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Tourism and Environmental Protection a Priority

Tourism has increased by more than 100 percent between 1990 and 2000 in the world`s biodiversity hotspots, causing threat to the areas, the Conservation International (CI) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said in a recent press release.

Posted On 01 Oct 2003

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Businesses Want Online Bookings

By year's end, more than nine in 10 companies with managed travel programs will be using an online booking tool for transient individual travel and, more than four in 10 will be doing so for meetings/group travel. This was a key finding from the July 2003 Technology Trends Survey...

Posted On 01 Oct 2003

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Airline Traffic Continues Downturn

The Association of European Airlines has released traffic figures for the week ending September 7. While generally an improvement on the previous week, the results gave little cause for encouragement. This was especially the case since a damaging pilot strike in weeks 36-37 of...

Posted On 01 Oct 2003

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Summer Arrivals Offset Earlier Losses

An increase in foreign arrivals during the early part of the summer so far has helped cancel the losses seen in the early part of the year. And in an effort to stem some profiteering, particularly at eating establishments, government inspectors continue to visit tourism...

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Global Tourism Back On Track

Global tourism is on the road to recovery despite worries over terrorism and the SARS virus, with visitor numbers expected to increase strongly for the foreseeable future, the British research group Mintel said.

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Tourism Sector Underdeveloped

Greece's tourism sector causes losses some one billion dollars a year to the country's economy because of underdeveloped tourism activities, according to a recent study by the Tourism Research and Forecast Institute.

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Turkey Plays Catch-up with Tourism Arrival Figures

More than two million tourists arrived in Turkey for holidays during July, an increase of 10% over the same month last year, according to the Turkish government, which shows that Greece's neighbor quickly overcame the negative results the tourism sector suffered because of the...

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Internet Success Depends On Brand Awareness

Three years ago, some $26 billion of leisure, unmanaged business and corporate travel were purchased online worldwide. Latest forecasts by Internet specialists, such as U.S.-based PhoCusWright, see global online travel sales reaching more than $80 billion this year.

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Airline Industry Performance Improving

The airline industry turned the corner in June, according to Giovanni Bisignani, IATA`s Director General and CEO. "Although we are still well below where we were at the same time last year, travelers are returning," he said. "We expect that traffic recovery will intensify through...

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Worst Tourism Season in 30 Years

Greece's tourism enterprises haven't felt such negative pressure in 30 years, says the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents. "The negative economic effects experienced thus far have reached dangerous proportions for the future of tourism enterprises," says the...

Posted On 01 Aug 2003

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The study centered on deluxe units (city and resort units separated), and first and second category units.

New Hotel Study Released Shows Major Drop in Hotel Profits

Hotel Study 2003, which has just been released by JBR Hellas, shows that the gross operating profit of Greek hotels last year dropped by some four points. Resort and first-class units are reportedly down even more by 5-10%.

Posted On 01 Aug 2003

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Overnights Down 16% in Athens/Attica Region

For the first five months of this year, overnight stays in the Athens region dropped by 16% when compared with the same period last year, according to the latest statistics released by the Attica Hoteliers' Association. The greatest loss in stays occurred at the capital's luxury...

Posted On 01 Aug 2003

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Tourism Olympic Games Winner

Next year's Olympic Games are expected to not only increase Greece's gross domestic product by as much as 1.4% but also continue to so after the Games are over. The big winner in the economy, however, is the tourism sector, according to a study released during the recent...

Posted On 01 Aug 2003

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Natali Papoutsoglou, marketing specialist for Carnival Cruise Lines, explains the advantages of cruise travel to Greek travel agents and tour operators.

Cruise Sales At Home Drop Significantly

It's not only local cruise companies -- for the first half of this year cruise passengers on Greek vessels are down some 30% over the same period last year -- that face difficulties this year.

Posted On 01 Aug 2003

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Albania, Greece’s Newest Tourism Competitor

According to recent press reports, the Albanian government has launched a radical drive to attract a thriving international tourist trade by bulldozing hundreds of kiosks, shops and hotels along the best sandy beaches in the country. All the buildings were illegally erected and...

Posted On 01 Aug 2003

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