Greece

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) warned of the danger from further Russian tour operators bankruptcies threatening the Greek tourism market, after the bankruptcy of major Russian tour operator Solvex Tour. St. Petersburg-based Solvex Tour has shut down, leaving 9,000 customers stranded...

Just a few days after the bankruptcy of major Russian agency Labirint, the Russian tour operator Intaer announced the suspension of its operations. It is estimated that about 10,000 Russian tourists would visit Greece using the services of Intaer. Intaer...

As Greece tourism finally reopens to the world on Friday, officials hope to double the amount of tourists -- and revenues -- over 2020.

Following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' pledge to open the summer season starting July 1, 2020, the country's Tourism Minister outlined on Monday a plan to make Greece ready to host as many travelers as possible "in compliance with health rules." "We...

According to the final data revealed by the Bank of Greece on Wednesday, a total of 33,072,000 people visited Greece from January 1 to December 31, 2018. According to the official data, the inbound tourist arrivals in Greece reflected an...

According to data derived from Russia's Vestnik ATOP Association of Tour Operators, which works closely with Greece’s Tourism Organization in Moscow, Russian tourists who visited Greece between January and September 2018 preferred visiting Athens and its riviera, as well...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is urging tourists around the globe not to change their plans and travel to Greece, after the deadly fires that devastated the seaside town of Mati. "Tourism means a necessary income and creates new opportunities,"...

More and more Russian visitors are coming to Greece for expensive luxury vacations, according to a tour operator on Wednesday. ANEX Tour says although pre-bookings of standard holiday packages for Greece and Cyprus remained steady, there had been an uptick...

Many Russian tourists who wanted to visit Greece during the Easter holidays and the first days of May, will be unable to do so due to the inability of the Greek consulate to respond to the high volume of...

Significantly more Russian and German tourists are expected to visit Greece in 2016, according to a Deutsche Welle report. Egypt and Turkey have been the most popular destinations for Russian tourists. However, after the recent shooting down of a Russian...

The Greek island of Rhodes writhes with grief and rage after a 37-year-old woman from Russia suffered a painful death in Afandou Beach. Greek Coast Guard initiated an investigation in Traganou area on Saturday after finding personal belongings that the Russian tourist left behind her...

The number of Russian tourists arriving in Greece and Athens in particular is expected to increase during this summer season, according to associate tourism consultant Thodoris Angelopoulos. The information was released after the latest contact with tour operators during...

Ukrainian travel agency “News Travel,” which used to provide services to 120,000 Ukrainian tourists per year, organizing trips to 31 destinations, has shut down. Several popular Greek destinations such as Crete, Halkidiki, Corfu, Rhodes and Kos were included in the...

There seems to be no end to the downhill spiral of the Russian travel market. The mounting problems the sector has been facing have resurfaced after the Ukrainian crisis and as a result, businesses shut down every day. The domino effect brought...

Greek tourism had yet another loss as Russian agency Yuzny Krest Travel filed for bankruptcy, a problem that has now become an “epidemic.” More than 4,000 of Yuzny Krest Travel tourists are vacationing outside Russia, while most of them are...