Greece

The Greek tourist industry is reeling following the announcement on Monday by Britain's Thomas Cook tour operating corporation has ceased all trading of shares in the company. Approximately 50,000 tourists who had booked their holidays through Thomas Cook are now...

New Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis continued his visits to the country's ministries on Thursday, with the Ministry of Tourism taking prominence on his schedule for today. "Tourism is the largest sector in Greece, and it is where Greece has unquestionable -...

Greece's tourism - one of the country's most core financial resources - is facing a great threat, as massive cancellations in reservations are occurring in touristic destinations where there are refugee and migrant flows. According to an interview in Kathemerini,...

Greece’s tourism industry is likely to benefit from the country's deal with international creditors, according to tourism business professionals. Greek banks have been closed and capital controls imposed since June 29. The situation raised questions about how the tourism industry -...

The tourism industry has always been a large part of the Greek economy. It accounts for 20% of the country’s GDP and brings life to many Greek islands. However, people were worried that the political uncertainty and the effects...

Striking Greek taxi owners have voted to continue their protest through Saturday, despite concern from the country’s tourism industry. After six-hour talks in Athens, the drivers’ trade associations said Wednesday that key demands had not been met by the country’s...

Tourism is a vital economic sector in Greece as it accounts for around 18 percent of the country's GDP and is responsible for creating one out of every five jobs. However, the over taxation of tourism coupled with the lack...

As an extremely popular archaeological hotspot, the Acropolis saw a monumental surge in tourism over the summer months in an upward turn for the travel sector post-Covid as reported by CNN. After years of pandemic-induced declines in tourist numbers across...

Voters selected Greece as the "Best Tourism Destination" of 2022 in the magazine Global Traveler. It was the second consecutive year that Greece won the accolade in the prestigious American publication for business and luxury tourism. Tourism is a major...

The Greek island of Alonissos, a North Aegean isle north of Evia, has been named one of the Top Destinations for Ecotourism. ABTA Magazine, the publication representing the UK’s largest Travel Association, released its top destinations for ecotourism recently; in...

The Tourism Minister of Greece Haris Theoharis declared on Friday that Greek tourism, thanks to both foreign and Greek travelers, has been given a "vote of confidence in the Greek summer." Tourists have flocked to many Greek destinations over the...

Greece remained on the UK's "Amber List" in the newest revisiting of the travel advisory, despite improving coronavirus situation.

Piraeus, Greece's largest port, is looking forward to a much improved cruise tourism season over last year, according to Port officials.

Boris Mouzenidis, head of the eponymous travel company Mouzenidis Group, passed away of a heart attack at the age of 60 on Saturday morning.

President of the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization Voula Patoulidou, recently signed a memorandum in order to implement a new and sustainable single tourism card. The contract was signed on Thursday, July 2 along with Director General of the Hellenic Institute Evangelos...