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//May 1, 2012
Monemvasia fam trip: Greek tourism journalists at Gerakas Port in Lakonia.
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Monemvasia: A Multi-Day Holiday Destination

Greek tourism journalists at Gerakas Port in Lakonia during a fam trip organized 16-18 March by the Monemvasia Tourism Promotion Committee with the assistance of Greek tourism journalist Margarita Manousou (Touristiki Agora magazine).
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Four Airlines To Fly State-Subsidized Air Routes

The four airlines to fly the 24 state-subsidized domestic air routes to remote Greek islands (agones grammes) for the four-year period 2013-2016 were announced last month by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.
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Archive photo of old GNTO poster. “After World War II, the Hellenic Republic embarked on a new, flexible, bureaucracy-free organization so as to address tourism in a new perspective,” a GNTO press release said on account of the organization’s 60-year anniversary since its reestablishment.
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GNTO Celebrates 60th Birthday

“The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is a historical organization that today the country needs more than ever,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said during the organization’s 60-year anniversary event held in late March at the Acropolis Museum.
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Giannis Balakakis, CEO of Gnomon Performance, in late March presented the Geo Routes and Aegean Routes to an audience of tourism professionals and journalists. “These routes are theme cultural expeditions and are addressed to experienced travelers from Greece and abroad that seek experiential travel experiences,” he said.
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Expeditions To The “Other Side” Of Greece Presented

“Greece, with whatever difficulties, is still one of the most charismatic corners of the world, with colors, nature, history, culture, gastronomy, ancient values, but above all unique people, all of which creates a canvas that is not found elsewhere,” Gnomon Performance’s CEO...
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HATTA Blasts New Transport Bill

The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) recently criticized provisions of a draft law drawn up by the Transport, Infrastructure and Networks Ministry that “ridicules Greek society and Greek tourism.”
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“It's a shame that this year while HATTA, the oldest Greek tourism body and one of the oldest in the world, celebrates its 85th year of operation, I stand in the unfortunate position to continuously point out problems,” the president of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), Yiorgos Telonis said at the association’s general meeting.
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Travel Agents Have Low Expectations For 2012 Tourism Season

“Greek tourism plunges deeper into the crisis,” the president of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), Yiorgos Telonis, said while opening the association’s annual general assembly in late March.
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Taxi Profession Liberalization Approved By Greek Parliament

Following months of internal conflicts among government members in regards to the terms to “open” the Greek taxi sector, the Greek Parliament approved legislation recently that is said to open the sector to competition.
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The deputy head of the visa policy unit of the European Commission, Diederik Paalman, appeared quite defensive during the conference, held recently at the new Acropolis Museum, on the Schengen visa process. Mr. Paalman brushed off all negative opinions expressed by tourism figures and urged member states to improve staff coverage in embassies and consulates and to open up new visa centers in remote cities to reduce visa-waiting times at centers.
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Schengen Visa Regime Topic Of Debate In Athens

“The commission is looking into the issue of long waiting lines to obtain a visa, but also member states do not put their money where their mouths are as they should include more staff in consulates,” argued Diederik Paalman, deputy head of the visa policy unit of the European...
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Re-think Athens
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“Re-think Athens” Project Launched

The exclusion of cars from a redesigned Panepistimiou Street, the extension of the tram line to Patisia, the refurbishment of Omonia square and the upgrading of the Neoclassical Trilogy of Athens (Academy of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and National...
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One of the mosaic images of Greece displayed on the giant digital billboard in New York’s Times Square to remind Americans of the country’s natural beauties. The imagery was created by Greek visual designer Charis Tsevis and accompanied by the taglines “See you in Greece” and “Join us in Greece.”
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Greece Shined In Times Square, More Private Initiatives To Come

New York City’s Time Square got a taste of Greece last month thanks to an advertising campaign launched by volunteer group “Up Greek Tourism” to promote Greek tourism and attract potential tourists from the U.S.
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Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis (photo) and Citizen Protection Minister Mihalis Chrysohoidis caused controversy in April in regards to proposals and plans to crackdown on riots, illegal immigration and organized crime in the Greek capital.
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Athens’ Demonstrations And Illegal Immigrants In The Spotlight

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis sparked controversy last month when he proposed draft legislation aimed to curb disruptive protest rallies and ban chemical use throughout demonstrations in Athens’ city streets, the Greek press reported. A team of constitutional lawyers and human...
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