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World Leaders Push For Tourism – Putting Us All in Harm’s Way

2021-08-07 by Phil Butler

COVID nightmare

World leadership during the coronavirus pandemic has failed the people of Earth miserably. It’s a time wen economics was chosen over people.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 Greece, EU, EU Travel, Greece amber list, Greece travel, Greece vaccine rollout, Greece vaccines, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, red list, vaccines

EU Digital COVID Certificate and Vaccine Rollouts Spur Travel Sentiment

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

ETC

As Europe opens after long lockdowns, interest in travel has risen sharply because of vaccine rollouts and the Digital COVID Certificate.

Tags: EU Commission, EU Digital COVID Certificate, EU tourism, EU Travel, EU travel guidelines, Europe travel sentiment, travel, travel sentiment

Greek Hoteliers and Politicians Launch ACME Rocket PR Campaign

2021-03-19 by Phil Butler

ACME

Greek political and business leadership launches cartoonish tourism PR campaign in the midst of record COVID-19 cases.

Tags: Clean Monday, COVID vaccine, crete, Dimitris Kalaitzidaki, EU, EU COVID response, EU Travel, Greek hoteliers, Greek hotels, Greek SMEs, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Open Tourism, public relations, Sputnik V, Sustainable Greece, tourism

EU Commissioners Propose Disney-Dopey Style COVID Labels

2020-09-05 by Phil Butler

EU officials now want to do a “Disney” on the COVID-19 pandemic after member states show fragmented policies to defeat the virus.

Tags: border controls, EU, EU COVID response, EU rules, EU Travel, pandemic, travel, TUI, Ursula von der Leyen

The European Union Opens Up Travel from Tunisia and Other Nations

2020-08-09 by Argophilia Travel News

European Commission

The European Commission frees up inbound travel from more nations in a gradual lifting of restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Tags: COVID restrictions, COVID-19 news, EU Travel, Europe COVID-19, European Travel Commission

Greece’s Tourism Minister Sets Mid-July Date for UK Open Travel

2020-07-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Greece’s Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis announced this past week that Greece may be ready to welcome British travelers by mid-July.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, EU pandemic, EU Travel, Greece tourism, Greece travelers, Greece vacation, GreekVacations2020, Harry Theoharis, Summer 2020, UK tourists, UK travelers

Russia’s Medvedev Suggests Visa-Free Travel Post-Pandemic

2020-06-13 by Phil Butler

Дмитрий Медведев

Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says it’s high time visa-free travel between the EU and Russia became a reality.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, EU Travel, EU visas, EU-Russia, pandemic, Russia COVID, Russia relations, Russia tourists, Russia travel, Russian tourists, visa free russia, visa free travel

EU Plan Leaves Saving Summer Vacations to the Member States

2020-05-14 by Phil Butler

The European Commission

The EU has published key guidelines to help member states save summer vacations, but most feel they’ve been left to their own devices.

Tags: COVID-19, EU, EU Travel, Europe vacations, European commission, Greece travel, Greece vacations, pandemic, pandemic response, tourism industry, vacations

Europe’s Tourism Industry in the Post-COVID-19 Era

2020-05-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Eiffel Tower

Europe’s travel and tourism industry, which represents 10% of European Union‘s GDP, is in a nosedive over the coronavirus pandemic.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, EU flights, EU Travel, travel, world tourism

Southern Mediterranean Destinations Win Out for Summer 2018 Growth

2018-11-14 by Laura Kohlenberger

Cappadocia Balloon Races

According to a European Travel Commission’s latest report, “European Tourism – Trends & Prospects 2018”, 32 out of 34 reporting destinations showed growth for the summer season. In all, 1 in 4 destinations enjoyed double-digit increases in arrivals.

Tags: EU Travel, Europe tourism, Europe travel, European commission, Greece, Greece tourism, Malta tourism, Serbia tourism, southern Europee, Turkey, Turkey Travel

A Cyprus to Greece Ferry May Set Sail Once Again

2018-11-02 by Laura Kohlenberger

"Speedrunner IV", Aegean Speed Lines

The go-ahead has been given to Cyprus’ Deputy Shipping Minister Natasa Pilides to study ways a former ferry link in between Greece and Cyprus can be relaunched.

Tags: Aegean ferries, Cyprus, Cyprus ferry, Cyprus travel, EU ferries, EU Travel, ferry routes, Greece, Natasa Pilides, Nicos Anastasiades

EU Travel Commission Expects Sound Growth for Chinese Travel to Europe

2018-02-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Chinese tourists

Positive indicators mirror outbound travel growth forecasts around the celebration of the Chinese New Year, one of the key periods when Chinese take holidays.  According to the latest results of the Long-Haul Travel Sentiment Survey and Index Chinese willingness to travel overseas remains positive in the first months of 2018.

Tags: 2018 travel, Chinese holidays, Chinese travelers, EU holidays, EU tourism, EU Travel, Europe growth, Long-haul travel, tourism growth, travel statistics

Turkey to Get Free Shengen Visas Despite

2016-05-03 by Delia Gavrilescu

Turkish passport

The European Commission is going to allow visa-free travel for Turkish citizens inside Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, according to reports. As part of the deal offered Turkey for taking back migrants who crossed into Greece, Turkey is to get a free visa-ride if the country meets EU criteria.

Tags: EU Travel, EU visas, Schengen, Schengen zone, Turkey, Turkey visas

Europe Tourism Recovery Goes Into Shock

2015-01-23 by Phil Butler

A deserted restaurant along Rue Boucherie Brussels - Courtesy Suvodeb Banerjee

If foreign relations and anti-terror tactics across Europe get any worse, tourism dependent businesses already hit by west versus Russia tensions could finally go belly up. All across the EU soldiers and other security personnel are fanning out in a frantic hunt for suspected radicals. However real or perceived Jihadists or other extremists may be, the danger posed to Europe’s economy. That “recovery” Europe was promised, it’s clear it’s not happening now.

Tags: Brussels, EU Travel, Europe travel, Paris, Russia sanctions

Russia’s Dobrolet Airlines in Holding Pattern Over Europe

2014-08-04 by Phil Butler

The “boomerang effect” of US and EU sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin foretold of may be about to hit Europe travel businesses hard. The newly launched Russian low-cost Russian airline, has been forced to suspend its operations after the European Union (EU) sanctioned the airline over the Ukraine crisis.

Tags: aeroflot, EU, EU sanctions, EU tourism, EU Travel, German travel, Greece travel, Irkut MS-21, Russia outbound, Russia tourists, Russian travel, Sukhoi Superjet 100, Vladimir Putin

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