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Greece Tourism Minister Welcomes Germany’s Travel to Greece Stance

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Tourism Minister has welcomed Germany’s decision to relax travel restrictions to Greece during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, digital nomads, Greek Isles, Harry Theoharis, pandemic response, tourism, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis, travel, Travel to Greece

Greece Let’s the Music Play Again for Summer 2021 Visitors

2021-06-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Cretan dance

Greece Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias says music now allowed at many cafes and restaurants.

Tags: Greece curfew, Greece tourism, Greece vacation, Greek officials, lockdown measures, Minoan Theater, Nikos Hardalias, Summer 2021, tourism, Visit Greece, world tourism

UNWTO Has Confidence Sagging Tourism Numbers Will Rise

2021-06-03 by Argophilia Travel News

UNWTO

The UNWTO Confidence Index reveals signs there is an incremental increase in confidence traveler numbers will grow in 2021.

Tags: tourism, tourism 2021, UNWTO, UNWTO report, UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, world tourism

The Most Important Travel News You Will Read Today

2021-05-13 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

The reopening of Greece to travelers has brought praise from economists and the WTTC, but on Crete leaders say the people have been let down.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID-19 Greece, Gloria Guevara, Greece, Greece coronavirus, Greece lockdown, Greece vacation, pandemic lockdowns, Summer 2021, tourism, WTTC

Greece Summer 2021: Let the Big Gamble Sink In

2021-05-12 by Phil Butler

Noxos beach

Greece’s Tourism Minister says Greece will be on the UK’s “Green List” soon, but will it be too late for that Greece summer to remember?

Tags: Amber Countries, American tourists, ForwardKeys, Greece hotels, Greek destinations, Harry Theoharis, New Democracy, tourism, TUI, TUI stocks, UK tourists, UK travelers, World Travel & Tourism Council

Live from Greece: Where Viruses, Bananas, and Tourism Are the Rage

2021-04-14 by Phil Butler

Mitsotakis banana republic

Greek decision makers are chest bumping one another over the COVID response. Meanwhile, the system is badly broken.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, EODY, google news, Greece citizens, Greece resorts, Greece vaccine rollout, Greek citizens, Harry Theoharis, Idika, Johnson & Johnson, Kathimerini, KEP, Mitsis Grand Hotel, National Herald, tourism, Tourism in Greece

Greek Hoteliers and Politicians Launch ACME Rocket PR Campaign

2021-03-19 by Phil Butler

ACME

Greek political and business leadership launches cartoonish tourism PR campaign in the midst of record COVID-19 cases.

Tags: Clean Monday, COVID vaccine, crete, Dimitris Kalaitzidaki, EU, EU COVID response, EU Travel, Greek hoteliers, Greek hotels, Greek SMEs, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Open Tourism, public relations, Sputnik V, Sustainable Greece, tourism

Theoharis Says Brits Can Visit Greece Regardless of Vaccination Status

2021-02-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Tourism Minister Theoharis says British nationals will be allowed into Greece during the summer without vaccine.

Tags: EU pandemic, EU tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Greece vaccine rollout, Harry Theoharis, ITV, tourism, UK COVID, UK travelers, vaccine schedule

GBTA Poll: Vaccine a Game-Changer for a Return to Travel

2021-02-22 by Argophilia Travel News

GBTA poll finds COVID-19 vaccine is a game changer for rebooting travel in 2021 via a poll conducted by the organzation.

Tags: COVID-19 Vaccine, GBTA, global pandemic, pandemic travel, tourism, tourism 2021, travel, travel industry, vaccine schedule

Azerbaijan Launches Web Portal to Promote the Karabakh Region

2021-02-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Karabakh

Azerbaijan’s state-run tourism organization, the Azerbaijan Tourism Board (ATB), has launched a website to promote the Karabakh region.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan tourism, Azerbaijan Tourism Association, Karabakh Region, tourism

Travel & Hospitality Doomsday Report: A “No Way Back” Scenario Part I

2021-02-02 by Phil Butler

Pandemic cataclysm

What if there is no way back as hospitality and tourism recovery evangelists suggest? Should be be looking at other contingencies?

Tags: Air Deccan, Air Italy, Belk, BRA, Cities Direct, COVID disaster, Hertz, hotels, Lakeland Tours, LATAM, pandemic economy, Shearings, Skylink Travel, STA Travel, tourism, Wallace Arnold

Travelers Are Checking Out Spontaneous Trips In 2021

2021-01-13 by Argophilia Travel News

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A new Hotels.com report reveals travelers ready for spontaneity and new travel experiences.

Tags: 2021 travel, American tourists, hotels, Hotels.com, last minute travel, pandemic restrictions, tourism

Why Isn’t TUI Already Sunken To the Bottom of the Deadpool?

2021-01-09 by Phil Butler

TUI logo

TUI stocks have now bottomed out as the Anglo-German travel firm staggers under the weight of a pandemic. So why is the group still afloat?

Tags: tourism, travel, travel companies, travel markets, TUI, TUI Group, TUI Group sales, TUI stocks, Wall Street

Greece Ministers Upgraded State Tourism Schools

2021-01-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Manos Konsolas

Greece’s state tourism schools training ASTE professionals are to be upgraded to four-year institutions, according to ANA.

Tags: ASTE, Greece ASTE, Greece tourism, KYA, Manos Konsolas, tourism, tourism education, Tourism schools

Greece Cuts Traveler COVID-19 Quaranteen Time to 3 Days For Holidays

2020-12-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Greek authorities have now reduced the mandatory quarantine time for incoming travelers to the country during the holiday season to only 3 days.

Tags: COVID-19, Greece quaranteen, Greece travel, Stelios Petsas, tourism

Greece and Saudi Arabia Move to Strengthen Ties Through Tourism

2020-11-19 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and his Saudi Arabia counterpart Ahmed Aqeel Al-Khateeb met recently to discuss strengthening ties through tourism and investments as well as ways to address the Covid-19 crisis.

Tags: Ahmed Aqeel Al-Khateeb, COVID-19 Greece, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, Saudi Arabia tourists, Saudi travelers, tourism, world tourism

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

Cyprus Tourist Arrivals Drop 83.4% in September 2020

2020-10-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Paphos, Cyprus

Arrivals of tourists to Cyprus were only 87,334 in September 2020 compared to 524,707 in September 2019, a decrease of 83.4%.

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

Greece Creates Certification Criteria and Seal for “Glamping”

2020-10-06 by Argophilia Travel News

Treehouses of Serenity

Greece’s Ministry of Tourism announced yesterday a new certification for businesses in Greece offering ‘glamping’ accommodation services.

Tags: camping, campsites, glamour camping, glamping, Greece camping, Greece Ministry of Tourism, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek Law 4688/2020, Greek travelers, hiking, luxury campsite, tourism, Treehouses of Serenity

The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Set Tourism Back by $1 Trillion

2020-10-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Vaccine

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres just released a new report today citing UNWTO data on the level of devastation COVID-19 will exact on the tourism industry.

Tags: coronavirus recovery, COVID-19, economy, pandemic, tourism, tourism losses, tourism season, travel sector, world economy, world tourism

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