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Ministers, Airlines, Cruises, and COVID-19 Bean Counting

2020-03-09 by Phil Butler

Deserted beach

Tourism Minister Theoharis and Condor Airlines executives met in Berlin last week to discuss the impacts of the coronavirus and other issues.

Tags: airlines, Condor, Condor Airlines, Coronavirus, COVID-19 cancellations, Crete hotels, Crete tourism, EU, Europe tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Greek hotels, Hary Theoharis, Tourism Ministers, travel advisory, US State Department

Greece 2020 Tourism to Take a Hit from COVID-19 and Refugees

2020-03-04 by Phil Butler

Refugees

With the 2020 tourism season looming just ahead, Greece faces several serious challenges that could end up stifling industry growth.

Tags: COVID-19, EU, Greece 2020, Greece economy, Greece recovery, Greece refugees, Greece travel, health alert, refugee crisis, travel advisory, Turkey, Turkey refugees, virus

European Destinations Register High for World Travelers This Year

2020-02-24 by Argophilia Travel News

European village

The European Travel Commission (ETC), the European Tourism Association (ETOA), Eurail B.V., and the European Commission, have just released the latest Long-Haul Travel Barometer (LHTB), which indicates that the sentiment for travel to Europe from January-April 2020. The publication shows positive in six key overseas markets – Brazil, China, India, Japan, Russia, and the US and provides the European tourism sector […]

Tags: EU, Europe dstinations, Europe travel, European tourism, European Travel Commission, Long-Haul Travel Barometer, tourism data

Greece’s Remote Villages and Islands Get Wi-Fi and More Tourists

2019-11-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Zagori

An EU project to give Wi-Fi access to locals and tourists at remote villages and islands. Already, more tourists are booking.

Tags: ERDF, ESIF, EU, Greece wifi, Greek Isles, Island WiFi, Remote Greece, WiFi4EU

EU Extends No-deal Brexit Air Travel to October 2020

2019-09-06 by Argophilia Travel News

BA A 318

UK airlines will continue flights to the EU through to 24 October of 2020 in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Tags: Brexit, EU, EU Commission, no-deal, UK airlines, UK travelers

FYROM Extends Olive Branch to Greece Over Naming Row

2018-02-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from Skopje, Macedonia’s left-wing government renames Alexander the Great Airport to Skopje International in order to quell tensions with Greece.

Tags: Alexander the Great Airport, EU, FYROM, Greece, macedonia, NATO, Skopje

EU May Force Visa Reciprocity With US and Canada

2016-04-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport

European Commission officials are mulling over whether or not to temporarily suspend American and Canadian citizens’ right to enter EU states without a visa. In possible move to force the two North American countries to offer reciprocity for EU states; Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and two other EU member states, the commission entered into debate to move forward the stalled talks on the subject.

Tags: Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, Croatia visa, EU, EU visas, Romania visa, US visas, visit Europe

Greece Tourism Sinking Like A Rock

2016-03-23 by Phil Butler

An empty Greece hotel - Michael Hausenblas

According to news from the Bank of Greece, receipts from travel in January decreased by 4.7% year on year, corresponding to a decline in arrivals of 7.8%. Currently Greece’s deficit is at €742 million, up some €461 million euro from the same time last year. The news comes at the worst possible time as economic and political pressures mount in the region.

Tags: Brussels, EU, Greece, migrant crisis, refugees

Brussels Travel Advisory: Threat Level 4

2016-03-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Brussels locked down

The UK and other governments have issued a travel advisory for citizens traveling throughout Europe in the wake of the Brussels bombings. Explosions at Zaventem International Airport today, 22 March, 2016, accompanied by another blast at Maalbeek station in central Brussels, have caused fairly major travel disruptions and concern.

Tags: #Bruxelles, #PrayForBelgium, Belgium attacks, Brussels, Brussels Airport, Brussels attacks, EU, Maalbeek station, terrorist bombings

If Schengen Borders Go Up, Billions Will Be Lost

2016-03-02 by Phil Butler

Hungarian-Serbian border - Délmagyarország/Schmidt Andrea

According to news from various sources, the 26-country Schengen area could suffer a huge blow to its tourism sector stemming from the migrant crisis. Border formalities once eliminated to facilitate ease of travel, may soon be re-instituted if the crisis persists. Some experts fear, if the Schengen zone goes, the EU won’t be far behind.

Tags: EU, Europe, immigration, migrant crisis, migrants, Schengen, visa

Belarus and Slovenia talk closer economic ties

2014-10-22 by Phil Butler

Kupchina

Belarus and Slovenia have begun talks to establish a Minsk-Ljubljana air service. The topic, raised in the 4th session of the Belarusian-Slovenian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and sci-tech cooperation, could mean a bilateral agreement soon.

Tags: airlines, economic ties, EU, Europe, sanctions, slovenia, visa

EU Can Count Out Another Russian Tourism Company

2014-09-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

#Russia #Sanctions

As the tensions in between Russia and western powers continue, news of another Russian tour operator supending operation does not ring a positive note for Europe travel in general. According to ITAR-TASS, some 4,000 plus customers of Russia’s bankrupt Yuzny Krest Travel tour operation, who are vacationing overseas, my need assistance returning home.

Tags: EU, Greece tourism, RESO-Garantiya Company, Russia companies, Russia tours, 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

EU Launches New Business Avenues into Southeast Asia

2014-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The EU this week announced a pilot program, New Business Avenues into Southeast Asia for European SMEs in the Southeast Asian region via a hub in Singapore. According to the SingaporeCompanyIncorporation.sg, a leading Singapore incorporation portal, the new office hub there in Singapore makes strategic sense.

Tags: business travel, EU, Europe, Singapore, SMEs

Weight of Ukraine Unrest, Sanctions, Threaten EU Economies

2014-05-07 by Phil Butler

Jean Claude Juncker

The Ukraine unrest unfolding, US and NATO versus Russia challenges and sanctions, threaten to unravel any hope of continued EU economic recovery. This, according to an ITAR-TASS report, must be weighed against European Commission contentions. Whatever the case for western EU nations, tourism and other sectors in eastern Europe will certainly be stifled.

Tags: banks, EU, EU elections, European commission, IMF, ITAR-TASS, Jean Claude Juncker, Luxembourg, NATO, Russia, Russia sanctions, Siim Kallas, Ukraine, Ukraine unrest

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