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ETC Report Shows Traveler Finances as Main Barrier Long-Haul Travel

2022-10-15 by Argophilia Travel News

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According to the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail BV, demand for travel this fall may decline over budgets.

Tags: American tourists, Brazilian travelers, Canada tourists, ETC, Europe flights, Europe tourism, Europe travel, long haul travel, travel markets, Travel Trends

Monday November 1st News Briefs from Greece

2021-11-01 by Phil Butler

A wedding in Greece

Greece tourism numbers surprisingly high for 2021 despite the pandemic. The COVID pandemic is, so far, unrelenting. And other news…

Tags: DWP, EODY, ETC, Greece, Greece tourism news, Greece travel, New Democracy, travel news, Vassilis Kikilias

ETC Report Reveals Europeans Still Eager to Travel to Greece

2021-09-27 by Argophilia Travel News

The windmills in Mykonos, Greece

According to a report last week from the European Travel Commission (ETC), Greece is among 10 bucket list destinations for Europeans.

Tags: COVID tourism, COVID-19 Greece, ETC, European traveler, Greece tourism, Greece travel

Argo News Brief: COVID, IMF, and This Week’s Tourist Trends

2021-04-08 by Argophilia Travel News

This week travel experts discuss the need for Greece to adapt in the wake of COVID-19, and more news on the economy and summer vacations.

Tags: Bank of Greece, COVID-19 Greece, ETC, European Travel Commission, Greece economy, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, IMF, newsbriefs, vaccine rollout, vaccines, WTTC

ACI EUROPE Warns: State Aid Rules May Collapse Industry

2021-01-21 by Argophilia Travel News

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Airports & tourism organizations urge revision of ‘wholly inadequate” state aid rules, as new forecast shows industries in systemic collapse.

Tags: aci europe, air travel, ETC, Europe air travel, Europe airline industry, Europe airports, Europe transportation, European commission, European Travel Commission, travel industry news

Greece Ranked a Top 5 Choice for Intra-European Travel H2 of 2020

2020-10-13 by Argophilia Travel News

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A study released by the European Travel Commission (ETC) says Greece ranks fourth among the Top 5 destination choices for Europeans.

Tags: COVID-19 predictions, ETC, Europe tourism, European Travel Commission, pandemic regulations, travel

The European Travel Commission Elects Manuel Butler

2013-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Manuel Butler

The European Travel Commission has just named Mr Manuel Butler, Director General of Tourspain (Spain), as President of the ETC.

Tags: ETC, EU Travel, Europe travel, European commission, Petra Hedorfer, Tourspain, travel initiatives

European Travel Commission: First Quarter 2012 Out

2012-05-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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The European Travel Commission has just released the latest trend analysis for the first quarter of 2012. According to the report, a degree of resiliency and even growing demand are revealed for certain sectors including rising trends in travel for Central and Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Western Europe shows signs of of strain from ailing economies there. Russia, inbound China traffic, and some destinations are the clear superstars of Europe travel so far this year.

Tags: 2012 travel, East Europe, ETC, ETC 2012, Europe travel, Russia travel, travel, travel figures

Just How Unwired Is the European Travel Commission?

2011-06-27 by Phil Butler

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The European Travel Commission recently announced a travel contest via their Facebook engagement to attract US tourists to the continent. In what could be classified as either symbolic, or simply Europe’s latest and greatest online misfire, the pronounced Facebook engagement is nowhere to be found. The so called “I Wish I Were There” contest, is so far only a dream?

Tags: dream vacations, ETC, EU, EU tourism, EU Travel, Europe engagement, Europe Internet, Europe tourism, Europe travel, Europe wired, European Travel Commission, European Union, Facebook contest, Facebook travel, Gadling, I Wish I Were There, PR Newswire

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