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Singapore Airlines Returns to Greece

After a two-year absence, Singapore Airlines is preparing for a dynamic return to the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos. Singapore Airlines will be operating twice a week from June 9 to October 9 2014, offering direct flights from Athens...

Farage Vows to Visit Greece for Holiday after Grexit

The British Eurosceptic and leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage predicts that Greece will be forced to exit the Eurozone, saying that this would devalue its currency and as a result make it a “hot” tourist destination. Speaking...

NYT: The Financial Crisis Hasn't Reached Mykonos

“The international jet-set appeal of Mykonos has helped the island escape some of Greece’s economic woes. Prices have fallen since 2008, real estate agents said, but sales never completely stopped, and a new wave of buyers from the Middle...

A Magical Village in Greece

A few kilometers away from Chania, in Crete, Greece, hidden among the mountains, there is a small village that seems to come from another era. Milia is a village with no electricity and no cars. This is not because...

Greece Can't Accomodate More than 20 Million Tourists

Tourism agencies estimate that this year the number of tourists who will visit Greece amounts to almost 20 million. However this number, as impressive as it sounds, is the "ceiling" for Greece, as the country can't  provide quality services to more...

Tourism in Greece Above Original Estimates

Tourist season is off to a good start, as total air arrivals from abroad to Greek airports for the period of January to April showed an increase of 21% reaching 1.81 million tourists, compared to 1.5 million tourist during...

April Air Arrivals in Greece Up a Third on Last Year

Latest tourism data from Greece point north of last year's record-breaking summer season, with arrivals at Greek airports up 33.9% on last April. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, 1.81 million people arrived from abroad at Greek airports in the January-April period,...

Tourists 'Vote' for Greece

Tourism numbers for Greece for the first quarter of 2014 offer some cause for optimism for the battered hellenic economy. According to data published by Greek tabloid Efimerida Friday, nearly 1.19 million tourists chose to visit Greece between January and March, an 18.2% increase on the same period last...

ELSTAT: Greece's Economy Still Shrinking, -1.1% GDP Q1 2014

Greece's economy shrank by 1.1% in the first quarter of 2014, said Greece's Finance Ministry May 15, citing ELSTAT data. Last year, the recession shaved 6% from Greece's gross domestic product (GDP), according to ELSTAT, so this year's data indicates that Greece may now be close...

Conference Venues in Greece Emptying

According to a survey conducted by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Greece ranks 38th among the countries that organize and host the most conferences. This is four places lower than in 2012, when Greece was in the...