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Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura met with the chairman, the executive director and a delegation of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) that visited Greece. The minister referred in detail to the development course of Greek tourism sector and the...

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura briefed the MPs and the parties responsible for Tourism in a broad meeting on Thursday on the latest developments and the course of the Greek tourism. Kountoura referred to the top performance recorded in the Greek...

On Thursday Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura spoke during the debate on budget held in Parliament and stated that revenue in 2016 will be much higher than initially estimated. "Tourism has recorded its best performance over the last two years as a result of...

“Tourism is our national power,” Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said on the 37th celebration of World Tourism Day. Kountoura underlined that Greece is an attractive destination that constantly increases its international appeal. “We always enrich our tourist product. We...

"The more one travels in Greece, the more there is to discover and experience," Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in an interview with TUI online media. Kountoura talked about tourism growth, the variety of coastlines and the islands, the...

  Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in an interview with radio station Praktorio 104.9 that "last-minute reservations will increase by 40 percent this year, as was also the case last year." Kountoura also expressed her support to the relatives...

In two interviews with Al Jazeera, Greek Alternate Minister for Tourism Elena Kountoura thanked the tourists that had chosen Greece for their holidays and noted that tourist traffic is higher than last year. Kountoura noted that tourism is still high on...

Ever since the administration of Alexis Tsipras resigned and called for early elections, now scheduled for July 7, Greece's Syriza and New Democracy Parties have been in a state of pre-election war with each other. The departing party claims that...

As votes for each one of the individual MEP candidates are still being counted, those who are currently leading the races now seem to have a good chance of becoming Greece's next 21 MEPs. Let's take a closer look at...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday named the head of Greece's tiny Democratic Left party (DIMAR) to be Culture Minister, replacing Elena Kountoura, who resigned to contest in the European elections. Thanasis Theocharopoulos, 40, an agricultural economist, backed SYRIZA and Tsipras’...

Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura submitted her letter of resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this week in order to dedicate her total effort toward winning a seat in the European Parliament. In the letter of resignation, she warmly thanked...

By Phil Butler Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura joined four famous Russian cosmonauts and Crete officials as she dedicated the new Yuri Gagarin Park in Heraklion on Sunday. This year marks the 85th anniversary of Gagarin’s birth. The minister was joined...

A large number of tourists from Israel are expected to visit Greece in 2019, as the two countries have formed a new, strategic relationship with cooperation in various fields. The Greek Ministry of Tourism has already outlined its strategy to...

Six independent members of the Greek parliament who backed the SYRIZA government in the confidence vote on January 16 now say that they will support any future bill submitted by PM Tsipras' government. The members told Speaker Nikolaos Voutsis on...

The year 2018 broke all records for Greek tourism, with the country welcoming 33 million international arrivals and earning revenues of more than 16 billion euros, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said on Tuesday. in an interview with Alpha TV, the...