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Greek Officials Prepare For A Safe Tourism Season

The Greek Tourism Ministry and the Ministry of Public Order will hold a series of meetings with regional and local authorities that will involve safety issues in order to best prepare for the country's peak tourism season.
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Greek Tourism Ministry To Form Joint Strategy With Regions

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has invited Greece’s prefects to participate in the national branding of the country through a common tourism strategy.
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Greek Tourism Sector To Welcome 10,000 Unemployed Young People

A subsidized internship program targeting 10,000 unemployed young Greeks up to age 29 to offer them the opportunity to gain work experience in the tourism sector, was announced today, 9 May, at a press conference by Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and Labor Minister...
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Minister Kefalogianni To Present Employment Program For Young Greeks

A program to tackle youth unemployment in Greece's tourism sector will be presented tomorrow, Thursday, 9 May, by Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis.
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Greece’s Hilton Athens Celebrates its Golden Anniversary

On the occasion of the Hilton Athens’ 50th anniversary in the Greek capital, GTP caught up with Bart van de Winkel, Area General Manager Greece & Cyprus, to find out the hotel's milestones, future plans and what exactly the city of Athens needs to attract more visitors.
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Greece, Sweden Discuss Tourism Cooperation

Greece has made an agreement with Sweden to launch a joint promotion for autumn city breaks in Athens and Stockholm, according to Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.
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Greek Tourism Minister Says Swedish Ad Is “In Bad Taste”

“We consider this advertisement unfortunate and a campaign of bad taste,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said on Wednesday, 24 April, in regards to an advertisement for a theme park in the Swedish city of Gothenburg that is using Crete in a negative way to attract...
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Greece Eyes Sweden To Woo Tourists

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will depart for Stockholm today, Tuesday, 23 April, to improve the flow of tourist traffic from Sweden.
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Greece Wants To Attract Senior Tourists

Greece is planning to launch a strategy to attract more senior tourists to the country, the Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said today, 22 April, while speaking at an event on Senior Tourism held by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.
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Minister Presents Greek Tourism At Forum In Switzerland

“Despite the global economic crisis, the Greek tourism products are resilient,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said yesterday, 17 April, during a session of the 3rd World Tourism Forum taking place in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Kefalogianni To Speak At World Tourism Forum In Switzerland

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will depart for Switzerland today, Tuesday, 16 April, to attend the 3rd World Tourism Forum that begins tomorrow in Lucerne (17-19 April).
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British Actor Stephen Fry Tours The Acropolis Museum

“British tourists love Greece and see the country as an ideal, safe holiday destination,” British actor Stephen Fry said after a tour of the Acropolis Museum today, Tuesday, 16 April.
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Tourism Minister Says Early Bookings To Greece Are Going “Very Well”

“Early bookings are going very well and it gives us reason to believe that we will have a large increase in tourism to our country,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said in a statement today, 11 April.
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Greece Expects To Welcome One Million Russian Tourists This Year

"Some one million Russian tourists are expected to visit Greece this year," the deputy head of the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Pisarevsky, said today, 11 April, during a meeting with Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni in Athens.
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Minister Kefalogianni Goes To UK To Promote Greece

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni departed today, 4 April, for London to further boost tourist flows from the UK to Greece just before the start of the new season, a press release said.

Thessaloniki Chosen As Jewish Passover Destination

The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization recently organized a special evening for 300 tourists from Israel that had chosen to spend the Jewish Passover (25 March- 2 April) in the Northern Greek city for the first time.
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Kefalogianni, Rehhagel Discuss Promoting Sports Tourism in Greece

The development of sport tourism in Greece was discussed recently between Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the former coach of the Greek national team, Otto Rehhagel.
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Greece To Launch Tenders For Marinas To Boost Yacht/Sea Tourism

Greece’s privatization agency TAIPED will launch six international tenders for Greek marinas by June to boost yacht tourism, it was announced today, 28 March, at a joint press conference of the agency and the Greek Tourism Ministry.
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Greece To Open First European Sustainable Tourism Observatory Under UNWTO Auspices

A Memorandum of Cooperation for the establishment of a National Sustainable Tourism Observatory in Greece, was signed by Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai, today, 27 March, in Izmir, Turkey.
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Kefalogianni Optimistic About This Year’s Tourism Season

Greece has a positive outlook for the 2013 season, as bookings from all the country’s traditional and developing tourism markets are showing positive figures, according to Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.