Tourism

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...

The Hellenic Police has launched its tourist police Visitors' Help Office in Athens, completing a plan initiated by the previous leadership of the civil protection ministry, in collaboration with the Greek hoteliers' chamber. Inaugurated on Saturday, the new help desk...

Greece's tourism sector has become a poll of attraction for foreign investors as half of foreign investments in 2014 were made in tourism and real estate, according to Enterprise Greece member, Constantinos Angelopoulos. Greece retains its comparative advantage and...

Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to visit Beijing, according to a government source. A member of the Greek delegation said that this is considered to be the most significant contact Tsipras made while in New...

The Acropolis Museum will offer its visitors the opportunity to discover the landscape, the people and the archaeological finds of Samothrace island with the assistance of archaeologists-curators within the framework of the European Cultural Heritage Days and the World...

The arrival of Chinese tourists in Greece will increase by 20 percent, exceeding 120,000, according to estimates by hotel industry representatives. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, Santorini is the destination of choice for the Chinese. The Cyclades island is...

The president of the Lesvos Hoteliers Association Pericles Antoniou sent a letter to interim Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis and Tourism Minister Nikos Christodoulakis describing the damage caused to tourism because of the refugee influx. In his letter Antoniou stresses that...

Greece suffered a one billion euro tourism revenue shortfall this year due to continuous economic and political instability, and the refugee crisis, Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers Head Yiannis Retsos revealed. According to recent data the Association Of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) released,...

Chalkida, the capital of Euboea Island in Greece provides an island paradise close to Athens that is perfect for a Greek summer getaway, without breaking the bank.

Capital controls, the July 5th referendum, the refugee influx and general political instability could not deter foreign tourists coming to Greece, breaking another record of arrivals. Last year, visitors to Greece exceeded 24 million, breaking a record of arrivals. This year...