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Americans Searching ‘Greece’ More Than Any European Desination

2021-01-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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American travelers are keen to visit Greece once the pandemic crisis is over. With safety as a priority, Greece is the top European pick.

Tags: American tourist trends, American traveler, American vacationers, Greece, Greece vacation, safe destinations, travel safe, travel safely

Greece Offers Tax Breaks to International Remote Working Professionals

2021-01-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Greece set to lure international professionals to work remotely with tax breaks that could reverse the brain drain the country suffers of.

Tags: brain drain, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Greece, Greece immigration, Greece incentives, Kissamos, Working in Greece

Greece Tourism’s Strategic Agenda to Be Accelerated

2021-01-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said the ministry will accelerate the government’s strategic program for 2021.

Tags: Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Minister Harry Theoharis, pandemic, pandemic second wave, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Study Reveals Two in Three Americans Are Planning Trips After H1 of 2021

2020-12-28 by Argophilia Travel News

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A new Longwoods International tracking study of American travelers reveals that almost two-thirds are planning for no travel before the summer of 2021.

Tags: American tourists, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Longwoods International, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Greece Announces Limited Easing of Lockdown for the Holidays

2020-12-14 by Argophilia Travel News

25th August Street

Greece’s authorities announced last Friday the limited easing of the country’s Covid-19 lockdown restrictions for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Government Spokesperson Stelios Petsas gave the following instructions via the announcement: —- Retailers, beginning Sunday, December 13, until Thursday, January 7, 2021, will be allowed to operate only under the so-called “click-away” method to accept orders by […]

Tags: Greece, Greece Christmas, Greece pandemic, lockdowns, pandemic Greece, pandemic response, Stelios Petsas

Retail Stores Selling Seasonal Items to Open in Greece December 7th

2020-12-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Christmas in Greece

This coming Monday, December 7, retail stores that trade exclusively in seasonal Christmas goods will be permitted to open.

Tags: Greece, Greece Christmans, Greece lockdown, Greece reopening, Greece retail, Greece stores

Eight Ancient Tombs Unearthed in the Peloponnese

2020-12-03 by Argophilia Travel News

Elis

Eight tombs have been unearthed by archaeologists in a recent salvage excavation by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia.

Tags: Ancient Greece, archaeology, Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia, Greece, Greek antiquities, Hellenic tombs

A Candid Look at Greece’s Bassakwards Tourism Industry

2020-11-18 by Phil Butler

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An agreement between the Greek Tourism Ministry, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels looks like the foxes in the henhouse.

Tags: AIROTEL, Alexandros Vassilikos, CSR, Eco-Tourism, Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek hotel owners, Greek Tourism Ministry, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, International Hospitality Forum, Santorini, Sustainable Greece, sustainable hotels, sustainable travel, Visit Greece

Short of Cash: TUI Solvency Threatens Hundreds of Greek Businesses

2020-11-14 by Phil Butler

News that Greek hoteliers are over a barrel because TUI AG has not yet to pay millions of euros to certain hotels, comes as little surprise.

Tags: bailout, bankrupt hotels, Greece, Greece hotels, Lufthansa, TUI, TUI Group, TUI losses, TUI profits, TUI stock

Greece Falls from UK Travel Corridor List – Eight Countries Added

2020-11-13 by Phil Butler

UK travel corridor

Greece has been removed from the UK’s travel corridor. However, five Greek islands have been exempted from the action by officials.

Tags: COVID, COVID travel, Greece, UK travel, UK travelers

Crete Island Digs Out In the Aftermath of Torrential Rains

2020-11-12 by Phil Butler

As Crete locals begin to dig out from under the mud and silt washed seaward by torrential rains, the extent of the destruction becomes more clear.

Tags: crete, Crete flooding, Crete rainfall, Crete weather, flooding, Gouves flood, Greece, Hersonissos flood, Kato Gouves, severe weather

UNWTO Meetup Brings Tourism Sector Together to Plan for the future

2020-11-09 by Argophilia Travel News

UNWTO

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is recently brought travel leaders from around the world together for high-level talks aimed at strengthening cooperation between the public and private sectors.

Tags: Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, tourism, Tourism in Greece, travel, Travel to Greece

Greece Records 790 New Covid-19 Infections and 10 Fatalities

2020-10-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Greek officials confirmed 790 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, of which 76 relate to known clusters, and 29 were via entry points.

Tags: Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Countries Condemn Turkey’s Reopening Varosha Beach in Cyprus

2020-10-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Varosh Ghost Town

The reopening the beachfront area of the abandoned Varosha resort on in northern Cyprus causes public outcry.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus beaches, Cyprus tourism, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Northern Cyprus, Recep Erdogan, Varosha Beach

Greek Officials Announce 411 New COVID-19 Cases in One Day

2020-10-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Covid-19

The National Organization of Public Health (EODY) of Greece announced 411 new cases of Covid-19 in the country

Tags: Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Why Ernst & Young and Capital Link Get Greece All “COVID” Wrong

2020-10-02 by Phil Butler

Ernst & Young’s (EY) recent Attractiveness Survey for 2020 revealed Greece as a favorable invesment market. But, not so fast!

Tags: capital flows, Capital Link, COVID-19 Greece, Ernst & Young, Greece, Greece investing, Greece sustainability, sustainable tourism

COVID-19 Resurgence in Greece Stokes Second-Wave Fears

2020-09-30 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Navagio Beach

Greece is seeing a new spike in Covid-19 infections, mostly in Attica, that is stoking concerns the second wave of the pandemic will further cripple tourism and the country’s economy.

Tags: Greece, Greece COVID-19, Greece officials, Greece schools, Greece tourism

Greece Imposes New Covid-19 Measures for Select Destinations

2020-09-26 by Argophilia Travel News

COVID-19

Additional precautionary measures are in place at a number of Greek regions, including Attica and Trikala to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Tags: Attica, COVID-19 restrictions, Greece, Greek destinations

A Discussion of Greece’s Problematic COVID-19 Numbers

2020-09-10 by Phil Butler

coronavirus

Greece’s numbers on COVID-19 just don’t seem to tell the real story of the resurgence of cases since the tourism 2020 reboot.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, Coronavirus quarantines, COVID-19, Greece, Greek General Secretariat for Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, travel, UK quarantine, UK tourists

Greece Reports 156 New COVID-19 Cases to Start the Week

2020-09-08 by Argophilia Travel News

British tourists

On Monday, Greek officials announced 156 new cases of coronavirus in the country, 13 of which were detected following checks at the country’s entry gates.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, pandemic response

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