Tourism
Business
Australia Eyes Greek Tourism Investments
The President of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria Bruce Atkinson and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ken Smith expressed their interest in investments in Greece to Tourism Minister Olga Kefalyianni in a meeting on Sept....
Greece
500,000 Visitors to Zakynthos this Summer
About 55,000 more foreign tourists arrived on the Greek island of Zakynthos during the first eight months of the year, compared to the same period of 2012, according to data from the Civil Aviation Authority.
With an average increase of...
Business
The Black Villas of Greek Islands
A billion euros party has been set on the Greek islands. The owners of luxurious villas rent their property without declaring anything to tax authorities.
The Financial Crime Unit has detected over the last two years 500 cases of owners...
Culture
Alexander the Great Attracts Indians to Thessaloniki
There are many interesting things in the city of Thessaloniki to attract tourists from India, as Indians are particularly attracted by the personality of Alexander the Great and the wider Greek history, but until recently they did not include...
Greek News
GNTO’s Pavilions Awarded in China
GNTO’s presence in the Guangdong International Tourism Industry EXPO, which was held on August 30 and lasted until September 1, 2013, in Guangzhou, China, was unexpectedly successful.
In Guangzhou, GNTO won the best booth design award as well as the...
Celebrities
Greece Drew the Celebs This Summer
Stars of Hollywood and famous names of the fashion world visited Greece during summer 2013 for their holidays and shared their impressions with their fans. The words Greek island have entered the celebrities’ vocabulary, while Greece has become a...
Business
Greek Hotel Webpage For Chinese Tourists
The novel hotel-ranking system on the travel website Feels Like Home aims at attracting Chinese visitors to have their holidays in Greece, according to an article published in the South China Morning Post print edition, under the title Website...
Greece
Prespa: Endless Natural Wealth
Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Albania, Greece and FYROM. They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans, standing at an altitude of 853 m (2,798 ft).
The Great Prespa Lake, also...
Greece
September Best Month For Holidays in Greece
September is the month that many Europeans choose for their holidays mainly because of the lower prices. The prices in Greece present an important decrease of 15 percent compared to August, while at the same moment there is a...
Greece
Greece Europe's #3 Cruise Stop
The ports around Greece are attracting more and more tourists as Greece ranked third among the cruise destinations in Europe after Spain and Italy. The Greek ports and mainly Piraeus attract more and more visitors after the lifting of...
Greece
Tourist Bus in Chania Catches Fire
A tourist bus burst into flames while it was moving on the highway, late on the night of Aug. 25 near Kalives, in Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete.
Immediately, the alarm sounded at the police department of...
events
Ifestia Festival Charmed Tourists (video)
The traditional Ifestia festival brought thousands of visitors to the caldera to attend a spectacular ceremony.
The Ifestia Festival, the representation of the volcanic eruptions, which is held every August in Santorini, constituted for another year a unique spectacle for...
Economy
Greek Tourism Revenues Soar 17.8%
It's not just a record-breaking number of tourists pouring into Greece this year but big bucks too with revenues reaching 3.324 billion euros ($4.44 billion) in the first half of the year, a jump of 503 million euros ($672.07...
Business
Tax Cheating Rampant On Islands
Ignoring a plea from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that a reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) would be increased again if the savings weren't passed on to customers and taxes paid to the state, as many as 100 percent of...
Greece
British Tourists Can't Find Cyprus
According to the Daily Mail, a good 53 percent of British tourists made bookings for Cyprus believing it is part of Greece.
Claire Bentley, member of the British Airways Holiday, which is the company that conducted the survey, said: "It...