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Measures To Boost Tourism Announced, Minister

Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni attended the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers’ board meeting on Tuesday 11 September and announced a series of measures for Greek tourism development and ways to attract investments.
Posted On 12 Sep 2012
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“If matters proceed as said, I believe 2013 will be a better year and tourism, the only pillar of development of our country, will boost our economy,” Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies President Yiorgos Telonis said after the association’s meeting with Transport Minister Kostis Hatzidakis in late August.
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Greek Aviation, Land Transport To Change For The Better

Plans to modernize Greek aviation and land passenger transport and overturn obstacles that prevent foreigners from visiting Greece were announced recently by Transport Minister Kostis Hatzidakis.
Posted On 11 Sep 2012
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Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis and Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Yiorgos Tsakiris.
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Hotel Chamber Informed On Labor Issues

Employer contributions to the national health insurance fund IKA-ETAM will be cut by five percent next year, Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis informed the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels on Monday 10 September. The reduction next year will follow an already announced reduction of 1.1...
Posted On 11 Sep 2012
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Schengen Visas In The Spotlight

All consular authorities of Greece are instructed to extensively use all Schengen visa system facilities to issue visas without delay and with the minimum of formalities, Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Monday 10 September.
Posted On 11 Sep 2012
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Social Tourism Programs To Make A Comeback In 2013

The subsidized social tourism holiday programs that were cancelled this year are scheduled to re-launch in 2013, according to Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis. The social tourism programs provided subsidized vacations to low-income Greeks.
Posted On 11 Sep 2012
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Tourists gathered in front of the Parliament building on Syntagma Square and wait to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Athens. According to the Tourism Ministry, the city’s tourism development will include a strategy that will extend to neighborhoods throughout the city and not be not limited to the historic center.
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Efforts For Athens’ Tourism Promotion Announced

The Tourism Ministry and the City of Athens in early September announced a twofold effort that will address the tourism disincentives of the city center and see to the creation of new infrastructure to attract visitors.
Posted On 10 Sep 2012
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At this year’s Thessaloniki International Fair, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras disregarded tradition and did not announce any government plans for 2013. He did, however, assure the audience that the soon to be announced (austerity) measures would be the last ones.
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PM Skips Tourism At 77th TIF, Professionals Not Worried

The word “tourism” was not on Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ agenda at this year's Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) held at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center, 8-16 September.
Posted On 10 Sep 2012
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The establishment of a special electronic seal of authenticity for Greek tour buses was discussed between the General Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises and the Transport Ministry. The seal is said to put an end to the circulation of illegal coaches.
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GEPOET Discusses Tourism Issues With Transport Minister

A bill that will regulate the legal details in regards to the pending liberalization of land passenger transport will be tabled in parliament in April 2013 by the Transport Ministry, the General Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET) said. By 2015 the market...
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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VAT Cut For Restaurants Not Possible This Year

“The VAT rate on food catering services will not be reduced this year even though it was it was a commitment of the government,” Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said last month. The VAT cut on food catering services was one of the government’s pre-election promises.
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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GNTO’s regional tourism office of Central Macedonia recently carried out an inspection and discovered that a number of apartments-to-let did not obtain the GNTO seal for operation. Although the Thessaloniki Tourism Police was contacted for assistance it was unable to intervene due to insufficient staff. The Thessaloniki Hotels Association called on to the government to give an immediate solution to the illegal accommodation situation.
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Hoteliers Slam Illegal Accommodation In Northern Greece

“These bogus apartments-to-let have not decreased and even more have opened and are even advertised via the most known and reliable tourism sites as establishments that provide high quality services at competitive prices,” the Thessaloniki Hoteliers Association said last month in...
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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Tsakiris Yiorgos
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Hotel Chamber Re-Submits Proposal For Social Tourism Programs

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month re-submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security to reform and take on the subsidized social tourism holiday programs of the abolished Workers’ Welfare Organization (OEE).
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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Visa-Free Pilot Program Proves A Success

The visa facilitation pilot program launched in June that allows non-European Union citizens to enter Greece from Turkey and visit five Greek Eastern Aegean islands without a visa from a Greek consulate was said last month to be making big progress.
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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Government Stalls VAT Reduction On Food Catering Services

The VAT rate on food catering services will be reduced once the Greek economy's fiscal sector is stabilized, Deputy Finance Minister George Mavraganis said in Parliament on Friday, 31 August.
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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ECTAA: Still No Refund For Spanair And Malev Customers

“A solution to the bankruptcies of airlines is vital,” the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) said last month citing a statement released by the European Travel Agents and Tour Operators Associations (ECTAA), whose members include HATTA, in regards to the...
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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Tourism Ministry To Focus On Greece’s Troubled Air Transport

The Tourism Ministry will seek cooperation with other ministries to upgrade Greece’s regional airports and increase Athens airport’s competitiveness, according to Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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Athens Center In Need Of Protection, Tourism Minister

“The improvement of public safety is a prerequisite for tourism development especially in the historic center of the capital but also more widely throughout Athens,” Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said in late July after a meeting with Public Order and Citizen Protection...
Posted On 01 Sep 2012
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Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni attended the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels’ board meeting last month. She is pictured with the tourism ministry’s new secretary general, Tasos Liaskos and the chamber’s president Yiorgos Tsakiris.
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New Tourism Ministry Has Work Cut Out

The re-establishment of the new Tourism Ministry in June was welcomed by the vast majority of Greek tourism professionals who are expecting a series of chronic issues to be solved by the new leadership.
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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10 Tourism Priorities, Greek PM

Last year, while representing the main opposition of the Greek Government, today’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promised a room full of hoteliers (during the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels’ first general meeting) that once in government, the New Democracy party would go ahead with...
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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Priorities Set To Boost Tourism Inflow To Greece

The simplification of the procedure for issuing Schengen visas to increase the inflow of tourists to Greece and the protection of the country’s image via crisis management, were two priorities on the agenda of Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni last month.
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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G20 Commits To Visa Issue, Greece Makes Proposals

“While recognizing the sovereign right of States to control the entry of foreign nationals, we will work towards developing travel facilitation initiatives in support of job creation, quality work, poverty reduction and global growth,” according to the Leaders’ Declaration from...
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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