Tourism

Santorini and Thirasia have been facing a blackout since noon because of a fire which broke out at 12.00 at the Public Power Corporation’s power station in Santorini, which supplies the two islands with electricity. No injuries were caused...

A presentation on Greece and Argo Travel Group was organized for the second time on Aug. 7 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city, by Travel Media Applications, in collaboration with the Vietnam Society of Travel Agents (VISTA). The...

Minister of Tourism Olga Kefaloyianni expressed her satisfaction with the reopening of the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete. The museum was closed for years, but now it will open again to the public with a brand new wing. Kefaloyianni visited...

More and more Italian tourists are discovering northern Greece thanks to the completion of the motorway Egnatia Odos and to the increase of the direct air connections of Thessaloniki with northern and central Italy. Tourism from Italy has been also...

Greece's busiest-ever tourist season continues to get better with news that there was a 9.28 percent rise in air arrivals, mirroring that of arrivals via ship. Some 6,887,532 people have flown into Greece so far this season with the...

The tourism industry has rapidly developed over the years. From 25 million tourists in 1950, their number exceeded one billion in 2012. With an average rise of 3.3 percent, the number of tourists is expected to reach 1.8 billion...

According to a One Poll survey realized for the international travel organization Thomas Cook, it was revealed that Greece ranks among the top travel destinations for family vacations, winning the 3rd place worldwide, but losing out to neighbor Turkey...

The wave of applications from Russian citizens for a visa that will enable then to visit Greece for holidays is ever increasing. Indeed, there was a day in July that broke all previous records and during which 11,500 visas...

With a record tourist season in swing in Greece comes the good news that Athens is the sixth-cheapest European capital concerning the average price of a hotel room, according to the online hotel search engine Trivago. The figures show that...

Greece's record-breaking tourist season got a big bump in June when the first hordes of visitors started coming in droves in and the trend is continuing, officials said. According to preliminary aggregated data for July released today by the K,...

Greek Justice responded to the provocative publication of the British newspaper Daily Mirror, which presented the touristic region Malia as “a hellhole of rapes of British women,” based on reported incidents. The development of criminal cases shows that in many...

An average of 15.5 million tourists visits Greece each year and spends an average of 627 euros each, according to a study carried out by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The same study mentions that 83 million...

Cretans are not going on vacation this year. The reduction in wages and income will keep a lot of people home, while the best plans include a weekend of camping at the south part of the island for those...

According to recently published estimates, more than 100,000 tourists went on a cruise to Corfu in July. A significant rise in tourist mobility in Corfu has been recorded this summer, particularly in the cruise sector. In July 2013, the number...

Greece's record tourist season is showing a bump in arrivals across the country and its islands, including a jump of 12.8 percent in charter flight traffic for July at the international airport of Zakynthos, which is located at the...