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Elena Kountoura

Greece Tourist Spending 27.7% More as of Q1 2019

Greece has experienced a 21.9% increase in average expenditure per trip in the first quarter of the 2019 touristic season.

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…

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…

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…

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…

UNWTO Encourages Travelers to Visit Greece

Aiming to support Greece after the country experienced devastating wildfires in the Attica region, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Thursday,…

Greece Named “Top Destination with Best Beaches in Europe” at MITT 2018

On Wednesday March 14th, Greece  was honored as the top destination with the best beaches in Europe, by ITE Group,…

Greece Thermal Springs Are Focus of Investment Workshop

A recent workshop dedicated to featuring investment opportunities, "The development of thermal springs in Greece" presented somewhat atypical opportunities to…

Tourism Minister Sees Rise in Bookings to Greece for 2018

Bookings to Greece for the 2018 season are seeing an impressive increase compared to last year, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura…

Greece Becomes Favored Russian Tourism Destination

The head of Russia's Federal Tourism Agency, Oleg Safonov says Greece may became the leader in bookings from Russians, by…