The resumption of the winter cruise in Greece was at the center of today’s meeting of the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias with senior executives of the Royal Caribbean Group. As it became known, the company will launch in February 2023 a cruise route with a capacity of 2,200 passengers, with home port in Piraeus […]
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V. Kikilias: Cruise visitors add value to the local economy and society
Strong development of the Greek cruise for 2022 is shown by all the data available to the Ministry of Tourism and industry. It is indicative that, according to the data of the Ministry of Tourism, the projected increase of the cruise is 118% for the port of Piraeus and 189% for the port of Thessaloniki, […]
ΟΛΘ: Dynamic start to the new season of the cruise for Thessaloniki
The arrival of the first cruise ship for 2022 in the Port of Thessaloniki marks the dynamic start of the new cruise season for OLTH SA. Specifically, the ship Viking Sky, of the company Viking Cruises, inaugurates the arrivals of cruise ships for this year, on February 5, 2022, earlier than any other year. Viking […]
Kikilia-Plakiotaki meeting for the sustainable development of the cruise
The special importance of the flow management mechanism, traffic planning, as well as control of arrivals and departures of cruise ships (berth allocation), was examined today during a meeting held at the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, with the participation of Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Giannis Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias and […]
Impressive recovery for the cruise sector in the port of Thessaloniki
With 2020 being essentially the year of the resumption of the cruise industry, after the abrupt cessation brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the numbers show that the cruise, in terms of the port of Thessaloniki, is recovering compared to 2019 and grows in big steps. According to data published by the […]
Teleconference B. Kikilia with Chr. Hadjichristodoulou for the enhancement of the cruise
The Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, had a working meeting with the Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology, a member of the Committee of Experts, and the Expert Expert with his team at the University of Thessaly. During the meeting, they discussed the updating of the European and Greek health protocols for the cruise and the […]
Pandemic: 60 cruise ships under the microscope of the US health authorities
More than 60 cruise ships have been monitored and investigated by US health authorities for recording cases of the new coronavirus on them, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Sunday. . These sixty ships have exceeded the “limit” set by the CDC to launch an investigation. According […]
‘Agathi’ for the Greek cruise the insufficient port infrastructures
By George George Year of significant growth of the cruise in our country will be 2022, according to estimates of people active in the industry, boosted by the signs of recovery that became visible during this tourist season. “The ships that were active in Greece in 2021 correspond to approximately 50% of the ships that […]
Greek-Turkish tourist packages are coming on the cruise
Of George Georgiou A new field of cooperation focusing on tourism is opening between Athens and Ankara, as the competent ministers of the two countries stated at the recent Greek-Turkish forum. “Visitors from Turkey are welcome, quality tourists and we want to strengthen the tourist flow from the neighboring country,” said, among others, the Minister […]
Microsoft Joins General Motors To Commercialize Cruise Self-Driving Electric Vehicles
Microsoft is collaborating with Cruise, GM, to commercialize self-driving vehicles. A combined equity investment of over $2 billion was raised, valuing Cruise at $30 billion. Shares of GM jumped post the news.