year and on the future challenges, Kikilias noted that […]
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World Tourism Awards 2022: The gems of Greek tourism among top European brands
World Tourism Awards 2022: The gems of Greek tourism among top European brands Europe’s premier travel brands have been revealed at a blockbuster gala ceremony at the new Hilton Mallorca Galatzo. The brightest stars of the hospitality industry aligned at the World Travel Awards (WTA) European Gala Ceremony 2022 to discover who amongst them had […]
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Russian dominance of Cyprus tourism ends
Russian dominance of Cyprus tourism ends In June 2021 at the 43rd conference of the Pancyprian Hoteliers Association (PASYXE), it was officially made clear that the markets of Russia and Britain would no longer be a one-way street for the Cypriot tourism industry. As part of the conference, the deputy minister of tourism indicated that […]
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Cyprus tourism takings soar in year to July
Cyprus tourism takings soar in year to July Revenue from tourism in Cyprus reached 1.217 billion euros in the period of January-July 2022, more than doubling the revenue in the respective period of last year. Increased revenue was thanks to the recovery of tourist arrivals, despite the loss of Russian tourists (Cyprus’ second largest market), […]
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Distinction for the Hellenic Tourism Organization’s Office in China
Distinction for the Hellenic Tourism Organization’s Office in China The Coordinating Center for China-Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Tourism of the 14+1 Initiative has announced this year’s Marco Polo Tourism Awards, in which Greek tourism received two important distinctions. More specifically, the Hellenic Tourism Organization-EOT’s Office in Beijing stood out and was honored […]
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Kikilias meets tour operators and airline reps in Sweden
Kikilias meets tour operators and airline reps in Sweden Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias continued his promotional tour abroad with a visit to Sweden on Friday. In Stockholm he and Greek National Tourism Organization Secretary-General Dimitris Fragakis met with tour agency and trade representatives, the heads of SAS and Eurowings Airlines, and representatives of Swedish pensioners. […]
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July Becomes a Record-Breaking Tourism Month in Greece
July Becomes a Record-Breaking Tourism Month in Greece July Was a Record-Busting Tourism Month in Greece. Credit: wikimedia commons/Pedro Szekely CC BY SA 2.0 Despite the waning COVID-19 pandemic and the political turmoil the EU is currently facing with the Russian invasion in Ukraine, July was a record-breaking month for tourism in Greece. July saw […]
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UN World Tourism Organization supports sector promotion in Tenerife
UN World Tourism Organization supports sector promotion in Tenerife UNWTO has welcomed a delegation from Turismo de Tenerife (SPET) to draft a roadmap for future collaborations. One of the Canary Islands, Tenerife is one of Europe’s most popular destinations, welcoming 2.7 million tourists in 2021 alone. The destination has significant touristic potential, and it is […]
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Editorial Ta Nea: A serious approach to the tourism sector
Editorial Ta Nea: A serious approach to the tourism sector All the figures indicate that Greece had an exceptional tourist season this year. Indeed, revenues in July approached those in the record-breaking year 2019, when there was no pandemic or war. Bank of Greece data indicate that tourism revenues were comparable to 2019: 3.723bn euros. […]
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Kikilias in Paris for Top Resa 2022 exhibition
Kikilias in Paris for Top Resa 2022 exhibition Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias headed to Paris on Tuesday for the IFTM Top Resa 2022 international exhibition, as well as a series of meetings with his European counterparts. Accompanied by the secretary-general of the Greek National Tourism Organization, Dimitris Fragakis, he will also visit the Greek pavilion […]
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Direct flights from US to Greece being extended into winter
Direct flights from US to Greece being extended into winter Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias has underlined the deepening strategic relationship with the United States, whose culmination, he told the Travel Leaders forum at Lagonisi, eastern Attica, was the establishment of nine direct flights a day between Greece and America’s largest airports, corresponding to 63 flights […]
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GNTO boosts sports tourism in Greece
GNTO boosts sports tourism in Greece Five, high-level international sports tourism events will take place in the coming days on the islands of Santorini, Corfu, Sifnos, and Mykonos and the town of Nafpaktos, under the auspices of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), ANA reports. The GNTO, as it stressed in an announcement, constantly supports […]
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Register for power consumers
Register for power consumers Electricity suppliers are trying to prevent so-called “energy tourism” – i.e. the phenomenon of consumers constantly switching from one provider to another, leading to the accumulation of arrears – by creating a consumers register similar to the Teiresias register of bad debtors. In August, the first month of implementation of the […]
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Is the surge in tourism leading to a ‘summerless’ Greece?
