Tourism

Located in the very heart of Erbil, the largest city and capital of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, a brand new hotel providing five-star (5*) services and hospitality to its guests aims to change the image of one...

"2015, if all goes well, will be the year that Greeks could fly almost everywhere by seaplane," said president and CEO of Hellenic Seaplanes Nikos Charalambous. More than 40 water airports across Greece are currently at the final stages of development, said...

Greek tourism hit a new record in 2014 thanks to the large amount of foreign tourist arrivals that boosted the country’s overall income and created jobs. However, according to travel agents, Greek tourism may not be as successful in 2015,...

The number of foreign citizens who visited Athens exclusively increased by a total of 31% in 2014, compared to the previous year, according to passenger traffic data released by the Athens International Airport (AIA) "Eleftherios Venizelos." A total of 15.2 million...

Greece is now on a course of economic recovery, especially in tourism where it is expected to excel, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said while visiting the island of Rhodes on Friday. The Greek Premier met with representatives of local...

Greece’s political turmoil over the last fifteen days has led to a significant drop in hotel bookings. According to the Hellenic Tourism Enterprises Association, tourist bookings for the next year dropped by 50% compared to their rate at the...

A well-known German eyewear company has challenged its customers to buy 420,000 frames and, in exchange, it will buy a Greek island for them. Libuda Optic World, based in Villingen-Schwenningen in southern Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, which is specialized in manufacturing and selling...

Tourist arrivals in Greece jumped 21.9% to top the 20 million "barrier" in January-October 2014, boosting travel industry revenue by 10.6% compared to the same period in 2013, Bank of Greece (BoG) reported on Tuesday. Total travel revenue for the...

The decision for the establishment of Greece’s first hydroplane airport was signed on Monday, December 22, by the Minister of Mercantile Marine and Aegean, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, and the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transportation and Networks, Michalis Papadopoulos. The hydroplane airport will be built in...

Greece was the tourist destination showing the largest increase in demand in Germany. More than two million German tourists traveled to Greece by plane over the summer, according to the German statistical office. In fact, 2,060,000 Germans made the trip...

Google has published its “Year in Search” data about 2014 which revealed that Britons are mostly searching about "rising holiday destinations." The list of holiday destinations that showed the largest increase included Greece in the fifth place. Meanwhile, Italy was placed...

"The last bastion of Greek economy will collapse, unless politicians rise to the occasion," said the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) Andreas Andreadis yesterday. The president of SETE talked about cancellations in bookings due to the...

Greek hotel bookings for 2015 have dropped due to the uncertainty over political developments, said President of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis. According to Andreadis, foreign tour agencies are expressing concern to Greek hoteliers over deposits they...

According to a recent presentation by China’s largest online search engine, Baidu, 3 million Chinese have searched about Greece over the last year, while the same number is expected to reach 7 million next year. Baidu has a total of...

Her optimism regarding the counterbalance of possible new taxation in the tourism industry expressed yesterday, during the budget debate in the Greek Parliament, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, declaring at the same time that the Ministry is in constant communication with...