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Air France Resumes Flights to Greece from Regional Airports

2020-06-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

#Franceisintheair

Air France has announced the resumption of service to Athens and Heraklion in Greece from regional airports in France.

Tags: Air France, AirFrance-KLM, COVID-19 safety, Crete flights, france, Greece 2020, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece vacation, Heraklion flights, pandemic

SETE Chief Says the Time is Ripe for Greek Tourism Product Upgrade

2020-06-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Delphi Economic Forum

(SETE) President Yiannis Retsos told onlookers at the online Delphi Economic Forum this week, “the time is ripe for Greece to upgrade its tourism product.”

Tags: banks, Delphi Economic Forum, Eurobank, Greece hotels, Greece recovery, Greece tourism, Greece tourism product, Greece tours, Konstantinos Vassiliou, pandemic, pandemic response, rebooting tourism, Vacation 2020, Yiannis Retsos

Flight Bookings to Greece, Portugal & Spain Increase

2020-06-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Aegean Airlines

Recent ForwardKeys analysis reveals a big jump in international flight bookings to Greece, Portugal, and Spain as the tourist destinations announce the easing of travel restrictions.

Tags: 2020 Vacations, airline bookings, airlines, Bookings, flights, ForwardKeys, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Summer 2020, Tourism 2020

Austrian Airlines Resumes Greece Vacation Flights in July

2020-06-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines has just announced new flights to a number of islands in Greece as of July.

Tags: Athens, Austrian Airlines, Austrian travelers, Greece flights, Greece tickets, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece vacation, pandemic, Thessaloniki flights

COVID-19 DIALOGUES: “Navigating Uncharted Tourism Waters”

2020-06-08 by Phil Butler

SNF DIALOGUE

The DIALOGUES of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) continue for discussing the impact of the COVID-19 in tourism via webcast.

Tags: Alexandros Vassilikos, Dr. Georgia Zouni, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greek marketing, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, SNF, SNF DIALOGUES, Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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

Skyscanner Names Greece a Top Dream Destination

2020-06-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Unforgettable Greece

Skyscanner has named Greece one of the world’s top dream destinations for the post-coronavirus vacation season 2020.

Tags: bucket list, destinations, Greece tourism, Greek Isles, pandemic, Skyscanner, Tourism 2020, Vacation 2020

Irish Times “Spot On” With Greece Tourism Anxieties Story

2020-06-02 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Center

A story this week on the Irish Times Richard Pine frames Greece’s reopening to tourism through the filtered light of skepticism.

Tags: COVID-19, Germany tourists, Grecotel, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, Greek Tourism Ministry, Irish Times, Maria Daskalantonaki, Richard Pine, tourism

Greece to Take Care of Cost of Coronavirus-infected Tourists

2020-06-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

American tourist at Oia village

Officials in Greece have announced the country will cover the cost of treatment for any tourists who test positive for Covid-19 while visiting.

Tags: Athens travel, Greece, Greece hotels, Greece summer, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece vacation, Greece visits, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Stelios Petsas, Tourism in Greece

Greece’s Monolithi Beach Named Safest Post-COVID Beach in Europe

2020-06-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Monolithi Beach

According to European Best Destinations Organization (EBD) has named Greece’s beautiful Monolithi Beach the safest in Europe.

Tags: best beaches, Corfu, Greece 2020, Greece tourism, Greek beaches, Halikounas Beach, holidays in 2020, Monolith Beach, safest beaches, Vacation 2020

Wizz Air Announces Flights to Athens and Thessaloniki from Larnaca Base

2020-06-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Wizz Air

Wizz Air has announced flights to Athens and Thessaloniki from its new base in Larnaca, Cyprus, to begin from July.

Tags: Coronavirus, Cyprus flights, Cyprus travel, Greece flights, Greece holidays, Greece tourism, Larnaca, Larnaca flights, Wizz Air

Greece’s Theoharis Says, “We Want to Be Ready to Welcome Every Tourist”

2020-06-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Harry Theoharis told a TV audience every part of his country will have the full capacity to deal with coronavirus cases.

Tags: EASA, Greece 2020, Greece coronavirus, Greece flights, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece vacations, Greek government, Harry Theoharis, travel advisory, travel safety

Greece Releases Tourism List of 29 Countries for Mid-June

2020-06-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Ikaria Island, Greece

Greek authorities have announced the opening of borders for inbound flights from 29 countries from June 15th. According to the news, foreign flights will initially land in the airports of the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki. The list of countries came about after a study of the epidemiological profile of the countries of origin of […]

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece vacation, Greek Isles

INSETE Unveils Markets to Drive Greek Tourism in 2020

2020-05-29 by Argophilia Travel News

SETE President, Yiannis Retsos

News from SETE Intelligence (INSETE) says Germany, Israel, Cyprus, Balkan countries, Romania and Poland show potential for Greek tourism.

Tags: coronavirus response, COVID-19 effects, Greece 2020, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek vacations, GTP, INSETE, SETE, travel data

Greece’s PM Mitsotakis Welcomes “Ambitious” EU Proposal

2020-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commented yesterday on a European Commission recovery plan he says will benefit Greece and Europe.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, EU coronavirus, EU plan, Greece, Greece recovery, Greece tourism, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, post-coronavirus

US Airline Shows Keen Interest in Greece Vacation Flights

2020-05-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Greece travel

Minister Theoharis also said people inside and outside Greece have sent the message that the opening of tourism is very important.

Tags: Athens flights, COVID-19 Greece, Greece holidays, Greece tourism, Greek travel, Harry Theoharis, holidays 2020, US airlines

Lufthansa to Resume Flights to Greece and Other Countries Mid-June

2020-05-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Lufthansa

Lufthansa Airlines has announced the resumption of flights to 20 tourist destinations, including Greek islands, beginning in mid-June.

Tags: Airfare, German airlines, Greece destinations, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Lufthansa routes

Athens Creates Pedestrian Zones for the 2020 Tourism Season

2020-05-25 by Argophilia Travel News

There will be a three-month ban on traffic in Athens’ center. Greece’s capital gets a pedestrian zone for summer 2020.

Tags: Athens attractions, Athens Greece, Athens tourism, Athens travel, Grand Walk of Athens, Greece tourism, pedestrian zone, Plaka, Plaka zone, toursits

Greek Tourism Ministry Releases Directions for Hotels to Reopen

2020-05-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Ministry of Tourism has announced comprehensive and detailed guidelines for hotels and other businesses to reopen.

Tags: Athens hotels, COVID-19, Greece hotels, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece vacations, Harry Theoharis, hotels, pandemic restrictions, Tourism 2020, Tourism Ministry

Greece Releases Tourism 2020 List – UK Not On It

2020-05-22 by Phil Butler

Knossos Tourists

Greece announces the countries so far allowed to vactation in the country in mid-summer 2020, and the United Kingdom does not make the list.

Tags: according to Athens, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crete tourism, Crete vacation, Greece tourism, Greece vacations, Harry Theoharis, International Travel, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, lected, pandemic, pendemic response, UK vacationers, United Kingdom

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