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Theoharis

The Greece Tourism Season That Never Should Have Been

2021-08-12 by Phil Butler

Greek Prime Minister

With wildfire ravaging the country, and the coronavirus resurging, will Greek officials finally admit the 2021 tourism season was a mistake?

Tags: Blue Freedom, fires in Greece, Greece 2021, Greece COVID, Greece COVID-19, Greece fires, Greece tourists, Greece vaccines, Greece wildfires, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Theoharis

In Greece a Health Emergency Takes a Back Seat to Tourism Economics

2021-07-24 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Lambrinos

Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis meets with Crete officials to beg for more vaccinations and to discuss distributing EU funds.

Tags: Alexis Tsipras, Greece COVID-19, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Nikos Igoumenidis, Theoharis, tourism minister, Vassilis Lambrinos

Dutch Government Sending “Tourism Test Rats” to Rhodes

2021-03-24 by Phil Butler

tourists in a testtube

Just when you thought European tourism could not get any weirder, Netherlands makes test rats out of tourists.

Tags: ANVR, Dutch tourists, Frank van Oostdam, Mark Rutte, Mitsis Grand Beach, Netherlands, Netherlands tourists, Rhodes, Rhodes Resort, Sunweb, Theoharis, Transavi, VVD

News Flash: Healthy Romanians to Visit Sick Greeks for Easter

2021-03-22 by Phil Butler

Theoharis in Bucharest

Romania and Greece are keen to set up a travel arrangement for vaccinated travelers using their own vaccine certificates. What can go wrong?

Tags: Greece, Greece coronavirus, Greece vaccine, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Mitsotakis, Romania coronavirus, Romania vaccine, Theoharis, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Greece Plans To restart Tourism by May 14th

2021-03-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Port Ios Paros

Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis held a press conference this week to announce the country hopes on opening its tourist season on May 14.

Tags: All You Need Is Greece, Greece 2021, Greece hotels, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece visitors, Greek travelers, Harry Theoharis, Theoharis, tourism minister

Mitsotakis: “ Greece must not become low-cost investment destination”

2020-11-30 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Mitsotakis says “Greece needs to become attractive to investors in five ways, not simply over low labor cost. Now what?

Tags: brain drain, Greece brain drain, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis, Pissarides Committee, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Theoharis, tourism industry, Tourism Minister of Greece, Transforming Tourism Initiative, Travel to Greece, V.K. Premium Business Consultants, Visit Greece

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 Authorities Set Tourism “Risk Zones” for Vacation 2020 Reboot

2020-05-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Crete's Balos Lagoon

Greece’s moves to rescue the 2020 holiday season will be to begin implementing broad-reaching measures including three “risk zones”.

Tags: COVID-19, Greece holiday, Greece vacation, Greece visit, Harry Theoharis, hotels, pandemic, risk zones, Theoharis, Tourism 2020, Vacation 2020

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

Greek Tourism Minister Theoharis Addresses Coronavirus Effects

2020-03-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Acropolis

The Greek ministries of economy, development, and tourism are looking at measures to support business owners affected by Covid-19 outbreak.

Tags: COVID-19, Greece bookings, Greece tourism, Greek economy, Harry Theoharis, Theoharis, tourism minister, viral outbreak

Greek Tourism Minister Theoharis Pushing Direct Athens-Boston Air Link

2019-12-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Visit Greece logo

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis was in Boston this week discussing the possible creation of more solid airline linkages.

Tags: Boston to Athens, Boston tourists, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek travel, Kayak, Theoharis, Tourism Minister of Greece, TripAdvisor

Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis Lays Out Ten-Year Plan

2019-11-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Haris Theocharis

Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis previews ten-year plan for tourism in Greece focused on quality, sustainability and authenticity.

Tags: Greece tourism, Greece tours, Greece travel, Greek travel, Haris Theocharis, Harry Theoharis, Theoharis

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