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Greece Too Big a Bargain According to Bank of Greece

2017-01-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Santorini

Greece’s tourism revenues for 2016 slumped below those of 2015 and 2014 according to figures from the Bank of Greece. Traveler spending dropped by double digits, which accounted for the losses even amidst stellar tourist arrivals.

Tags: crete, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek Islands, SETE

Greece Tourists Way Up for 2016

2016-12-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

According to the Leisure Travel Monitor, 2016 has been a banner year for Greek tourism. The German based analysts GfK measured the first eight months of 2016 Greek overseas visitors to the tune of more than 17.2 million compared with 17 million over the same period in 2015.

Tags: Corfu, crete, GfK, GNTO, Greece destinations, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek National Tourism Organisation, Leisure Travel Monitor, Rhodes

Greece Becomes Favored Russian Tourism Destination

2016-05-11 by Phil Butler

Oleg Safonov

The head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency, Oleg Safonov says Greece may became the leader in bookings from Russians, by the end of 2016. According to Safonov, the flow of tourist from Russia to Greece may exceed 1 million before year’s end.

Tags: Elena Kountoura, GNTO, Greece tourism, Greek travel, Oleg Safonov, Russia tourists, Russia travelers

Greek Consulate in Moscow Flooded by May Day Tourists

2016-04-25 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Airport on Crete

According to reports from the Russian Union of Travel, Greece may be dropping the ball where plane loads of Russian tourists headed on May vacations are concerned. News from Interfax-Tourism suggests more than 10,000 visa applications have yet to be approved.

Tags: Crete travel, Eleni Michalopoulou, Greece, Greece tourism, Greek visas, Heraklion, Irina Turina, Russian travelers

To have, or have not & Russian Tourists in 2015

2015-03-09 by Phil Butler

When Russia’s influence on the Ukraine government of Viktor Yanukovych got challenged by a kind of rampaging western hegemony, all Europe should have studied more closely these relationships. Now, over a year in, the 2015 summer tourist season will probably be a disaster. Regardless of who we lay the blame on for the current west-east detente disaster, […]

Tags: Crete hotels, Cyprus travel, Europe hotels, European commission, Greece tourism, hotel revenue, NATO, rouble, Russia sanctions, sanctions, Ukraine

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