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GNTO Signs Deals To Promote Greece

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) last month signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Thessaloniki (TCCI) to attract domestic tourism and foreign arrivals to Greece.
Posted On 01 Apr 2011
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Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis (center) looks on as UNWTO secretary-general Taleb Rifai (right) congratulates Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos for his reply when asked how the North African turmoil crisis affects the tourist flow to Greece. Mr. Geroulanos had stressed that no one should rush to gain benefit from the misery of others and that Greece should not invest in coincidental situations but in long-term policy.
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Debate On Greece’s Gain From North Africa’s Tourism

The political turmoil in Egypt and Tunisia may give Greece a 10 percent increase in tourist arrivals this year, the president of the Hellenic Federation of Hotelier’s, Andreas Andreadis, told Bloomberg last month.
Posted On 01 Apr 2011
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GNTO's stand at ITB Berlin 2011.
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Greece Shows Determination At ITB 2011

Business deals worth over six billion euros were made at this year’s ITB among 11,163 exhibiting companies and organizations from 188 countries (2010: 11,127 companies from 187 countries) that presented tourism products and the latest travel trends. The travel trade show counted...
Posted On 01 Apr 2011
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Greece In Trouble Over E.U. Travel Agent VAT Rules

Greece is among the eight Member States that were referred to the European Union’s Court of Justice for failing to properly implement E.U. VAT rules for travel agents, the European Commission announced in late January.
Posted On 01 Mar 2011
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Javier Bustamante, president of tourism and innovation company Segittur (left), accompanied by representatives from Andalusia and the Balearic Islands, during the press conference of the Europe Senior Tourism project.
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Spain Attracts Greek Senior Tourists

One in three tourists who visited Spain from October 2009 until April 2010, participating in the Europe Senior Tourism project subsidized by the Spanish government, were from Greece, according to Javier Bustamante, president of tourism and innovation company Segittur.
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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The Porto Elounda golf course on Crete. According to the WSJ article, entitled “Golf in Greece: A Byzantine Ordeal,” Greece has only six full-size golf courses, compared with nearby Spain, which has more than 300.
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Government Promises Golf Tourism Investments

“What the article reports is not groundless and most of what is mentioned is true but it concerns a Greece that is changing,” Deputy Culture and Tourism Ministry George Nikitiadis told the Greek press in response to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article that focused on the...
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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UNESCO Adds Mediterranean Diet To Culture List

The Mediterranean diet’s placement on the list of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage opens horizons not only for the broadcasting of Greece’s local culture and traditions but also for the surfacing of Greek products and local food of the islands and regions, the Culture and...
Posted On 01 Jan 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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Greek Tourism Expected To Rise In 2011, Deputy Minister

The Greek government places great importance on the tourism sector as it can help the country survive the economic crisis, Deputy Tourism and Culture Minister George Nikitiadis told journalists during his visit last month to the global meetings and events exhibition EIBTM in...
Posted On 01 Jan 2011
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Thomas Cook Upsets European Hoteliers

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has joined forces with hotel associations in Europe in a fight against UK-based holiday company Thomas Cook as it has imposed a unilateral five percent cut on its August and September accommodation invoices for European hotels.
Posted On 01 Dec 2010
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Source: SETE, Based on data provided by the UNWTO and the World Economic Forum.
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SETE’s Facts And Figures On Greek Tourism

“Our statistical data on Greek tourism clearly shows that the country’s tourism is entering a new state of recession of unknown duration,” General Manager of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) George Drakopoulos said.
Posted On 01 Aug 2010
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Tourism Professionals Fear VAT Hike Rumors

“Any decision that affects the viability and prospects of Greek tourism with low benefits is economic suicide, not fiscal policy,” the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said last month.
Posted On 01 Aug 2010
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For the year 2010 a total of 421 beaches and nine marinas were honored with the quality “Blue Flag” award in Greece.
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Blue Flags For 421 Greek Beaches

Greece once again ranked second place on the Blue Flag quality award list among 41 countries, according to the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature. Spain is in first place.
Posted On 01 Jul 2010
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On 26 April, protestors prevented some 970 Spanish tourists from boarding the Maltese-flag cruise ship, Zenith. The tourists were to board the ship for a 7-day cruise but instead departed the next morning (after a 12 hour delay).
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Greek Seamen Reject Cabotage Abolition

Lifting cabotage restrictions would mean the end of Greek-flagged cruise shipping and the funeral of Greek sailors, Antonis Dalakogiorgos, head of the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO), recently told the media.
Posted On 01 Jun 2010
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Unemployment to Rise as Arrivals Are Seen to Drop

The Research Institute for Tourism and Forecasts (ITEP) expects arrivals to fall at least by 4.24 percent this year, while tourist traffic from traditional markets are predicted to drop by 4.58 percent.
Posted On 01 May 2009
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Greece’s Competitiveness Drops

Greece dropped two places in the third annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009, published by the World Economic Forum, as it ranked 24th among 133 countries.
Posted On 01 Apr 2009
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Athens Promoted at EIBTM

Athens was recently promoted as a destination for events, meetings and incentives to more than 30 countries of Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia by the Athens Convention Bureau (ACB), which participated for the first time at the global Meetings & Incentive...
Posted On 01 Jan 2009
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Greece Fourth Place for Austrians

Austria's daily Kronen Zeitung recently published the 10 most popular holiday destinations Austrians visited during the July-September 2008 period.
Posted On 01 Jan 2009
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Andreas Andreadis, vice-president of SETE and president of the Hellenic Hotel Federation, made reference to the common real estate tax (ETAK) and sojourn tax that are imposed on the hotel industry. In regards to the federation's aim to lift the sojourn tax, Mr. Andreadis noted that their aim is not to deprive finances from local government, but to find a fair competition model for all.
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Government Not Taking Tourism Seriously

Because government fails to enact in unison the tourism sector fails to perform at an acceptable level, says the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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Ministry Announces Initial 2008 Tourism Data

Prior to an agreement between state tourism officials and the private tourism sector (see page 3), Geece's tourism ministry expressed its satisfaction with this year's tourism figures.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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