Tourism

  The capital of Crete, Herakleion, has recently surprised the travel community by being announced as Europe’s fastest growing tourism destination for 2017. According to Euromonitor, Herakleion is now top of the list of European city-break destinations, showing an 11.2%...

  Every night, Athens changes outfit. While daylight in town usually brings a dose of culture, art, and archeological sites, after sunset the atmosphere is very different. They say that crisis can have two different outcomes. It either crushes people’s...

Tourism is Greece's most productive industry, steadily growing over the past four years. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says that a new boom in Greek tourism is expected in the next decade. Services account for about 80% of...

  One of the best things to do while visiting Greece is to jump on a ferry-boat and visit the islands. If you are short of time, however, it can be difficult to spend many hours sailing; which is why...

This weekend it will be possible to attend the 4th International Tourism Exhibition, Greek Tourism Expo, taking place in Athens, Greece, on the premises of the Metropolitan Expo. Hundreds of tour operators, local businesses and official representatives of different Greek destinations...

The Greek government has introduced measures to bring short-term rental owners (like those using Aibnb services) under the taxman’s scrutiny by clamping down on rampant tax evasion. The owners of short-term rentals in Greece will now be provided a separate...

Almost one in four (23.4%) insured Europeans with EU citizenship find employment in Greece in the hotel and catering sector, and other tourism-related businesses. The statistics come from Greece's National Social Security Entity unified pension fund EFKA data for February. Europeans...

Greek lawmakers are preparing to vote on a bill that would legalize three casinos in the popular tourism destinations of Crete, Santorini, and Mykonos, and also allow the country’s current gambling establishments to relocate. The latter is perhaps the more...

Fraport Greece is to invest more than 30 million euros for the development of Kos "Hippocrates" International Airport. The plans unveiled by Fraport Greece include the construction of a new terminal, a new fire station, and the refurbishment and extension...

British Airways will add Cephalonia to its itinerary as of May 2018, increasing the total number of direct flights to Greece to 13. The flights will link London to the island and will be available from May 15 to October...

A new list from Flight Network of the 50 top beaches in the world includes two Greek beaches, Elafonissi beach on the island of Crete and Navagio beach in Zakynthos Island. Elafonissi has long been famed for the stunning...

Data released this week by the Bank of Greece indicates that average spending per tourist on holiday in Greece over the first nine months of 2017 dropped to 536.3 euros. The figure is almost half of the amount spent by...

The best month with a double-digit increase in both arrivals and receipts was by far this September for Greek tourism, according Bank of Greece data, with revenues for the first nine months approaching €13 billion. In particular, arrivals of non-resident...

Kensho Boutique Hotel & Suites on Mykonos won the World Best Boutique Hotel Award at a London event. The five-star boutique hotel; which is located at Ornos beach on Mykonos, won the prestigious award at the annual World Boutique Hotel...

Bolstered by the dynamism of Greek tourism, the Philoxenia and Hotelia, the renowned tourism exhibition ‘duo’, hosted a total of 600 exhibitors and attracted over 20,000 visitors in Thessaloniki between November 10 and 12. The entire Greek tourism sector was...