Arrivals to Greece are increasing and so are the country's hotel prices, recent data has shown. Santorini's Imerovigli leads the way on a list of Greece's most expensive destinations for July 2013.
Passengers planning to travel on Tuesday 16 July are advised to confirm flight schedules as Greek air traffic controllers will participate in a general strike called by the country’s main private and public sector umbrella unions, GSEE and ADEDY.
Four new metro stations on Vouliagmenis Avenue -Ilioupoli, Alimos, Argyroupoli and Elliniko- on the southern extension of line two (red line) will open and begin serving passengers as of Friday 26 July, it was recently announced.
Twelve environmental organizations criticized the Greek Tourism Ministry and said it was "destroying nature" throughout Greece with the new bill for Greek tourism that was recently tabled in Parliament.
Argo Travel Asia-Pacific and Travel Media Applications recently presented Greece as a tourism destination to leading travel agencies of Vietnam at the Vietnamese Women's Museum.
Greece's northern city Thessaloniki will show its sports tourism potential during 12-21 July while hosting the 12th FIMBA World Maxibasketball Championship.
The City of Athens has launched an online platform named Synathina that will operate as a calendar of actions and events carried out by the city's citizen groups that aim to improve the quality of life in Athens.
Although Greece may be getting ready to welcome 17 million foreign tourists this year, according to forecasts, the Greeks themselves will most likely stay home this summer.
The development of entrepreneurship in Athens center has turned out to be a difficult task as 36 percent of businesses operating in the capital said they were considering to relocate, according to a study presented on 9 July by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis.
The new bill for Greek tourism that was recently tabled in Parliament looks set to crack down on free campers who pitch their tents on beaches, in forests and other public spaces.
The Benaki Museum announced it will launch a major development campaign in North America to reach beyond the borders of Greece and increase awareness by sharing the richness and vision of the institution with millions of North Americans.
A VAT reduction on Greek food catering services (restaurants, hotel restaurants, cafeterias, etc.) would be "a very positive outcome for the tourism development of the country," the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Andreas Andreadis, said Tuesday, 9 July.
The island of Santorini ranked first in international arrivals out of all of Greece's destinations during the first half of the year, according to recent figures from the country's airports.
"Greek tourism must become more competitive," Bank of Greece Governor Yiorgos Provopoulos said Tuesday, 9 July, while speaking at a tourism conference in Athens.
International arrivals to Greece increased by 9.5 percent in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year, according to data released by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).
