Tourism

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on Monday the lifting of passport restrictions for Russian nationals travelling to Turkey. This represents an important development for the neighbouring country’s tourism industry.

An interesting web seminar (webinar) is expected to take place on Thursday 28 March 2019 at 11.30 Eastern European time (GMT+2 hours) in Jerusalem. The webinar is hosted by WishTrip, the renowned travel experience network. The webinar would…

Record runs of tourism have helped bring back Greece from near-economic ruin but on Santorini, it’s brought worry there are too many visitors, with cruise ship arrivals being curtailed and infrastructure under stress.

All the more Czech travelers have their sights set on visiting Crete this year, with prebooking figures on the rise, according to data collected by Crete Region authorities at the Holiday World Praha travel fair held in Prague last month.

Increasing inbound tourism from China is a ministry priority, as is introducing direct air links between destinations in the two countries, Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said during a recent meeting with a delegation from the…

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels hosted a culinary reception last week in Athens to familiarise foreign delegations with the Greek Breakfast initiative. The Greek Breakfast initiative was conceived in 2010. The business venture aspires to…

The Region of Attica will participate in the 2019 International Tourism Exhibition held in Herning, Denmark. This is part of the administrative region’s efforts to revitalise the touristic promotion of Attica – a rising tourism destination…

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) announced last week its intention to relaunch direct flights with Greece from early June.

The Greek Tourism Ministry has set out new plans to constitute the country an internationally acclaimed destination for travellers with accessibility issues.