ITB Berlin 2016: Tourism Minister Kountoura Takes a ‘Tour’ of Greece – GTP Photo Report

ITB Berlin 2016 – Opening Round Tour – Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Elena Koundoura, Alternate Minister of Tourism, Greece; Dimitris Tryfonopoulos, Secretary General, Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO); Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin; Iris Gleicke, Parliamentary State-Secretary at the Federal Ministery for Economic Affairs and Energy. Photo source: ITB

Photos © Greek Travel Pages (GTP)

ITB Berlin, the leading trade fair for the worldwide travel industry, opened on Wednesday and Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura toured the stand of the Greek National tourism Organization (GNTO) and visited its co-exhibitors.

She wished all tourism professionals and regional bodies a successful tourism season.

On their part, Greece’s tourism professionals and regional heads congratulated her on this year’s Greek presence at ITB and for the efforts of the Tourism Ministry for the promotion of Greek destinations in the German market.

Following are some of the “stops” the tourism minister made while touring the Greek section at ITB.

Minister Kountoura takes a virtual tour of the Region of Epirus.

Minister Kountoura visits Greek exhibitors