Is the surge in tourism leading to a ‘summerless’ Greece? Professor Stathis Kalyvas, the author of the recent piece in Kathimerini “A Summerless Greece?”, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss how the incredible surge in visitors to the country is dramatically changing its tourism landscape, and looks at whether this is putting the “Greek summer” – […]
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Greek Tourism Minister signs deal with Austrian counterpart in Vienna
Greek Tourism Minister signs deal with Austrian counterpart in Vienna Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias signed a collaboration agreement with his Austrian counterpart, Susanne Kraus Winkler, in Vienna on Monday, ANA reports. Kikilias is carrying out a two-day visit to Vienna to boost the two countries cooperation in tourism. The agreement concerns sustainable tourism development […]
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Greek tourism revenues to reach €20 bln this year
Greek tourism revenues to reach €20 bln this year Tourism in Greece is on track to yield record high revenues this year, exceeding pre-pandemic levels, according to local officials, industry experts and analysts. “2022 has been an amazing year for Greek tourism… I’m very happy to say that both branded and alternative destinations, on both […]
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Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum heading north
Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum heading north The 2023 Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum will be held in Thessaloniki next spring, as the organizers of Greece’s premier cruising and yachting conference have decided to move the biennial event away from Athens for the first time since its inception 11 years ago. The 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum […]
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Flight data point to tourism season extension
Flight data point to tourism season extension The prospect of the tourism season lengthening has been confirmed by the figures the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) has issued regarding flying activity during the next six weeks. Starting this week and up to October 16, the number of flights in Greece is […]
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Kikilias starts Euro tour in Germany
Kikilias starts Euro tour in Germany Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Monday began a tour of Northern and Central European countries with a visit to Germany. His schedule in Berlin included a series of meetings with the heads of German airline companies and major tour operators in order to attract tourists for the fall and […]
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Greek Tourism Minister in Berlin to discuss extension of season with airlines and tour operators
Greek Tourism Minister in Berlin to discuss extension of season with airlines and tour operators Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias is meeting with top airlines official and large tour operators in Berlin as of Monday, on the extension of the tourism season into winter and the preparation for next year’s season, ANA reports. On Monday, […]
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Research | Tourism: Value for money determines travel destination selection
Research | Tourism: Value for money determines travel destination selection Value for money becomes the decisive criterion for electing a holiday destination, according to a survey of 180,000 travelers in 28 countries, carried out by PR consultancy Travel Lifestyle Network (TLN) in partnership with the UK think tank Thrive and Audience Net. Based on the […]
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UNWTO joins European Historic Thermal Towns Association to promote thermal tourism
UNWTO joins European Historic Thermal Towns Association to promote thermal tourism The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has joined the European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA) and the Spanish region of Galicia in the north of the country (Axencia Turismo Galicia) to announce plans for this year’s “International Congress on Thermal Tourism”, which kicks off on […]
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Kikilias in Berlin to discuss extension of tourism season with airlines, tour operators
Kikilias in Berlin to discuss extension of tourism season with airlines, tour operators Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias is meeting with top airlines official and large tour operators in Berlin as of Monday, on the extension of the tourism season into winter and the preparation for next year’s season. On Monday, he met separately with heads […]
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Tourism professionals see revenue up 50% by 2030
Tourism professionals see revenue up 50% by 2030 An action plan prepared and recently published by the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) claims that by improving tourism services and adopting growth targets through specific actions, rather than counting on haphazard growth, revenue from tourism could reach €27 billion by 2030, up 50% from the €18 billion reached […]
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Kikilias touts extended season in Halkidiki
Kikilias touts extended season in Halkidiki Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday expressed his satisfaction over the course of tourism in Halkidiki, Central Macedonia, noting that the extension of the tourism season to the months of autumn will significantly boost the local economy. Kikilias paid a one-day visit to the Halkidiki Peninsula to examine all […]
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Evia tops demand for social tourism vouchers in August
Evia tops demand for social tourism vouchers in August Almost 50,000 social tourism vouchers were cashed in during August, according to data from the Public Employment Service (DYPA, formerly known as OAED). Last month a total of 49,000 OAED/DYPA 2022-23 social tourism vouchers were activated at tourism accommodation facilities across Greece, marking an increase of […]
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Tourism in Athens brings record revenue to food service
Tourism in Athens brings record revenue to food service “With hard work and in a very difficult year with war in the heart of Europe, energy crisis and inflation, Athens made a dynamic comeback in tourism,” emphasized the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, stating that the income from tourism will be above the 18.2 billion […]
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