Tourism

The Greek parliament approved legislation to boost private investment, a key condition to get the crisis-struck country out of its worst-ever peacetime recession. The new investment incentive law aims to cut red tape by making a broader range of projects...

Despite the Greek economy's ongoing crisis, the country's hotel sector showed remarkable resilience last year, with the number of operating units actually rising as daily Kathimerini reports. According to a study by the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts, the...

Oh hell no, I ain't paying that!! My girlfriend wanted me to take her to Santorini for a week for our anniversary and until I heard the 300 euros ($455) per night cost of a simple room, I was...

Hoping that there won't be a repeat of last year's incessant protests, strikes and riots against austerity measures which led to images around the world of ports, airports and public transportation being shut down, Greece is projecting a big...

Under the slogan Greece All Time Classic, the Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni presented Oct. 31, communication strategies implemented for the promotion of Greek Tourism This can enable Greece to make its way through foreign markets aiming at tourism expansion...

Relative political calm during the summer following June elections eased fears of a Greek exit from the Eurozone enough to help save the tourism season from a catastrophe, with revenues down 5 percent, far less than the 15 percent...

German media has been used to writing and broadcasting all sorts of negativity about Greece during the past few months, so that many tourists cancelled or did not choose Greece for their summer vacation. In mid July, however, German...

The new Greek Minister of Culture and Tourism Olga Kefalogianni gave her first ever interview to Turkish daily Hürriyet Daily News supporting the strengthening of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in terms of tourism. Tourism is one of...

ATHENS – With early projections for bookings showing as much as a 50 percent drop, Greek hoteliers are preparing themselves for as much as a 10 percent decline in business this year as the country struggles to right itself...

The Central Bank of Greece announced on Tuesday a drop in the number of German tourists visiting Greece in November 2011, which resulted in a 12.5 percent fall in German tourism compared to November 2010. Receipts from German visitors recorded...