Elena Kountoura

Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and her Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Yehia Rashed in February, the first Greek-Egyptian Tourism Forum took place in Cairo on May 23. The aim of...

Greece may become the leader in bookings from Russian tourists by the end of 2016, said the head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency, Oleg Safonov. The flow of tourists from Russia to Greece may exceed 1 million people before year’s...

Greek Culture Minister Elena Kountoura refuted accusations on Monday by budget airline Ryanair that she has ignored numerous letters and pleas from the company to reduce an airport tax imposed on all airline tickets, saying that such decision lies...

Ryan Air is cutting summer season flights to Greece two months early because the Greek government has not answered to his proposals, said the low cost airline Chief Commercial Officer David O'Brien. O'Brien spoke to the Sunday edition of Greek...

Sixteen representatives of leading travel agencies from Saudi Arabia which operate in Riad, visited Athens and met with the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Elena Kountoura, acting within the framework of promoting Greek Tourism and attracting visitors from the Saudi Arabian market. This...

2015 is likely to be a record year for tourism in Greece. Kathimerini newspaper claims that Greek Deputy Minister of Tourism, Elena Kountoura told the newspaper during a recent interview that close to 26 million foreign visitors will have arrived in Greece...

A group of 27 Chinese journalists from XINHUA news agency are on an expedition with final destination Athens, Greece, within the framework of "Chinese Dream, Silk Road Dream." They are using 12 vehicles and have already covered 16,000 km. Some members...

In two interviews with Al Jazeera, Greek Alternate Minister for Tourism Elena Kountoura thanked the tourists that had chosen Greece for their holidays and noted that tourist traffic is higher than last year. Kountoura noted that tourism is still high on...

In a Thursday statement, Greece's Alternate Minister for Tourism Elena Kountoura reassured foreign visitors to the country and those planning a holiday in Greece that their experience will not be affected by the economic crisis. Greece remains "a very beautiful and...

  Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura underlined that "Greece continues to guarantee the high quality of services offered to visitors that have rendered it a top international tourism destination." At the same time she stated that "the Greek tourism remains...