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Greece Tourism Receipts on Record Breaking Track for 2023

2023-06-21 by Phil Butler

Greece courtesy Pixabay

According to the latest data from the Bank of Greece, January-April 2023, non-resident traveler arrivals increased by 52.5%.

Tags: AirDNA, Bank of Greece, GNTO, Greece, Greece arrivals, Greece tourism, Greece tourism receipts, Greece tourists, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, UK travelers, US tourists

Greek Tourism Ministry Aims to Extend Agrotourism Options

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

Sophia Zacharaki

Deputy Tourism Minister Sophia Zacharaki announced new amendment aimed at empowering agrotourism related businesses.

Tags: agrotourism, alttourism, Crete tourism, farm tourism, GNTO, Greece tourism, Sophia Zacharaki, Vassilis Kikilias, year round tourism

Come to Greece, Ride, Learn, Trust, and Live Well

2022-08-02 by Phil Butler

Crete Riding Academy

Greece is a year-round tourism destination like no other. New initiatives by officials and individuals may now deliver on the promise.

Tags: alt-tourism, Anna Diakonova, crete, Crete Island, Equestrian sport, Equestrian tourism, Equine Assisted Therapy, FEI World Equestrian Games, GNTO, Greece, Greece in Winter, Greece tourism, horse therapy, Khaled Al-Afrangi, Marianna Grammatakiki, Palestine Equestrian Club, Para-Dressage, sports tourism, wellness tourism, winter tourism, year round tourism

With Sea Level On the Rise Greece Envisions a Thousand Cruise Ships

2021-11-07 by Phil Butler

Piraeus Port Authority-PPA/OLP-COSCO Shipping

What will it take for Greece’s decision makers to stop paying lip service to sustainable tourism for the future?

Tags: Cosco, cruise news, cruise pollution, GNTO, greece cruises, Jet2, overtourism, Piraeus Port Authority, Pireaus Port, PPA, Santorini overtourism, sustainable tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM, Yu Zenggang

GNTO’s Fragakis Says 2021 Goals Met – Sustainability Ahead

2021-09-22 by Phil Butler

Dimitris Fragakis

GNTO boss Dimitris Fragakis says Greece has achieved its goals set for tourism in 2021.

Tags: 85th Thessaloniki International Fair, Dimitris Fragakis, GNTO, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Tourism Ministry

Ryanair and the GNTO Pimping Greece Trips Despite COVID Fears

2021-08-26 by Phil Butler

Michael O’Leary, CEO, Ryanair

With Greece painted red on many COVID travel maps, Ryanair steps up efforts to sell tickets alongside Greece’s GNTO.

Tags: Chania flights, Dara Brady, Emy Anagnostopoulou, German tourists, GNTO, Greece COVID-19, Greece pandemic, Michael O’Leary, Ryanair, Ryanair Holdings

GNTO Concert Promotes Greece Through Culture and Music

2021-07-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sunset in Greece

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) aired the “Sunset in Greece” concert, part of an ongoing year-long campaign to promote Greece.

Tags: Cine Psychiko, Evanthia Reboutsika, George Perris, GNTO, Greece tourism, Greek music, Greek songs, PBS, Temple of Aphaia, “Sunset in Greece”

Greece Tourism Friday News Brief: COVID News and More

2021-04-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Alexandros Vassilikos

Friday has been a pretty busy news day where the tourism sector is concerned. Here’s a brief rundown of the news and events from Greece.

Tags: Alexandros Vassilikos, Dimitris Fragakis, GNTO, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, hotels, Mitsotakis administration, New Democracy

Greece Minister: Government Plans More Interventions for Tourism

2021-04-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Χρήστος Σταϊκούρας / Christos Staikouras

Greek officials are planning additional interventions for sectors including tourism, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said earlier today.

Tags: Christos Staikouras, Finance Minister, GNTO, Greece interventions, Greece tourism

GNTO Presents Future Alternative Tourism Value to Scandinavia

2020-11-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Pavlos Mourmas

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) was in Scandinavia recently showing off alternative forms of tourism the country has to offer.

