Tourism

By Cliff Blaylock Imagine. You hop off the boat, plane, hot air balloon or magic carpet, eyes wide and full of excitement at the prospect of your first holiday on the world famous island of Corfu. Your mind is swimming...

The new marina on the Greek island of Rhodes started its trial operation and is already hosting leisure boats. In the first phase of its development, the marina can accommodate 382 yachts. It offers a safe and functional stay as...

A group of 27 Chinese journalists from XINHUA news agency are on an expedition with final destination Athens, Greece, within the framework of "Chinese Dream, Silk Road Dream." They are using 12 vehicles and have already covered 16,000 km. Some members...

The difficult economic situation in Greece, the instability of the political system and the imposition of capital controls do not appear to have affected the country’s tourism industry. Once again this year, tourists showed their support toward Greece, defying...

After a coordinated police operation on the Greek island of Mykonos, three men were arrested on Sunday morning accused of drug trafficking and running a prostitution business in cooperation with some of the island's most prominent businessmen. According to a Greek Police statement,...

A British tourist who went missing on Saturday night after attending a party with friends in the Greek island of Zakynthos was found dead by holiday makers on Monday evening. According to local police, the body of the 28-year-old man washed...

The "petrified Mermaid," a statue created by Greek artist Dionysis Karipidis, no longer adorns Portokali beach in Chalkidiki, northern Greece. The artist destroyed his own work with a sledgehammer when he was asked to pay a fine for "destroying the...

A gifted British athlete passed away after a fight that broke outside a bar in Malia, Crete. Archie Lloyd was an 18-year-old student at Harrow, one of Britain's leading independent schools. Lloyd was involved in a drunken brawl and hit his...

Locals and tourists on the Greek island of Mykonos came across a strange scene, when a luxury yacht started sinking in the island’s crystal clear waters. The boat was located between Mykonos’ most famous beaches Psarou and Platis Gialos, both of...

Scottish singer-songwriter of UK indie band Cosmic Rough Riders, Stephen Fleming, met Greek-British Alex Papasimakopoulou about 20 years ago in Glasgow. She was raised in Athens but moved to the UK for her master’s degree. Fleming was always excited to spend time...

The Greek Coast Guard have launched a rescue operation in the sea region between the Aegean islands of Kea and Kythnos and the north coasts of the island of Chios to locate a female passenger of cruise ship "MSM Magnifica." The...

Greeks will be leaving their cities for vacation over the weekend, on the occasion of the Dormition of Virgin Mary on August 15. They are expected to travel via boat, train, bus and airplane, with occupancy levels reaching 80% to 100%. From Friday...

The August 15 Dormition of the Virgin Mary holiday is the peak season for Greek holidaymakers, but this year the number has dropped by 20%, and according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), despite the traffic this...

August 15 in Greece celebrates the Virgin Mary and is accompanied by festivities and traditional rituals across the country. This, along with the fact that the day has been declared a holiday, have made it one of the most popular travel...

By Cliff Blaylock The great Greek summer is now in full swing, and as the sun soars high in the sky, causing temperatures to rise well into the 90s, millions will be flocking to the Greek islands in search of...