Greece Fourth Place for Austrians
Austria’s daily Kronen Zeitung recently published the 10 most popular holiday destinations Austrians visited during the July-September 2008 period. According to the newspaper, Austrian’s first choice...
View ArticleGreece Comes Second in Travel Habits Poll
Italy was voted favorite European country in this year’s Telegraph Travel Awards reader’s survey followed by Greece and Switzerland. The survey, which revealed favorite destinations and companies for...
View ArticleARGO Signs with Travelport
Greek travel agency ARGO Travel & Tourist Bureau recently signed a multi-year agreement with Travelport GDS, one of the world’s leading global distribution system providers, for its Worldspan...
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Greece Stars At E.U. Awards
Greece received the “European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/ Europa Nostra Award” for 2009 for the Sustainable Aegean Program run by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and...
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Greek Seamen Reject Cabotage Abolition
On 26 April, protestors prevented some 970 Spanish tourists from boarding the Maltese-flag cruise ship, Zenith. The tourists were to board the ship for a 7-day cruise but instead departed the next...
View ArticleAgencies Wrap Up Consultations On Cabotage Abolition
“Predictions show that over the next two years cruises to the Mediterranean will be the world’s first choice, outshining the half century dominance of cruises to the Caribbean.” This was just one of...
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SETE’s Facts And Figures On Greek Tourism
“Our statistical data on Greek tourism clearly shows that the country’s tourism is entering a new state of recession of unknown duration,” General Manager of the Association of Greek Tourism...
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Greece Gets Negative Tourism Outlook For 2010
Prospects for Greek tourism in 2010 are anything but promising as the volatile and uncertain economic climate will leave no room for improved figures but only a qualitative approach in the industry,...
View ArticleThomas Cook Upsets European Hoteliers
The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has joined forces with hotel associations in Europe in a fight against UK-based holiday company Thomas Cook as it has imposed a unilateral five percent cut on its August...
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VAT Reduction Keynote At Philoxenia 2010
“We would have had to change the overall tourism strategy of the country even if we were not in a crisis,” Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis (center) said at a press conference...
View ArticleUNESCO Adds Mediterranean Diet To Culture List
The Mediterranean diet’s placement on the list of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage opens horizons not only for the broadcasting of Greece’s local culture and traditions but also for the surfacing...
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Ski Tourism Analyzed At Forum
Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis (center) with Olga Kotsina, president of the Greek Ski Tourism Association, and Sotiris Yiannopoulos, the association’s advisor. During his speech,...
View ArticleOptimistic Forecasts For Greek Tourism
Greece may see a double-digit growth in tourist arrivals this year, according to a Reuters report based on data from Europe’s biggest tour operator TUI Travel. According to TUI, the impressive increase...
View ArticleGreece In Trouble Over E.U. Travel Agent VAT Rules
Greece is among the eight Member States that were referred to the European Union’s Court of Justice for failing to properly implement E.U. VAT rules for travel agents, the European Commission announced...
View ArticleDoubts On Lifting Of Cabotage Restrictions
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs may hope to attract non-European Union flag cruise ships this summer, but cruise professionals have warned that the market may be lost even for 2012 due to unclear...
View ArticleJoint Report: High Prices Hit Greece’s Competitiveness
Greece dropped five places in the fourth Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 as it ranked 29th among 139 countries. The report was released by the World Economic Forum at the Global Tourism...
View ArticleBookings To Greece Pick Up Pace After Elections
“The political stability that has resulted from the 17 June elections and the formation of the Government already has influenced recent reservations on a positive level,” Tourism Minister Olga...
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ITB Study On Eurozone Crisis Consequences For Destinations In Southern Europe
A study by ITB Berlin and IPK International shows the eurozone crisis is impacting on tourism to Greece – in 2012 Portugal, Spain and Italy reported overall growth To what degree does negative...
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Greece Welcomed Fewer Travelers In Jan-Sep 2012
International tourism arrivals to Greece dropped 5.2 percent during the first nine months of 2012, according to figures released recently by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). During that...
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Forum: Chambers Discuss Synergies To Boost Greek Tourism
Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Yiorgos Tsakiris applauded the tourism forum for chambers organized by Touristiki Agora magazine and underlined that attracting visitors from major markets such as...
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