Tags: alternative tourism, GNTO, GNTO PR, Greece 2021, Greece tourism, Pavlos Mourmas, Sweden

The GNTO in Scandanavia Holds Alternative Tourism Event

2020-10-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Skopelos Island

The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) in Scandinavia has organized an event in Stockholm promoting alternative tourism products.

Tags: GNTO, Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greece tourism product, Greece tourism season, Scandinavian travelers

Greece Steps Up Efforts To Develop Agrotourism

2020-10-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Dalabelos Estate

Greece’s Ministry of Tourism is stepping up efforts to diversify the tourist product of the country by drafting a new agrotourism plan aimed at channeling revenues into local communities.

Tags: agrotourism, alternative tourism, coronavirus Greece, EU Recovery Fund, GNTO, Greece agriculture, Greece agrotourism, Greece local, Greek villages, Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration

TUI and Others Seem Determined to Cram Tourists Down the Throats of Greeks

2020-09-21 by Phil Butler

TUI Bundeswehr

TUI announces Greece is the company’s top destination now. Meanwhile, Greece plans to boost tourists in midst of COVID resurgence.

Tags: Aquila Rithymna Beach, COVID-19 measures, Crete tourists, Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, Dimitris Fragakis, FTI GROUP, FVW, FVW media, FVW Workshop, George Dimas, German media, German tourists, GNTO, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Sonar Acoustics Audiovisual, TUI

Greece Βecomes An ECTAA Preferred Destination

2020-08-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Yachting tourism Greece

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and ECTAA have agreed to make Greece the Preferred Destination.

Tags: ECTAA, GNTO, Greece attractions, Greece culture, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Pawel Niewiadomski, travel

GNTO Launches “Greek Summer Feeling” Campaign Via Bloomberg

2020-08-12 by Argophilia Travel News

GNTO campaign

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has launched a “first-ever” strategic partnership with Bloomberg.

Tags: Bloomberg, Destination Greece, Dimitris Fragakis, GNTO, Greece, Greece coronavirus, Greece tourism, Greece travel, media, PR campaign

Greece Launches “Greece – More Than a Destination” Tourism Campaign

2020-07-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Greece. More than a destination

At the start of the week, Greece unveiled a new national campaign for tourism dubbed “Greece. More than a destination.”

Tags: Aegean, Aegean Airlines, Dimitris Fraggakis, GNTO, Greece National Tourism Organization, Greece tourism, Marina Valvi, More Than a Destination

2020 Certainly Is the Time for “A Greek Summer State of Mind”

2020-06-08 by Phil Butler

Greek Summer

Greece’s tourism ministry released a new campaign “A Greek Summer State of Mind”, which is all the more necessary because of COVID-19.

Tags: GNTO, Greece, Greece 2020, Greece tourism, Greece vacation, Greek Tourism Ministry, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Marketing Greece

Greece’s Ministry of Tourism and Google Launch #greecefromhome

2020-04-05 by Phil Butler

Balos Lagoon

The Greek Tourism Ministry, in cooperation with Google, has launched the greecefromhome.com (#greecefromhome) site.

Tags: #greecefromhome, Aegean travel, Balos Lagoon, coronavirus outbreak, crete, distance travel, experiences, GNTO, Google, Greece adventure, Greece travel, Greek Isles, Greek tourism, Knossos, Limnos, Minoan Theater, Mykonos, sail Greece, stay at home travel, travel 2020

GNTO: Stay Updated on Measures Against Coronavirus at Visit Greece

2020-03-19 by Argophilia Travel News

Visit Greece

This public service announcement is from the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and Visit Greece for CVOID-19 related information.

Tags: Coronavirus, GNTO, Greece government, Greece tourism, Greek announcements

GNTO Promotes Greek Isles Through Open Water Sports Tourism Events

2020-03-11 by Phil Butler

Aegean 600

The GNTO has announced its support to three major water sports competitions to take place in the summer of 2020.

Tags: 2020 Skyllias & Hydna Authentic Marathon Swim, Aegean 600, Agathonissi, Angela Gerekou, GNTO, Greece events, Greece tourism ministry, Greece water sports, Karpathos, Kassos, kos, Milos, Odyssey Open Water, Patmos, Rhodes, sailing, Santorini, sports tourism, water sports, water sports competitions, yacthing

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