Tourism

The month of August saw the highest passenger traffic ever in the history of Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, according to the latest figures released on Tuesday. More specifically, between August 1 and August 31, the international airport serving the Greek...

by Katrina Hatchett When traveling, one of the things you are bound to look forward to the most is the food. There are so many different tastes and smells and spices around the world; life is certainly too short to...

According to the latest data published recently by the Bank of Greece, the foreign capital flowing into Greece to buy properties during the first six months of 2019 showed a staggering increase of 49 percent compared to the same...

It was made public on Monday that the Greek authorities managed to arrest a total of 34 individuals at Heraklion airport in Crete during the last week of August for fake travel documents. More specifically, 20 men and 14 women...

According to a recently-published study by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE), employment in the tourism sector reached record-high levels in Greece during the third quarter of 2018. More specifically, fully 10.6 percent of the total workforce in...

People on Greece's island of Skiathos were amazed, for yet another year, by seeing the massive, ultra-luxurious ''Al Mirqab'' yacht arrive on their island in the northern Sporades on Monday. Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former prime...

According to the latest figures published recently by the Bank of Greece, tourists visiting Greece during the first half of 2019 spent an average of 15.9 percent more money than they had spent during the same period of 2018. This surprisingly good...

The popular Greek island of Paros is on a mission to become the first plastic waste-free island in the Mediterranean, using guidelines from the program called "Clean Blue Alliance." This project is an initiative of "Common Seas," an organization which...

The Greek government announced five measures on Monday afternoon which it hopes will address the problem of transportation between the island of Samothrace and the port of Alexandroupolis on the Greek mainland. The government announced steps to deal with the issue following...

The two new tsunami warning signs which were recently placed at locations on the island of Kos have sparked negative reactions, primarily among tourist businessmen on the popular Greek island. Following a request from the mayor of the island, the...