Day: April 1, 2012 | Page 2

Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Yiorgos Tsakiris (center) identified the main receptors of social tourism that include Macedonia with 20 percent, Ipiros with 18 percent and Central Greece with 16 percent. “If the program is abolished, automatically 7,500 jobs would be lost mainly in the mentioned destinations, which are areas with low per capita income,” he stressed.

Hotel Chamber Proposes To Run Subsidized Tourism Holiday Programs

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security that aims to modernize the subsidized social tourism holiday programs—that secure domestic tourism—in an environment of free competition.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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UNWTO To Advance Common Agenda On Visa

UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, last month called on the tourism sector to unite around the issue of travel facilitation as a means to stimulate demand and, as a result, create jobs.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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SETE’s President Andreas Andreadis (second from left) informed the foreign press that the association’s action plan for Greek tourism includes the establishment of a marketing company based on public and private sector cooperation. Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said recently that once legal details have been processed, the company’s establishment would be included in a bill of the Development Ministry.

SETE On 2012 Tourism Targets

Greek tourism should not diverge from its target of keeping this year’s international arrivals above 16 million and revenue higher than 10 billion euros, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) said last month during a press conference to the foreign media.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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UK Travel Federations Urge Greece To Save Its Image

Consumers in the UK are choosing alternative destinations for holiday this year as a result of the constant negative publicity focused on Greece (which consumers see as not just Athens but the islands too), according to an open letter sent to Greek officials last month by three...

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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Greece’s Tarnished Image Puts 2012 Tourism In Limbo

“There are many Germans who are afraid to come to Greece,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos informed Greece’s head of state President Carolos Papoulias last month after his visit to the 46th ITB Berlin travel trade show in Germany.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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Η εικόνα της Ελλάδας

Η οικονομική κρίση, η κρίση εμπιστοσύνης, η κοινωνική αναταραχή και η αδυναμία του πολιτικού συστήματος να αντιμετωπίσει το έλλειμμα αξιοπιστίας της Ελλάδας, έχουν πλήξει σημαντικά την εικόνα της χώρας. Πολλές προσπάθειες και συζητήσεις είναι σε εξέλιξη για τη «διόρθωση» αυ...

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

, By Maria Theofanopoulou

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Hotel Chamber Proposes To Run Subsidized Tourism Holiday Programs

UNWTO To Advance Common Agenda On Visa

SETE On 2012 Tourism Targets

UK Travel Federations Urge Greece To Save Its Image

Greece’s Tarnished Image Puts 2012 Tourism In Limbo

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