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Philoxenia Tourism Awards 2007
Posted On 01 Dec 2007
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Tag: Andreas Andreadis, Aris Spiliotopoulos, Asterios Zografos, Athens, Austria, award, favorite city destination, favorite romantic destination, France, Italy, Mykonos, Parnassos ski center, Pelion, Philoxenia Tourism Exhibition, Porto Katsiki, Santorini, Spain, Themis Kartsiotis, Thessaloniki, traditional settlement, UK, Yiannis Evangelou, Zagorochoria
At the Philoxenia tourism awards, Chalkidiki won two awards and received the title for favorite beach destination and the friendliest for families with children destination. Pelion came first in the favorite mountainous or rural destination. Thessaloniki won the first prize in the favorite city destination, outpacing Athens and Santorini, and Mykonos won the first prize in the most romantic destination and best entertainment destination categories respectively.
Porto Katsiki in Lefkada won the most beautiful beach in Greece category and Zagorochoria won the first prize for most traditional settlement. Parnassos received the first prize in the best ski center category. The most favorite foreign destination for Greeks is Italy, followed by Austria, UK, France and Spain.
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- Actress Evelina Papoulia with tourism development minister, Aris Spiliotopoulos and the prefect of Chalkidiki, Asterios Zografos. Chalkidiki received two awards.
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- President of HATTA, Yiannis Evangelou, with Tourism Development Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos at the award ceremony for the best travel agency brochures.
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- Themis Kartsiotis, Helexpo’s managing director, and Andreas Andreadis, president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers at the Morpheus awards ceremony that honored the best hotels in Greece through rankings of “Mystery Guests.”
