Tourism

How to set Greece in motion is the center of countless discussions, with main ideas focusing around two themes: tourism and faith in “new blood.” Just a few days ago, U.S. magazine “New York Times” featured a story on...

A recent survey by the travel search engine “trivago” of its users placed Greece’s capital city of Athens at the top of this year's preferred Easter destinations for foreign tourists. The website revealed that Athens is found to be the...

If you wish to explore the beauty of the Greek islands but don’t want to waste a lot of time getting to know one specific island, or spend a fortune for traveling across the many beautiful and unique islands...

Peggy Goldman, a travel expert and president of Friendly Planet Travel talks about the revival of Greek tourism in her article in the Huffington Post entitled “Greek Revival: The Return of Tourism to Greece.” The article stresses the impressive revival...

British tourist agencies recommend the Greek islands of Mykonos and Lesbos as ideal honeymoon destinations for gay couples, who are now legally allowed to marry in parts of the UK. The list of ideal destinations also includes Brighton, Miami, Sydney,...

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) partnered up with Word Travel Market (WTM) Latin America 2014 as a part of the effort to increase overseas tourists to 18 million this year. This partnership aims to enhance the relationship between Latin...

Athenstyle is one of the first hostels in Athens. It opened in 2008 in the Psyri district, and within a year was on the Europe Famous Hostels’ list. Its owner, Sofia Litsio had been working as a lawyer in Italy...

According to data from Greece's Civil Aviation Authority, arrivals at Greek airports from abroad increased by 16.9 % during the first two months of the year to 602,222, from 515,379 in the same period in 2013, with arrivals at Greek...

Paris, London, Rome and Venice are some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations, but there are also some lesser-known spots that are just as beautiful, such as the island of Rhodes, in Greece's eastern Aegean Sea. The Huffington Post published an article on...

One of the major trends recorded in recent years at the International Tourism Fair of Berlin (ITB) is the rapid development of “gay tourism.” According to Deutsche Welle, gay or LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender) tourism, as it is...

The Chinese consortium consisting of Friedmann Pacific Asset Management Ltd (FPAM) and Shenzhen Airport (Group) Co announced their interest in becoming the principal shareholders of the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos and taking over the management. FPAM’s CEO, Eric Cheng...

As the countdown to summer begins, foreign travel guides begin to overflow with information on the most ideal tourist destinations.. The British news agency “Telegraph” presented Europe’s 10 hidden seaside resorts and Kea,  Greece, seems to have enraptured the...

According to travel agents, more than 18.5 million tourists are expected to visit Greece this year, so the Greek Ministry of Culture has decided to extend the opening hours of 33 major museums and archaeological sites from April until...

A recent article in Bloomberg predicted that in 2014, a record of tourist arrivals is expected in Greece, with revenues reaching 13 billion euros. According to Andreas Andreadis, president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), "forecasts show that...

The Danish tourism exhibition FERIE FOR ALLE was held in Herning between February 21 and 23. Greece was the official partner country of the exhibition and a wide range of activities during the exhibition was focused on Greece as...