by Vicky Kourloubini Tourist traffic is taking off and this week alone the arrivals from abroad are expected to approach one million. According to the INSET recovery tracker data, from August 15 to 21, 960 thousand seats are scheduled on incoming international flights. The momentum of arrivals remains high throughout the month, with next week’s […]
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A new tourist market is being born: air tourism
Of Fotis Fotinou Alternative forms of tourism are trying to highlight and strengthen the relevant ministries. One of them is air tourism, through the use of regional airports for small private aircraft. In collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Transport is proceeding with the implementation of actions for air visits (island hopping), […]
Tourism: In which destinations do foreign tourists leave their money?
By Vickys Kourlibini South Aegean, Crete and Attica. These are the three Regions that gather the largest part of travel receipts, as reflected in a study by the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises entitled “Who goes where? How much does he stay? How much does he spend?” with the analysis of incoming […]
B. Kikilias: We are going for record revenues in tourism – We will surpass 2019
“More than 1,000,000 visitors from abroad are expected every week”, the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias states in an interview with “Proto Thema”, stressing that “Greece will experience an unprecedented August in terms of income and arrivals”. “We will make a fund at the end of the season, however if things go relatively smoothly, tourism […]
Tourist ‘breath’ in Samos and from the vouchers
The Vouchers of 300 euros and 150 euros respectively that have been made available so far have given a very significant boost to this year’s tourist traffic in Samos and North Evia, as the presidents of the local hotel associations pointed out to the Athenian Macedonian News Agency. Especially in the month of July, the […]
Odessa: the war also affects tourism
The city of Odessa was once a point of attraction for millions of tourists. But the war also seriously affected this sector. A travel agent tells her own story. For the first time in months, Odessa is in the headlines for a very good reason. Ukrainian grain is starting from the port of Odessa giving […]
July ‘broke the counters’ at the 14 regional airports: +11.1% compared to 2019
By Fotis Fotinos The performance of Fraport Greece’s 14 regional airports exceeded all expectations in July. Passenger traffic stood at 5.91 million compared to 5.32 million in July 2019, an increase of 11.1%. An increase compared to 2019 was also noted in June (+3.3%), “anticipating” July’s performance. At the level of 7 months (January – […]
S. Zaharakis: ‘Applications for the public IEK begin, with two new training specialties’
On Monday, August 22, 2022, the online submission of applications for admission to the public Vocational Training Institutes (VET) of Tourism, for the academic year 2022-2023, begins. The applications concern the filling of 914 positions in the eight public IEK Tourism in Anavyssos Attica, Perea Thessaloniki, Heraklion Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Argos, Galaxidi and Alexandroupoli, in […]
Alpha Bank: Emphasis on supporting tourism businesses
Alpha Bank places an emphasis on supporting and upgrading the tourist product, through financing and providing integrated consulting services to tourist businesses. In this context, Alpha Bank, in the last 4 years, as has been announced, has channeled resources amounting to 2.2 billion euros to the Greek tourism sector, while, as the Bank’s Commercial Banking […]
The international hotel groups ‘vote’ for Athens
By Matina Harkoftakis A vote of confidence in the domestic tourism product has been given in recent years by strong global hotel groups, who consistently choose our country to proceed with new investments, showing a particular preference for Athens. It is indicative that from 2017 until today, 2002 branded rooms have been added in the […]
