Tourism

Business Insider published a list of the “25 Places to Party Before You Die,” for tourists who opt for a vacation filled with dancing, music and alcohol. Every party animal in the world should once in their lifetime visit these...

Dozens of couples are scheduled to arrive in Crete over the next couple of days in order to participate in a swinging event, organized by one of the most popular swingers clubs in Europe. Starting this Tuesday until early May, the...

British website Gay Star News in collaboration with the Greek website Destsetters has published a list of 7 Greek islands that gay travelers should consider visiting on their summer holidays. Even though Mykonos and Santorini are the most well-known Greek...

A total of 127 travel agents and tour operators from Saudi Arabia participated in the 1st Greek Tourism Workshop that took place in Riyadh. The event was held on April 19 at Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski, in the presence of Greek...

The number of Russian tourists arriving in Greece and Athens in particular is expected to increase during this summer season, according to associate tourism consultant Thodoris Angelopoulos. The information was released after the latest contact with tour operators during...

Two German citizens who visit Greece every year paid their share of the loan the country was forced to give Germany during the Third Reich occupation. Ιllο Mechlinski-Gerwinn and Gerhard Gerwinn reside in Pitsidia of Faistos municipality in Heraklion, Crete...

The target of 25 million international tourist arrivals in Greece in 2015 is attainable, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) said on Wednesday, following the publication of the latest statistics from the country's main airports. SETE said that by the end...

The arrival of MS Hamburg cruise ship in Thessaloniki port on March 31 marked the beginning of the cruise season for the popular Greek city. More than 30 ships are expected to arrive in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, throughout the season. The number...

Municipalities cannot be granted the right to use beaches by a single, one-size-fits-all ministerial decision, the Greek Council of State said on Monday, in a case on how coastal cities can utilize beaches for revenue, whether on their own or by granting...

A group of specialists arrived in Porto Katsiki beach in Lefkada, Greece, in order to assess the situation and determine if the popular beach can be opened to the public. The team led by Geology professor Efthymios Lekkas examined whether there was...

Residents in Crete, Greece, warmly welcomed 800 Chinese tourists who arrived at Heraklion port early on Friday morning, March 27, with the cruise ship Costa Atlantica. Several journalists, actors and writers were among the visitors. The regional unit of Crete and...

Google has announced the expansion of the program aimed at helping Greek tourism grow, according to a recent press conference. The initiative “Grow Greek Tourism Online” started early in September 2014, in Crete, where more than 650 local tourism...

As part of Deputy Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura’s efforts to increase tourist flow from China, the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) recently participated in the international tourism fair GITF in China’s Guangzhou, one of the most influential B2B fairs that attracts...

Santorini has always been one of the top Greek summer destinations, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. Now, according to the island’s Mayor Anastasios-Nikolaos Zorzos and the local hotelier association president Manolis Karamolegos the island is expecting...

Two conservative German lawmakers proposed a 500 euro incentive to German holidaymakers to visit Greece on the condition that they should bring back equal hotel and restaurant receipts. Axel Fischer and Ruediger Kruse, members of the Christian Democratic Union have...