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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Tourism Story Nobody in Tourism Wants to Tell the World

2020-10-07 by Phil Butler

Gambling. This is what the world’s top leaders are up to where the coronavirus pandemic is concerned. Here’s a look at some facts.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, COVID-19, COVID-19 policy, Greece tourism, Greek coronavirus, Japan Coronavirus, Japanese strategies, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic playbook, SARS-CoV-2, Zeynep Tufekci

Greece Officials Showing Off in TUI Dog & Pony Show

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

Dog and pony show

Greece seems to be caving in to pressure from German tour giant TUI to forge through a COVID 2nd wave and create off season bookings.

Tags: Greece lockdown, Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greek Prime Minister, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, lockdown, Sebastian Ebel, Theoharis, travel stocks, TUI, TUI Group, TUI stocks

Greece Moves to Ban All Single-Use Plastics by July 2021

2020-08-29 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece is advancing on plans to ban single-use plastics by July, 2021. A new law targets unsustainable practices.

Tags: Greece, Greek sustainability, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, single-use plastics, sustainability, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism

Tom Hanks and Wife Rita Wilson Are Proud Greek Citizens Now

2020-07-28 by Phil Butler

Just to show you how cool Greece is, legendary actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are now Greek citizens.

Tags: Greece, Greece citizens, Greece news, Greece visa, Greek living, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks

SETE Chief & Greek PM Agree: Greece Needs “Mature” Tourism Strategy

2020-06-27 by Phil Butler

SETE President Yiannis Retsos

Greece’s PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SETE President Yiannis Retsos discussed creating a 10-year strategic tourism development plan.

Tags: Greece economc, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, local economy, Next Generation EU, SETE, sustainable tourism, tourism, Visit Greece, Yiannis Retsos

Santorini Will Set Up First-Ever DMO in Greece

2020-06-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Santorini Sunset

This week, the South Aegean Region Governor George Hadzimarkos announced the establishment of the first-ever Greek DMO for Santorini.

Tags: Antonis Iliopoulos, Antonis Sigalas, DMO, George Hadzimarkos, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Nikos Kanakaris, Nikos Nomikos, Santorini Hoteliers Association, Santorini Municipality, Union of Boatmen

Greece’s Tourism Minister Reveals New “Visit Greece” App

2020-06-15 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

A tech-helper sponsored by Eurobank and Mastercard, the Visit Greece app was just unveiled by Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis.

Tags: Aspa Palimeri, Eurobank, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mastercard, Minister Harry Theoharis, Visit Greece

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 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 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

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

European Council Puts SURE Job Safety Net in Place

2020-05-20 by Argophilia Travel News

European Commission

The European Council has approved the EU’s SURE scheme to protect thousands of workers at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19 response, EU, EU SURE program, Greece tourism, Greek jobs, job security, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, SURE, Zdravko Maric

Greece’s Prime Minister Morphs Into a True Leader

2020-05-19 by Phil Butler

PM Mitsotakis

Greece, once called the “punching bag” of Europe, now leads the way progressing into “next”.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus response, Greece economc, Greece government, Greece lockdown, Greece schools, Greece tourism, Greek vacation, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis, Sotiris Tsiodras

TUI Pushing Hard for Early Tourism Invasion of Greece

2020-05-06 by Phil Butler

Mykonos

This week in Greece, citizens are emerging from a weeks long lockdown. Meanwhile, TUI and other big travel businesses push ahead hard.

Tags: Balearic Islands, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, crete, Cyprus, Fritz Joussen, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, portugal, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI profits, TUI stocks

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Announces Coronavirus Restrictions Easing

2020-04-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that the nationwide coronavirus lockdown is to be gradually lifted as of May 4.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece lockdown, Greek news, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic

Is Greece’s Tourism Future Drowning in a COVID-19 Tsunami?

2020-04-11 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Here’s a story of brilliant Greek swimmers caught in a brutal coronavirus pandemic’s undertow. It’s to wake up and witness a new way.

Tags: crete, Harry Theoharis, Incredible Crete, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Marketing Greece, SETE, Theoharis, Visit Greece, Yiannis Retsos

Greece Officials Close Most Hotels Over Coronavirus

2020-03-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

The Greek government has ordered the closure of all the country’s year-round hotels, in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Tags: COVID-19, Crete hotels, Crete Island, Greece tourism, Greek Isles, hotel closings, hotels, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, travel ban, Visit Greece

Greece’s March 25th Parades Cancelled Due to COVID-19

2020-03-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Greek Independence Day

Greek regional governors and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have decided to cancel the parades for the March 25 holiday.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, Greece annoucements, Greece events, Greece festivals, Greece parades, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, March 25 Parade, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece Gets UNWTO Support for Sustainable Tourism Effort

2020-02-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) met with the Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism of Greece last week in order to offer the United Nations’ specialized agency’s support for sustainable tourism. Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili was in Athens for discussions with political leaders, as well as high-level representatives from the private sector. The discussions focused on the […]

Tags: European sustainability, Greece development, Greece tourism, Greece tourism market, Greece travel, Harry Theocharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sustainable Greece, tourism, UNWTO, world tourism, Zurab Pololikashvili

Royal Caribbean Lines Looks at More Greece Cruises

2019-09-17 by Phil Butler

Athens Acropolis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and executives of Royal Caribbean Cruises looking at ways of boosting Greece cruises.

Tags: Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, Environment, GNTO, Greece overtourism, Greece tourism, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Santorini tourists

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A Newcastle-to-Heraklion flight was forced into an emergency landing in Thessaloniki after an aggressive 42-year-old British tourist disrupted the cabin.

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Technical failures and a 5-hour tarmac delay caused cabin panic and police intervention at Chania Airport, leading 25 passengers to abandon their flight.

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Tourist Rescued After Injury in Mylos Gorge Near Rethymno

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Firefighters extracted an injured tourist from Myli Gorge, a lush valley known for its historic abandoned watermills and cave chapels.

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Five Arrested Following Tragic Drowning of 11-Year-Old Polish Tourist in Chania Hotel Pool

2026-08-31 By Manuel Santos

An 11-year-old Polish girl has died after being found unconscious in a hotel pool in Platanias, Chania. Five people have been arrested as the investigation continues.

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2026-08-31 By Argophilia Travel News

Rethymno is offering free Greek language lessons to migrants, with beginner, advanced and Arabic-speaking classes starting October 13.

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