her Vicky Kurlibini Arrivals from abroad are booming and the numbers from seat planning on international flights are now impressive. According to data included in INSET’s Recovery tracker, only in the first week of August the seats on incoming international flights amount to 973 thousand, the highest number since the beginning of this season. Throughout […]
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The e-NEPA application for maritime tourism is in operation from today
The digital service for the establishment of a Maritime Company of Pleasure Vessels e-NEPA (nepa.gov.gr) is now in production mode, facilitating the interested parties and simplifying the administrative procedures regarding yachting in our country. With a Joint Ministerial Decision (CMD) of the Ministers of Shipping and Island Policy Yiannis Plakiotakis and State and Digital Governance […]
V. Kikilias: ‘Over 2 million arrivals at the 5 international airports of the southern Aegean’
The Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, mentioned the very positive elements of this season that confirm even the most optimistic forecasts for tourism in the South Aegean. Speaking to Alpha, Mr. Kikilias focused on the data from the arrivals at the airports of the islands, which in the first ten days of July in the […]
The best July ever for tourism in the South Aegean
Even the most optimistic forecast is exceeded by the demand of the islands of the South Aegean in the tourist season of 2022, as a culmination of the successful management of the pandemic in the two previous years. According to the South Aegean Tourism Initiative, after the consistently higher traffic, compared to 2019 (by 9% […]
Greek tourism is running at full speed for a record year
Greek tourism is marching at full speed for a record year that will surpass that of 2019, as evidenced by the performance so far in terms of arrivals and revenues. As the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers Grigoris Tasios emphasizes to the Athenian Macedonian News Agency, “if one takes into account the image […]
Ch. Tetradis, President of Zakynthos Hoteliers: We are very optimistic about the revenues
By Vickys Kourlibini May did not start with the best prospects for tourist traffic in the Ionian islands and especially in Zakynthos, as due to the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Polish market – which is too big for the island – was delayed in opening. Occupancies reached about 50%. Now demand and tourist traffic have been […]
V. Kikilias: Despite the international circumstances and problems, tourism in Crete is at an excellent level
The opinion that despite the international circumstances and problems, tourism in Crete is at an exceptional level, was expressed today from Chania by the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, who was in the city as part of his three-day tour of the island. Speaking to the journalists, he expressed his optimism for the course of […]
Fraport Greece: Summer has momentum, uncertainties remain in air transport
By Fotis Fotinos The messages of the summer season are – undeniably – positive for Fraport Greece, which manages most of Greece’s tourist airports. June closed with a 3.3% increase in passengers compared to 2019, with Santorini, Corfu and Mykonos showing a notable increase (21.5%, 12.4% and 9.9% respectively). The messages for July and August […]
B. Kikilias: Greece is the only country in the EU with an increase in international flights, compared to June 2019
In the latest data from Eurostat which show that Greece is the only country in the European Union with an increase in air traffic this June compared to June 2019, the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, mentioned in an interview he gave to OREN TV and the show “Hour of Greece”. As the Minister of […]
S. Zaharakis: We are drawing a red line in the delays of the past – We are moving forward for the development of health tourism
The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Sofia Zaharakis, spoke about the dynamics and prospects of Health tourism in our country and the fact that it is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Tourism, in the context of an event co-organized by the Greek Medical Tourism Council ELITOUR with Seneca Medical Group, on “Medical Tourism […]