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Greece Wants Israeli Tourists, Investments

Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyianni, continuing her upbeat approach to try to get more visitors to Greece, went to Israel to meet government officials and also try to boost investment for her debt-crunched country. Kefaloyianni met with her counterpart Stas Misezhnikov...

Samaras in Qatar Looking for Investments

Coming on the heels of Qatari development officials pulling out of a bid to develop Athens’ former international airport site that has lain dormant for more than decade, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras begins a trip to Qatar on...

Santorini Reaches Out to Foodlovers

A campaign under the name, 2013 Year of Gastronomy in Santorini, has been launched by the islands’ municipality to co-ordinate the efforts of local hoteliers, restaurateurs and other entrepreneurs who are involved in tourism. This year, the islanders will dedicate...

Greece Will Push Religious Tourism

A new partnership is to change present data in religious tourism, after Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyianni met with the Chairman of the Holy Synod Pilgrimage Tours Bureau of the Church of Greece and Metropolitan of Dodoni to sign a...

Gunmen Shoot at Greek Prime Minister's Office

Greece’s political parties engaged in disputes over political violence on Jan. 14 after at least nine shots were fired at the Athens headquarters of New Democracy, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ party which is overseeing a wobbly coalition with the...

Wild Sex On Corfu Shocks UK TV

Mutilation, sexually transmitted diseases and drinking urine are some of the many things that more than 1.6 million viewers watched during the first episode of What Happens in Kavos on Channel 4, focusing on the sex lives of British...

GNTO Probe: 12M Euros Missing

Investigators are scouring the books of the scandal-hit Greek National Tourism Organisation after the arrests of five former officials charged with attempting to steal funds and a shortfall of 12 million euros ($15.8 million) was reported missing. Tourism Minister Olga...

Greek Tourism Officials Charged With Fraud

With Greece struggling to lure more tourists from the country’s biggest revenue raiser, five people, including a former executive at Greece’s National Tourism Organization (GNTO), have been arrested after they allegedly attempted to extract cash from the agency using...

Greece Mulls Lower Restaurant Taxes

A near-doubling in taxes on restaurant sales has backfired, driving out customers, closing 4,000 establishments in a year, and producing lower revenues, leading the Greek government to consider a repeal of the measure. Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyianni has suggested that...

Greece's Tourism Revenues Fall 4%

Despite on-again, off-again pronouncements from the government that it’s serious about improving the tourism infrastructure and devising new campaigns to lure visitors, Greece’s tourism receipts fell 4 percent in the first 10 months of 2012, hurt by continuing social...