Greece

The Greek Tourism Organization abroad plans to restructure its services.  The restructuring will help manage the Organization's funds more effectively, according to Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Georgios Nikitiades. Nikitiades considers the Greek Tourist Organization offices as extremely costly and...

Following an initiative taken on by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and the contribution of the municipality of Santorini, an episode of MasterChef Italia was recently filmed on the Greek island of Santorini. The hopes of hosting the show...

Tourism in Greece is one of the most important and thriving sectors in the country's failing economic and social systems. The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) announced it will collaborate with Yahoo and the Travel Channel in order to...

Taleb Rifai, United Nations World Tourism Organisation's secretary general, expressed his, as well as the organization's confidence regarding Greece's continuing growth in the tourism sector. In 2015, international tourist arrivals to Greece grew by seven percent reaching 23.6 million, while...

Several state and private Chinese tourism organizations will meet with their Greek counterparts on Friday to discuss the cooperation on boosting tourism between the two countries, a capital.gr report says. The aim of the forum is to increase the bidirectional...

Under a new plan, the restructuring will burden the state budget with 1.6 million euros to pay for compensation of personnel and relocation expenses. The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) will close its offices in Toronto, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Zurich,...

Greece, it seems, is enjoying an endless summer. Proof is the fact that it is October, but tourism in Greece is still going strong. In fact, it was one of the best months for tourism in recent history, and...

A new tourism campaign featuring the portmanteau "Greekend" from the Greek National Tourism Organization seeks to court European travelers to take weekend trips to the country. Citing the country's beautiful weather and ancient sites, the latest ad campaign promotes Athens...

The Greek islands have earned the top spot as the "most desirable region" for travelers in the Wanderlust 2021 Awards, which take place every year. The awards, which are organized by Wanderlust, a British travel magazine, are based on votes...

A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released on Wednesday estimated that the Greek economy will grow by 3.3% this year.

Greece's PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday warned of complacency following the lifting of the lockdown restrictions announced last week.

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

Vaccination campaigns have begun on Greek islands with up to 10,000 inhabitants, according to an announcement on Thursday.

The organization Europa Nostra announced on Thursday that they have symbolically placed five Greek islands on their list of endangered cultural heritage sites because of what they consider the risk of their landscapes being destroyed by the construction of...

  The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and AEGEAN are presenting a new advertising campaign for Greek tourism entitled "Greece. More than a destination." At this very special period in time and with the focus now on 2021, the new campaign...