Greece has experienced a 21.9% increase in average expenditure per trip in the first quarter of the 2019 touristic season.
Elena Kountoura
Greek Ministers Join Russian Cosmonauts Inaugurating Heraklion’s Yuri Gagarin Park
Greece’s Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and Crete’s Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis, joined four of Russia’s most distinguished cosmonauts to inaugurate Yuri Gagarin Park.
Thomas Cook Group Peter Fankhauser Touts Expanded Greece Growth
Thomas Cook Group CEO Peter Fankhauser met with Greek Minister of Tourism Elena Kountoura recently at ITB in Berlin to discuss Thomas Cook’s plans for continued investment in Greece.
SETE 2018 Conference to Focus on Digital and Destination Management
“Tourism in Transition,” or #someTHINKdifferent,” is the theme of the upcoming SETE conference in Athens. The conference, organized in cooperation with TOPOSOPHY and entertainment company weareJARVIS, will host over 500 tourism professionals.
The UNWTO Has Selected Thessaloniki to Host the 8th International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism
The UNWTO Silk Road Programme announced this week the selection of Thessaloniki in Greece’s Macedonia region, as the site of the 8th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism. Slated for October, the event will run from October 10-12 2018.