By Vicky Kourlimbini The lack of staff in tourism had become apparent as early as March, when the hotel units started planning for this year’s tourist season. Tourist organizations had attributed the difficulty of staffing the places in the pandemic and in particular to the change of orientation of the employees. This was followed by […]
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Business loans are heating up
By Leonidas Stergiou New loans of 1.4 billion euros to companies were disbursed in the first two months of the year, according to data from the Bank of Greece, while the data of the four systems show that the total amount in the first quarter exceeded 2.5 billion, with net credit expansion to be positive […]
Tourism is full of ‘engines’, a 28% increase in airline seats from abroad
of Vicky Kourlibini May premieres dynamically, with scheduled airfare from abroad being up 28% in the first week of the month compared to the previous one. According to the data presented in the recovery tracker of the Institute of the Hellenic Tourism Business Association, with data from the travel data measurement company OAG, during the […]
TUI: The increase in bookings will bring a continuous recovery from the pandemic
TUI has recorded 1.3 million bookings in the last four weeks, CEO Fritz Joussen said in a letter to company staff seen by Reuters on Sunday, indicating a continuing recovery from the pandemic. The world’s largest tour operator announced in March 8.9 million bookings for the period from winter to summer this year, as the […]
Cruise recovery and yaching
By Anastasia Vamvaka A breath of optimism that the tourism shipping industry is emerging from the storm of the pandemic – although the war turmoil and price hikes are still severe – gives the data of summer bookings to the big companies in the industry. The partial recovery that shows that it will prevail in […]
Kikilias: Increase of available airline seats by many companies and more destinations for 2022
“The increase of available airline seats in many companies and for more destinations for this year compared to 2019 send very positive messages for the course of Greek tourism”, stressed the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias on the radio “Parapolitika”, emphasizing that the hard work which has been done, the effort to extend the tourist […]
Social Tourism for more by expanding the criteria
This year covid free summer and holidays in the beauties of our country will not be a monopoly for foreign tourists as the government intends in 2022 more Greeks to be able to enjoy sun and sea. Thus, in this direction, an extension of the criteria for the beneficiaries of social tourism is launched. The […]
The season has begun, next step tourists until winter
By Vicky Kourlimbini Extending the season as much as possible, in order to boost arrivals and revenue, is in demand for tourism this year, in an effort to limit the great losses brought by the pandemic. The expansion of the tourist season was one of the main issues yesterday meeting K. Mitsotaki – V. Kikilia. […]
K. Mitsotakis: We are expecting a good year in tourism
“We are expecting a good year. 2022 will be the first summer in three years that we will not have essentially pandemic restrictions and our goal is to capitalize on the good image of the country”, noted the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a meeting with the political leadership of the Ministry Tourism, on the […]
WTTC: Reservations for Greece return to pre-pandemic levels
of Vicky Kourlibini Greece is one of the destinations mentioned in the report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) with its international forecasts for this summer. As noted for Europe, destinations such as Greece, Portugal, Spain and France are experiencing strong tourism recovery, with travel bookings approaching pre-pandemic levels. The resumption of tourist […]
