Tourism

Best Value Destinations according to Lonely Planet Every year the Lonely Planet publishes a small book with the best travel destinations of the year. The material for 2014 is already set, and among the recommendations of Lonely Planet are the...

Athens is one of the major hubs in Europe, stated executives of the airline company Lufthansa. "Greece has proved itself as a reliable and powerful ally," said the chief commercial officer of Lufthansa airline Jens Bischof today, during an event...

The Internet is the main weapon for the communication advance of Greece to the foreign markets, which just started in order to ensure the rise of the tourism movement in 2014. The first messages concerning these early advertising efforts...

The meetings of the international conference on the “innovative eco-tourism strategies in Prespa lake-New Dimensions of Development” concluded with the signing of a cooperation platform and the decision to establish a pilot tour package that will provide an acquaintance...

Set to welcome a record 1.9 million tourists this year, Santorini's big year ran into a problem on Aug. 13 when a fire broke out at a Public Power Corporation (PPC) station, creating a power failure that continued into...

Tourism Minister, Olga Kefalogiannis, during her speech on online tv of AMNA, said the reduction of VAT, "will be the best way to have a competitive product." "We have nothing new on the VAT reduction in food. This is one...

According to data published by the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, from January to May, Greek tourism has been running with a  6.05% increase in air arrivals compared to last year. In absolute numbers, in the first five months...

A team consisting of respectable Greek executives in the tourism sector, with years of experience in leading Greek and multinational travel organizations, constitute SWOT, a new company for the management and development of tourism enterprises. SWOT – Simple Way Of...

Seeing Azerbaijan conducting aggressive ad campaigns to lure tourists, Greece is planning to work together on tourism programs. That came as Greek Foreign Minister Avramopoulos went to Baku. He said in an interview with the Azerbaijan Press Agency that one...

Coming off a tough year in which many tourists stayed away because of political and social unrest, Greece is expecting a big rebound in 2013. The President of the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers (HHF),  John Retsos, said he was optimistic...