Greece

Greeks who will choose to share their Christmas day or New Year’s lunch with family or friends should send an SMS with the number 6 to leave their home, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday. According to the lockdown...

Greeks go on vacation for almost double the amount of time for any other European Union citizen, according to an analysis of new Eurostat data by The Independent. Greeks spend an average of 9.9 days on vacation, which is almost...

Shocking new figures have revealed that over half of Greek households were unable to afford one week away from home on vacation last year. The data from Eurostat shows that Greece -- renowned as a tourist destination -- was seventh...

Piraeus Bank has said Greeks’ use of plastic money during the Christmas and New Year holidays rose to new record highs, evidence of a massive turn by consumers towards plastic which began two-and-a-half-years ago, after the imposition of capital...

Greek tour operators have "sold out" every available travel package for European destinations for the Christmas, New Year's Eve and Epiphany holidays, President of the Greek Travel Agents Federation Lyssandros Tsilidis said. Tsilidis spoke to Athens Macedonia News Agency (AMNA)...

More than 50% of Greeks cannot afford a week’s holiday according to data from the EU statistics agency, Eurostat. The data reveal that, due to the economic crisis, 53.6% of Greeks either take no holiday during the year, or have...

Internationally speaking, Greeks may not account for much of the traffic during the summer holiday season at sea on cruise ships, but it does appear that they are increasingly opting for a cruise holiday in the Aegean and Mediterranean. According...

Food and clothes were the main items purchased by Greeks over the Christmas holidays, a poll by the marketing laboratory (MARLAB) of the University of Macedonia revealed on Sunday, with 85 percent of respondents saying they shopped during the...

"The Greeks are getting less" is the title of an article on the website of German paper Spiegel. The article claims that this holiday, Greeks will receive far fewer gifts due to the fall in turnover of Greek stores...

A nationwide survey conducted among 791 people by the General Consumers' Institution of Greece, INKA, from June 2 to June 14, with the method of telephone interviews, showed that almost 75% of Greeks cannot afford holidays. The survey showed that more...

A recent research by trivago.gr revealed the most popular summer destinations among the Greeks for 2014 as well as the number of days they plan to spend on their holidays. The first stop for Greek travellers before visiting an island is none other...

A recent survey of Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" showed that Greeks pay more for their summer holidays than foreign visitors as travel agents offer tourists cheaper vacation packages for Greece. The survey citing information from the British website thomson.co.uk, shows that...

According to the head of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), Mr. Giorgos Telonis, most of the reservations for Christmas and New Year’s vacations will be made the last 2 weeks before the Holidays. Those will...

While Greece is looking forward to a record 17 million visitors this summer, Greeks buried under three years of austerity - with more coming - will find themselves sitting on the balcony or hanging around the house for a...

According to research conducted by the Consumer's Institute (INKA) and published by the Greek newspaper Real News, 62% of the Greeks claimed that they have neither planned nor intend to go on holidays this summer, a higher rate...