Greek tourism

Journalist and TV presenter Nikos Aliagas publicly calls on the French people to spend their summer vacation in Greece. It appears that the video he uploaded on the internet calling France to support Greece has become extremely popular. It all...

Tourism is the ultimate 'industry' of Greece. Due to the crisis, tourists seem to be choosing neighboring destinations this year in contrast to previous ones. Now, German travel group TUI is advising their clients, who travel to Greece individually, to...

ATHENS – One of Greece’s last, best hopes for surviving a deep economic crisis – tourism – is sinking under the weight of relentless stories of a country on the ropes, fears that it will abandon the euro for...

Tour operators are battling a drop of about 30 percent in bookings to Greece from Germans, the world’s biggest spenders on foreign holidays, who have been put off by anti-German sentiment following the country’s financial bailout. According to Reuters, Chief...

Athos Holy Mountain's cuisine has already fascinated Greeks, who buy the monks' cook books. But now, Romania will also have the opportunity to taste some recipes coming from the Greek Mountain dedicated to Virgin Mary. Monk Epifanios Mylopotaminos will be tonight's...

Founded by OPA! Magazine publisher Steve Agi, and based on a successful campaign by UP Greek Tourism in New York, the Everybody Say OPA! Campaign is set to launch and seeks funding to be able to erect a selection...

Greek dockworkers are taking part in a 48-hour general strike and nationwide protest as Parliament debates budget cuts, tax hikes and asset sales to prevent the near bankrupt country defaulting on its sovereign debt. They are also threatening a summer...

Greece is losing three to five million tourists annually due to problems arising with the issuance of Schengen visas, said Andreas Andreadis, president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises. Two million tourists from Russia visited Greece in the past...

The tourist exhibition Sydney Holiday & Travel Show, which takes place annually in the big Australian city, was successfully completed during the past weekend (March 24-25). The Australian visitors exhibited great interest for the info point of the Greek National...

The Organisation for Rhodian Tourism Promotion (PROTOUR) has launched an invitation to young Germans to choose the Greek island of the knights for this year’s summer holidays through games and fun. Children aged from 4 to 18 years old can enter the...