Athens Tourism

Athens soared nineteen places in The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest ranking of the world’s most livable cities, among the biggest upward movers in the annual report. Its climb to number 73 on the list of 172 cities comes a year...

Suffering under the weight of five years of recession and crushing austerity measures that have hurt domestic sales, more Athens hotels are set to close this winter because of a big drop in demand and high operating costs, and...

Eighteen hotels in Athens city centre closed last year, while hotel capacity was reduced by three thousand beds during the same period. “The city surrendered unconditionally to crime, and terrified tourists abandon it” said the president of Hotel Chamber Giorgos...