Turkish tourists

Following Greece's introduction of the visa-on-arrival program for Turkish tourists, around 20,000 Turks visited five Greek islands in the Aegean Sea throughout the nine-day Eid al-Fitr vacation, according to the Hurriyet daily. The number of Turkish tourists visiting those Greek...

Greece is offering fast-track visas for Turkish tourists to ten Eastern Aegean islands in a ground-breaking move that would increase tourist flows and promote the people-to-people relationship. The move that was agreed upon at the meeting between Greek Prime Minster...

Greece will provide short-term visas to Turkish nationals wishing to visit Greek islands again this year, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed. A ministry statement said the European Commission agreed to extend the system into 2018, so that Turkish tourists and...

Greece has been named as one of the top holiday destinations for Turkish tourists in 2017. A record breaking 739,000 Turks have visited Greece in the first nine months of 2017; a number significantly higher than the equivalent of 2016,...

Tourism bodies and municipal authorities in the northern Aegean reacted angrily to a letter by Alternate Foreign Minister George Katrougalos informing them that the European Commission rejected the extension of a visa facilitation pilot program that allowed Turkish nationals...

The hoteliers of Chalkidiki, northern Greece, announced that they would give Turkish tourists already in the area the possibility to extend their accommodation free of charge until the situation in their country stabilizes. In the aftermath of the coup attempt...

The Greek National Tourism Organization's bureau in Turkey has been in over-drive the past months. Greece has announced that for 2016 projections show the country will host even more Turkish tourists than the 1.15 million it saw in 2015,...

Despite an ongoing "search and rescue" operation that continued through Saturday, Greek authorities have been unable to find any trace of the 12 Turkish tourists that called the European emergency number '112' on Friday to ask for help. An initial...

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,...

Greece and Turkey are working together to urge their residents to visit each other's countries.  Tourist agents in Turkey said they expect a substantial increase of Turkish tourists in Greece. “The nine-day vacation for the Feast of the Sacrifice as...