Tourism flows to Turkey have begun to soar, as authorities expect over 40 million travelers this year, while sector insiders expect this trend to impact Greece as a destination.
Low demand for holidays to Turkey and North Africa was offset by growing interest for Mediterranean destinations such as Spain and Greece, TUI Group said.
Tourism ministers, bloggers and party goers turned the final day of the revamped three-day World Travel Market (WTM) London, the event where the travel and tourism industry conducts its business deals, into a festival of business and fun.
Fritz Joussen, the new chief executive at travel giant TUI Group, will make the opening address at the UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit at World Travel Market London 2016.
TUI Group has launched a new five-year sustainability strategy named “Better Holidays, Better World”. The ambitious 2020 strategy is built around three core pillars to help shape the future of sustainable tourism.
TUI, the parent company of travel agents Thomson and First Choice Travel, said on Thursday that bookings to Greece have been recovering in recent weeks.
