Tourism min Kefalogianni attends first GNTO meeting of new board
The new board of managers of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) held its first meeting in Athens on Monday, in the presence of...
Greek Tourism Min Kefalogianni meets with high-level officials in Monaco
Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni visited the Principality of Monaco in October 18-20, where she met with state officials on the sidelines of an...
More than 3.500 participations & 55 activities at Navarino Challenge 2023
Navarino Challenge united people from 27 countries and 4 continents
Athens, October 19, 2023 – With the global message “sport unites people”, one of the...
Passenger traffic in Greek airports up 9.3% in September
Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew 9.3% in September compared with the same month last year, and up 13.9% in comparison with September 2019,...
Passenger traffic at Athens airport up 25.7% in Jan-Sept
Passenger traffic at the Athens airport took off in Spetember with the number of passengers travelling exceeding 3 million, the Athens International Airport said...
Tourism Min. Kefalogianni to visit IFTM Top Resa Fair in Paris
Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will visit the IFTM Top Resa Fair in Paris on Tuesday, opening day of the international tourism trade show.
Kefalogianni...
Cruiseship arrivals at Piraeus up 85% Jan-Aug 2023, compared to 2022
Cruiseship arrivals were up 85% in January-August 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 in the port of Piraeus, one of the top...
Passenger traffic at Greece’s airports so far in 2023 exceeds 2019 & 2022 figures
Passenger traffic at Greece's airports went up by 7.6% in July compared to the same month in 2022 and 14.2% up compared to July...
Motor caravan arrivals in N. Greece up by 30% this year
Motor caravans (RV) arrivals in northern Greece increased by 30% this summer, a businessman in Pylea, Thessaloniki,told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).
Those arriving from Turkiye...
Greece to offer one week’s free holiday to those that cut short their stay due to wildfires
For people whose holidays were cut short due to the wildfires on Rhodes, the Greek government will offer one week of free holidays next...
Greek tourism minister discusses boosting tourism with Chinese ambassador
Boosting Greece-China collaboration in tourism was the focus of a meeting between Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the People's Republic of China Ambassador to...
Tourism Ministry, Organization boosting promotion of Rhodes on international markets
The Greek Ministry of Tourism and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) are running international promotions of tourism on Rhodes, following the reopening of...
Greece has shown it can handle unexpected large-scale events humanely and effectively, says top European travel agency official
Life on the island of Rhodes is resuming its regular beat, noted North Aegean Regional Governor Georgios Chatzimarkos during a conference held to assess...
Ambassador visits Rhodes to thank professionals, residents for assistance to British tourists
British Ambassador Matthew Lodge paid a visit on Wednesday to the island of Rhodes to personally thank everyone involved in evacuating British tourists from...
Memories of Greece: Arkardi Monastery of Crete
By Catherine Tsounis
The wandering Greek scholars believed they would have had a different reputation if they had come from a country that was free....