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Chryssa Krassa, project manager of summer Holidays Expo; Themis Kartsiotis, chief councillor of Helexpo; Daphne Tsiamou, director of the GNTO of Macedonia-Thrace; Yiannis Kofinis, president of the GNTO; Aristotelis Thomopoulos, president of Helexpo; Babis Paliogiannidis, director of Rodos tourism promotion agency Protour; and Konstantinos Efthimiadis; president of tourism promotion committee of the Kavala Prefecture at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the third Summer Holidays Expo.
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Domestic Tourism Gains Ground

The dynamics of domestic tourism to the benefit of Greek tourism businesses and the general public were highlighted at the third Summer Holidays Expo, held from 28 to 31 May at the Helexpo center in Thessaloniki.
Posted On 01 Jul 2009
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The president of the GNTO, Yiannis Kofinis, spoke of the advantages of Greece's dynamic entry into the
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GNTO Presents New Portal

The Greek National Tourism Organization recently presented its new portal www.myGNTO.gr through which it aspires to convert electronic visits into actual tourist arrivals to Greece.
Posted On 01 Jul 2009
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Piraeus Prefect Yiannis Michas shows the audience the prefecture's 2009 promotional campaign that flaunts the slogan
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Piraeus Prefect Discusses Tourism

The Piraeus Prefecture recently held a meeting that focused on tourism and ways to deal with the economic crisis in the areas and islands within its jurisdiction.
Posted On 01 Jul 2009
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City Break tourism
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Greece’s New Media Campaign Presented

Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos recently presented the new international advertising campaign of the Greek National Tourism Organization for 2009-2010.
Posted On 01 Jun 2009
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U.S. Bookings to Greece Raise Concern

Greek tourism destinations may see a drop of up to 50 percent in bookings from the U.S., the president of the Hellenic-American Chamber of Tourism, Yiorgos Trivizas, said recently.
Posted On 01 Apr 2009
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Meletios Tzaferis, new secretary general of the tourism ministry; Kostas Markopoulos, tourism minster; and Emmanuel Alexandrakis, special secretary to the ministry, during the press conference.
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New Strategy and Changes in Greek Tourism Sector

After the change of the tourism minister in January, the president of the Greek National Tourism Organization, Athanasios Oikonomou, resigned from his post and was replaced by Yiannis Kofinis.
Posted On 01 Mar 2009
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According to the secretary general of the region, Dimitris Stamatis, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, which consists of Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi, Drama and Kavala prefectures, can develop in the international tourism market as an ideal destination for alternative forms of tourism and eco-tourism in particular thanks to its environmentally protected areas.
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Eastern Macedonia-Thrace for Alternative Tourism

For many years Greece has promoted the classical form of tourism, the so-called “sun and sea,” but alternative forms of tourist interest should be considered as well for areas that visitors may prefer besides the islands, said the secretary general of the Region of Eastern...
Posted On 01 Feb 2009
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Representatives from the prefectures that attended the agreement signed for the development of the Egnatia Odos motorway. On far right HATTA's president Argyro Phili.
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Egnatia Odos Links Northern Greece

A program contract was signed recently in Xanthi for the tourism development of the Egnatia Odos motorway and approved by 11 prefectural councils of Thrace, Macedonia and Epirus.
Posted On 01 Jan 2009
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Yiannis Kartanis, prefect advisor and president of the Lefkada Hotelier Association; Yiorgos Logothetis, mayor of the Apollonion municipality; and Yiorgos Kourtis, president of the Local Union of Municipalities of Lefkada. At the press conference it was announced that the Municipality of Apollonion on Lefkada would be honored with the
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Lefkada Stands Up to Economic Crisis

The prefecture and the Local Authorities Union of Lefkada held a press conference recently where the prospects of tourism development for the island in 2009 were discussed.
Posted On 01 Jan 2009
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Aristotelis Thomopoulos, president of Helexpo, inaugurates the 24th Philoxenia tourism exhibition. During his speech, he underlined the fact that this year's exhibition is improved and more commercial given the participation of 25 foreign countries, the high attendance of tourism agencies and the strong presence of the hotel equipment exhibition Hotelia and the Philoxenia Spa Expo. In the background is the proposed new slogan for Greece’s new promotional campaign: “Greece is You.”
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Philoxenia Turns Heads

This year's Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition sported newly designed modern stands, welcomed a continual arrival of visitors, boasted a huge increase in trade visitors, and wrote up what appears to be a record number of business agreements.
Posted On 01 Dec 2008
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Gabriel Ravsan, executive secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party with Nikolaos Diakolios, manager of Greek National Tourism Organization in Romania.
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Bucharest Receives First GNTO Office

The Greek National Tourism Organization launched its first office in Romania in an effort to strengthen the tourist traffic to Greece and increase the Romanian tourism flow by the promotion of all-year-round travel opportunities.
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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Business Profile Sample (2007): 250 Hotels & 250 Other Lodgings
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Greek Tourism Industry Can Do Better in ICT Use

According to a recent study conducted by the Observatory for the Greek Information Society in regards to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by the tourist industry, large tourism companies show a positive attitude towards new technologies but there is...
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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Visiting Greece
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New Tourism Brochure for Tourist Rights

A new brochure entitled ‘Visiting Greece’ written by the European Consumer Center Greece and published by the development ministry is now available.
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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Greece Through Posters - Nikitas & Evangelia Stafrinakis's collection
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Greece Through Posters

Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos recently launched the exhibition “Trek to the Greek Light and Color Through Posters of the GNTO” on Crete.
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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Emphasizing on the positive outcome that the Special Olympics will have on Greece's tourism, Joanna Despotopoulou, the president of the organizing committee of the Special Olympics, said:
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Sports Tourism On the Table

The postgraduate program in business management of the Athens University of Economics and Business recently held the first Panhellenic Conference and International Symposium on Sports Tourism.
Posted On 01 Aug 2008
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GNTO Sponsors Radio Show

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) announced it would sponsor a weekly radio show entitled "Colors of Greece."
Posted On 01 Jul 2008
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Greece Shines in South Korea

Greece received a double-distinction recently at KOFTA 2008 travel fair in Seoul, South Korea where it won "Best Booth Design Award" and "Best Music Performance," realized by Greek Soprano Anastasia Zani. Greece received much admiration from the fair's 100,000 visitors who showed...
Posted On 01 Jul 2008
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The Screening Room
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GNTO Sponsors “The Screening Room”

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) announced it would be the sponsor of "The Screening Room" for a second time as part of its association with CNN television network in Europe, Middle East and Africa. "The Screening Room" is CNN's monthly movie show that provides...
Posted On 01 Jun 2008
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MP Questions Validity of Tourism Movement Statistics

Member of the Greek Parliament with PASOK for Corfu, Angela Gerekou, recently questioned the tourism development ministry, the ministry of economy and finance and the ministry of development about the serious problems that appear in the statistics collected by the Greek National...
Posted On 01 Jun 2008
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FAM Trip for Russian Tour Operators in Greece

A familiarization trip was co-organized by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) for 19 tour operators from St. Petersburg who flew to Athens on Rossiya Airlines, which recently launched this direct...
Posted On 01 Jun 2008
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