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“The Trendsetters by morantis” displays a series of selected hotels, businesses that provide services to gay/lesbian tourists.
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Greece Promoted Via Gay Segment At FITUR 2012

Santorini, Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Paros, Folegandros, Crete and Andros were introduced last month as destinations with ideal hotels for gay and lesbian tourists at this year’s international tourism trade fair FITUR, held in Madrid, Spain.
Posted On 01 Feb 2012
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Thessaloniki City Open To Gay Travelers

Homo Evolution’s Nikos Sofianos (marketing director), Giannis Papagiannopoulos (president) and Simon Vasiliadis (project manager) with IGLTA Ambassador to Greece, Orhideea Rosu, at the gay tourism and entrepreneurship conference held recently at the Les Lazaristes hotel in...
Posted On 01 Jan 2012
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Thessaloniki Opens To Influential Gay Community

“Thessaloniki is a city that does not discriminate and is friendly to all who wish to visit,” Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris said at a recent conference on gay tourism and entrepreneurship held in the northern Greek city.
Posted On 01 Jan 2012
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Chalkidiki Hoteliers Approach Gay Travel Market

The Halkidiki Hotel Association recently organized a four-day fam trip to Chalkidiki and Thessaloniki for gay German journalists in an attempt to approach the gay travel market.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Religious Tourism Expo To Kick Off In Spring 2012

Greek tourism will be promoted in Athens this coming spring via the uniqueness of Greece’s natural beauty, significant cultural wealth and deep religious tradition at Nexus, the first International Cultural, Religious and Pilgrimage Tourism Exhibition.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greece Falls Out Of Favor With Gay Tourists

“Gay and lesbian tourists, who for years flocked to the islands of Mykonos and Lesbos, have removed Greece from their list of favorite destinations because of discrimination,” a survey by Amsterdam-based OutNow Consulting said recently. According to the OutNow Global LGBT2020...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greece Lacks In Medical Tourism Despite Potential

Medical tourism has been a fast growing sector worldwide over the last 15 years and while Greece has potential to compete in the rapidly growing 'middle market' of medical tourism, the country lacks a comprehensive national sector growth strategy, according to a recent study by...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Skandalopetra (bell-stone) was the equipment sponge divers used since ancient times to dive great depths (40-60 meters) and collect sponges. This method reappears with the Skandalopetra Freediving Games in memory of the brave islanders. Photo courtesy of skandalopetra.com
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Diving Festival Kicks Off This Month On Kalymnos

Kalymnos, the sponge diver's island in the Dodekanissos complex, will become the meeting point for free diving fans this month.
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Each year, IGLTA hosts an annual convention in a different spot around the globe and attendees are travel and media professionals representing the GLBT industry worldwide.
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Gay Tourism Promoted By Greek Private Sector

“Athens has the potential to become a tourism destination for gay travelers because the city has places for them to go but, for them to stay several days here, advertising promotion by the Culture and Tourism Ministry is required,” the president and managing director of...
Posted On 01 May 2011
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“Athens Rainbow Week” is scheduled to coincide to Athens Pride (archive photo). Also, until we went to press, sources confirmed that for the first time since its organization (2005), this year's Athens Pride will be held under the auspices of the City of Athens.
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Greece Makes Slight Attempt To Attract Gay Market

“Athens Rainbow Week could be a magnet for gay tourists abroad with the appropriate exposure and promotion of the event, from both international media and travel agencies/tour operators but we can not say that such a promotional targeted effort has been made,” according to the...
Posted On 01 May 2011
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Greek Church Assists Religious Tourism Development

Two postgraduate study programs on religious tourism are to operate through partnerships of three Greek universities and the Church of Greece, according to a framework agreement signed recently at an assembly hosted at the Holy Monastery of Penteli.
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis (center) with Olga Kotsina, president of the Greek Ski Tourism Association, and Sotiris Yiannopoulos, the association’s advisor. During his speech, Mr. Yiannopoulos said local government and businesses should be approached to support the Greek ski resorts. “This could lead to the development of four-season tourism,” he said.
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Ski Tourism Analyzed At Forum

Chaotic bureaucracy, ski resorts that do not bear the appropriate GNTO seal due to land-use matters and the strong competition from neighboring countries are just some of the problems of Greek ski tourism, experts stressed at a recent forum held in Athens for the development of...
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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During his speech, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis referred to the island of Kalymnos - a popular choice for divers due to its long history of sponge diving. The photograph shows a diver who is exploring the shipwreck of the “Thor Star” at Cape Roussa on Pserimos, a small island that lies in the waters between Kalymnos and Kos. Photo courtesy of Michael Paou.
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Diving Tourism On Ministry’s Agenda

The development of diving tourism is one of the top priorities of the Culture and Tourism Ministry within the framework of promoting alternative forms of tourism, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said at the “Biodiversity and Diving Tourism in the Greek Seas”...
Posted On 01 Jan 2011
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Andreas Andreadis, president of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers; Nikos Angelopoulos, president of SETE; and George Drakopoulos, general director of SETE.
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SETE Promotes Gastronomy Tourism

With a 400,000-euro marketing investment, Greek gastronomy over the next five years could become one of the main reasons to choose Greece as a holiday destination, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) pointed out last month during the presentation of the stu...
Posted On 01 Apr 2010
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“Greece has great potential to develop conference tourism taking into account the country’s Olympic Games heritage, which until now has not been developed,” said Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Angela Gerekou.
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Conference Tourism Committee Coming Soon

The Culture and Tourism Ministry last month announced its intention to establish a Conference Tourism Committee in an effort to promote Greece in international tourism markets as a meetings and convention destination.
Posted On 01 Mar 2010
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Yiorgos Tavelis, CEO of The Spa Creators, Europe, Middle East and Africa, clarified exactly what a country needs to be considered an ideal spa destination. “Individuality is an important factor,
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Greek Spa Industry Lacks Trained Professionals

Greece cannot be considered a luxury spa destination as Greek spas currently have no specific identification and hotels that promote themselves as spa resorts do not maintain proper standards, according to the “2nd Wellness Fit & Spa Meeting Day” held last month in Athens.
Posted On 01 Mar 2010
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Kozani Prefecture to promote alternative tourism
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Kozani Prefecture To Promote Alternative Tourism

The development of alternative forms of tourism in the area of Mount Voios in Kozani was discussed in Kozani last December at the presentation of the proposed project "Development of alternative forms of tourism through the creation of a network of hiking paths in the Kozani...
Posted On 01 Feb 2010
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Haris Digrintakis (Greek journalist); Ioannis Theofanidis (Hellenic Navy); Yiannis Evangelou (Epsilon travel agency); Antonis Halkeas (Hellenic Association of Diving Professionals); and Nikolaos Tzanoudakis (National Association of Diving Trainers)
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Conference Focuses On Diving Tourism

By 2010 two of the four planned diving parks in Greece will be established, announced Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos at the conference "Diving Tourism - Present and Future," organized last month by Greek daily newspaper Apogevmatini.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Conference and Visitors Bureau to Operate in Messinia

The Messinia Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently signed an agreement with the Messinia Prefecture and the Municipality of Kalamata for the operation of a Conference and Visitors Bureau in Kalamata for the promotion of conference tourism.
Posted On 01 May 2009
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Rural Tourism Network in Thrace Underway

Agri-net, the first attempt to establish a network of agritourism businesses for Thrace, is in the process of implementation.
Posted On 01 Mar 2009
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