Tourism

A Greek restaurant with a breathtaking view and exquisite dishes entered the list of 101 best restaurants in the world. Selene Restaurant that can be found in Pyrgos, Santorini earned a place on New York's 101 Best Restaurants in the...

An alternative to traditional online vacation booking is the new website captainwise.com. All you need to do to find your perfect getaway, is to log-on, enter your budget and the days you wish to travel, and let the captain...

  The first cruise liner of 2014 to arrive at the Greek harbor of Piraeus was the Costa Deliziosa with 2,890 passengers. The administration of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) organizes a special event for the first liner to berth in the...

Most of the popular winter resorts in Greece still have vacancies. Occupancy rates currently stand at between 70 and 90 percent for New Year’s Day, although last-minute bookings are expected in the next few days. As a result of the...

Readers of the American newspaper USA Today and website 10Best.com, voted on which they think is the prettiest European city for 2013. After four weeks of polling, the finalists were announced yesterday, with a touch of Greece. According to readers,...

The NBG announced that Greece achieved its goal of welcoming more than 17 million tourists. According to the data released on Tuesday during the January - October 10-month period, the number of tourists increased by 15.5% compared to the same...

Greece took fourth place worldwide this year regarding the increase of incomes during the first nine months of 2013. Moreover, Greece is among the elite of 25 countries with the most revenues in 2013. A survey by the World Tourism...

Since the beginning of the crisis, the price of holiday homes at popular Greek winter destinations have been decreased by 52 percent. According to Kathimerini, a research of certified appraisers from the company Geoaxis shows that about 10,000 holiday homes...

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed a codeshare agreement with Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest commercial airline. The agreement will see Aegean Airlines commence service four times a week between Athens and Abu Dhabi...

A bus full of Turkish tourists, had just departed from Alexandroupoli. It was filled with bags, some of which contained soil from areas of northern Greece, where their ancestors used to live. Others were overflowing with new things: toys,...

It is common to see the famous Four Books of Confucianism printed in Chinese, but it is rare to see them printed in Greek. That is the reason why Du Qiwen, the Chinese ambassador to Greece, was surprised when...

  Cyprus’ Government opts for the opportunity to create a ferry line that will link Cyprus and Greece and pushes towards this direction. “We are examining every possibility and evaluating our economic resources,” said the Minister of Communications, Tasos Mitsopoulos,...

According to the head of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), Mr. Giorgos Telonis, most of the reservations for Christmas and New Year’s vacations will be made the last 2 weeks before the Holidays. Those will...

Evgeny Pisarevskiy the Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, visited the 29th International Tourism Exhibition “Philoxenia.” During his interview, he stated that Greece could attract 3.6 million Russian tourists in the next 5...

The number of tourists who visited Greece in September reached three million. According to data from the Bank of Greece, the tourists increased by 17.5% compared to last year. In nine months, the touristic flows increased to 15.2% in comparison...