Tourism

The latest figures regarding the guests staying at Greek hotels reveal that the share of Greek citizens staying in Greek hotels has decreased significantly since the year 2010. More specifically, the report, published by the Greek Chamber of Hotels’ Institute...

Santorini officials met with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) representatives to discuss managing the large number of tourists arriving on cruises to the island every summer. As the Greek island's infrastructure has struggled mightily to keep up with the volume...

The 2019 tourist season officially opened on Sunday for the spectacular Greek island of Rhodes with the arrival of its first charter flight of the year. A Lauda Motion aircraft arrived at Diagoras Airport on the island at 9:05 AM local...

Several major Greek museums and archaeological sites will remain open for longer hours as of April 1, the country's Ministry of Culture said earlier this week. The museums and sites will be equipped with more seasonal staff to cope with...

A plan to manage visitor safety will be put into place for Greece's iconic Navagio Beach on the island of Zante in response to last summer's landslide which occurred on the beach. Efthimios Lekkas, the president Greece's Geology and Geo-environmental Department,...

  The Greek economy is currently undergoing a major transformation, mainly because of the real estate boom and record-breaking tourist arrivals, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The American newspaper analyzed the two major factors which are contributing to Greece's...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Greece released the latest data on Thursday measuring passenger traffic through Greek airports for the months of January and February, 2019. According to the data, total passenger traffic through Greek airports grew by an impressive...

Another major distinction for the Greek tourism industry came recently from London, where the country won a ''Wave Award'' for being the world's best cruise destination for 2019 in a ceremony last week. The Wave Awards are considered ''the Oscars of Cruising''...

A report by a leading travel and tourism forum published on Wednesday says that fully one quarter of employment in Greece is now in the tourism sector. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), a forum consisting of members from...

A new article in UK's Financial Times newspaper last Friday described how the famous British TV series ''The Durrells'' has made Corfu an even more popular holiday destination, impacting its real-estate market over the last few years. "The Durrells", which...