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The 2019 tourist season officially opened on Sunday for the spectacular Greek island of Rhodes with the arrival of its first charter flight of the year. A Lauda Motion aircraft arrived at Diagoras Airport on the island at 9:05 AM local...

According to data published on Friday by Fraport, the company that manages most of the Greek airports, the arrivals of tourists in December recorded an increase of 23.6 percent, with the total number of people visiting the country in...

Soon, Greek citizens and tourists alike will have the option of catching a ride in a new type of auto rickshaw. Also known as a "tuk-tuk," the small, efficient, electrically-powered vehicles are common sights throughout many Asian countries. The tuk-tuk...

The emergence of Athens as one of the most popular "city-break" destinations in Europe during the last few years has caused a substantial increase in the city’s hotel room rates. According to a monthly report published by the Greek Tourism Confederation Institute...

The importance of sea tourism for Greece's economy was once again affirmed, in data released by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE). According to these figures, sea tourism, including sea cruises, yachting, and shipping, accounted for approximately...

Greece is expected to attract more than 32 million tourists in 2018, according to Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, speaking at the "Blue Flags" annual meeting organized by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature, the municipality of...

According to data revealed by the Bank of Greece, 10.5 million people visited Greece between January and June 2018. The number for the same period last year was 8.5 million. The country saw a huge increase that reached 22.9 percent, or...

Tourist arrivals on the Greek island of Rhodes grew by 9.26 percent in September, totaling 402,108 people from 368,045 in September 2017, according to Fraport Greece report. These figures, combined with early estimates over tourism trends in October, confirmed forecasts...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is urging tourists around the globe not to change their plans and travel to Greece, after the deadly fires that devastated the seaside town of Mati. "Tourism means a necessary income and creates new opportunities,"...

Fraport Greece, owner of 14 regional airports across the country, saw a double-digit percentage increase in passenger traffic in the January - May period, according to CEO Alexander Zinell. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Zinell said that last year the...