Tourism

Below you will find need-to-know information on eighteen of Greece's most popular ski resorts, so you can choose the one that fits your winter holiday needs better! Boeotia  Parnassos (Base Elevation: 1660m - Summit Elevation: 2260m) Parnassos Ski Center, stretching across the areas...

Tourist arrivals in Greece grew by 8.6% in the January-September period this year, Hellenic Statistical Authority said in a report on Monday. The statistics service, in a report based on a survey conducted by the Bank of Greece, said that...

Hotel Grande Bretagne, located in downtown Athens, was included among the seven of the world's most elegant hotels by Conde Nast Traveler. "If these walls could talk! Originally the mansion of a wealthy local aristocrat, throughout its 173-year history, this lavish property...

Travel plans for Greece in 2016 will not be affected by the economic crisis, according to research conducted by LoveHolidays, a U.K. online travel agency. The study shows that despite the economic situation in Greece, 66 percent of participants perceive...

Greece recorded a 4.3 percent increase on arrivals and a 2.2 percent improvement in nights spent in hotels and other accommodations for the period of January-September 2015, compared with the corresponding period in 2014. According to ELSTAT a significant increase of 4.9 percent...

Museum and archaeological site guards continue to strike indefinitely on weekends protesting against the new pay scales. As a result, museums, monuments and archaeological sites will remain closed on weekends. According to a Kathimerini report, a hand-written, misspelled sign on...

2015 is likely to be a record year for tourism in Greece. Kathimerini newspaper claims that Greek Deputy Minister of Tourism, Elena Kountoura told the newspaper during a recent interview that close to 26 million foreign visitors will have arrived in Greece...

Significantly more Russian and German tourists are expected to visit Greece in 2016, according to a Deutsche Welle report. Egypt and Turkey have been the most popular destinations for Russian tourists. However, after the recent shooting down of a Russian...

"Wine Tourism" is the new fashion in how to spend your vacation. Dimitris Lolos had a brilliant idea and decided to create The Greek Wine Experience in Kefalonia, the first organized effort of wine tourism in Greece. The Greek Wine...

Greek and foreign travelers who choose to spend their Christmas holidays in Greece are beginning to face problems finding an unoccupied hotel room in any of the popular winter destinations. Hotel occupancy in destinations like Arachova, Kalavrita, Kaimaktsalan has...

The Panhellenic Union of Antiquities Guards has decided to go on continuing weekend strikes in protest of a new salary system that would go into effect in 2016. All museums, archaeological and monument sites will be closed on weekends and...

The Grand Final for the World Travel Awards 2015 took place on December 12, 2015, in Morocco. The Greek tourist industry was one of the great winners of the evening, receiving 24 awards, for hotels and a management company,...

The 2nd Greek Tourism Workshop will be held in Tehran on January 12, 2016. The event will be held in a luxury hotel of the Iranian capital and it will be attended by the Deputy Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura. The...

Athens is one of the most popular European Christmas destinations. In specific, the Greek capital ranks 24th in preferred destinations among foreign tourists, beating out other European destinations. The first places are occupied by London, Paris, Berlin and...

A Greek-Russian cooperation on tourism is under discussion, Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for International Economic Relations Dimitris Mardas said on Friday to Praktorio 104.9 FM. It refers to cruise ships that will carry Russian tourists from the port of Sochi...