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Greek Tourism Confederation Awaits for a Record of 25 Million Tourists for 2016

The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), is expecting about 25 million tourists in Greece for 2016, and the earnings will augment to 15 billion euro instead of last year's 14.2 million, according to an interview to Bloomberg, by the president...

City of Athens to Participate in World Cities Day Festivities on Saturday, October 31

Athens will participate in the celebrations for the World Cities Day on Saturday October 31 with a series of events. The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), devoted to the effective promotion of the City of Athens, is embracing the occasion of...

Foreign Visitors Spent €10.4 Bln in Greece in January – August 2015

Foreign tourists spent at least 10.4 billion euros in Greece in the first eight months of the year, with almost a third of that coming in August. According to Bank of Greece figures released on Thursday, there was a 7.1...

More than 8M Tourists Arrived in Greece During First Semester of 2015

According to data released by the Bank of Greece tourist arrival for the first semester of 2015 (January-June) grew by 18.8% compared to the same period in 2014. This development resulted in a 4.171 million euro tourism turnover for the...

New Record for Greek Tourism: Around 26M Arrivals in 2015

The difficult economic situation in Greece, the instability of the political system and the imposition of capital controls do not appear to have affected the country’s tourism industry. Once again this year, tourists showed their support toward Greece, defying...

Google 's Online Tourism Initiative Reaches More Greek Destinations

Google has announced the expansion of the program aimed at helping Greek tourism grow, according to a recent press conference. The initiative “Grow Greek Tourism Online” started early in September 2014, in Crete, where more than 650 local tourism...

Greek Tourism Falls by 50% Due to Political Turmoil

Greece’s political turmoil over the last fifteen days has led to a significant drop in hotel bookings. According to the Hellenic Tourism Enterprises Association, tourist bookings for the next year dropped by 50% compared to their rate at the...

Revenues from Greece's Archaeological Sites Fall Short

Greece's past is, in a sense, the country's lifeline. But is it being exploited enough? According to recent McKinsey research conducted on behalf of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, the average revenue per visitor to Greece falls well...

EU Directive Threatens Tourism Investments in Greece

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Greece's main tourism body, has voiced concern over a European directive that limits subsidies and tax breaks for tourism investments as the GTP website reported. The president of SETE, Andreas Andreadis, at a press...

Greek Hotel Owners: Athens is the Cheapest Capital of Europe

Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, requested earlier this week from the President of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises,  SETE, Andreas Andreadis, to take immediate action to stop the noticeable price-hiking observed at several top tourist destinations, such as the Greek...