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Vassilis Kikilias

Greek Tourism Ministry Aims to Extend Agrotourism Options

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

Sophia Zacharaki

Deputy Tourism Minister Sophia Zacharaki announced new amendment aimed at empowering agrotourism related businesses.

Tags: agrotourism, alttourism, Crete tourism, farm tourism, GNTO, Greece tourism, Sophia Zacharaki, Vassilis Kikilias, year round tourism

Greece’s Vassilis Kikilias Says Sustainable Tourism Next Big Focus

2022-10-05 by Phil Butler

Tilos Project

Greece Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias says the next tourism campaign will hyper-focus on sustainable tourism.

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

Greece’s Tourism Minister Closing in On Expanded Tourist Potential

2022-09-28 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias is returning home from a recent tour to further extend the country’s tourism season and offers.

Tags: alt-tourism, Crete tourism, expanded tourism, Greece bookings, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Kikilias, Minister of Tourism, nature tourism, Scandinavian tourists, sports tourism, Travel to Greece, Vassilis Kikilias

Direct Flights from the U.S. to Greece Extended Thru Winter

2022-09-27 by Phil Butler

Delta Airlines

Direct flights from the US to Greece will be extended throughout the winter months, according to Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias.

Tags: airlines, American Airlines, Athens flights, Delta, Delta Airlines, Greece 2022, Greece flights, Greece tourism, US to Athens, Vassilis Kikilias

Tourism in Greece 2022 Looks Bright for Some

2022-08-01 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias says the effort to extend the country’s tourism season has been successful.

Tags: Aegean vacation, AirBnb, all-inclusive holidays, Crete 2022, Crete airbnb, Crete hotels, Crete vacation, cruise holidays, cruise vacation, Greece 2022, Greece resorts, Greece tourism, Vassilis Kikilias

Crete Riding Academy Welcomes the Palestine Equestrian Club

2022-07-26 by Phil Butler

Khaled Al-Afrangi

The Palestine Equestrian Club visits the Crete Riding Academy, and Europe for the first time ever. Could this be a template for alt-tourism?

Tags: alternative tourism, Crete events, Crete sports, Equestrian, Equine Assisted Therapy, FEI World Equestrian Games, horseback riding, Karteros Beach Sports Center, Karteros Beach Sports Complex, Lefteris Avgenakis, Marianna Grammatikaki, Michalis Kalarakis a, Palestine Equestrian Club, Paralympics, Qalandiya, Stavros Arnautaki, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece Tourism Minister in Heraklion Discussing Season So Far

2022-07-14 by Phil Butler

Greece's Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias

Greece Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias praised Heraklion as a fine example of cooperation between tourism operators and local authorities.

Tags: alternative tourism, Crete tourism, farm to table, gastronomy, Greece 2022, Heraklion, Heraklion Mayor, IHF Beach Handball, Karteros Beach, Karteros Beach Sports Complex, Mayor Vassilis Labrinos, Organic farming, Panagiotis Magganas, Peskesi, tourism 2022, Tourism Ministry, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s Tourism and COVID Numbers Climb

2022-07-12 by Phil Butler

British tourists

Greece’s Minister of Tourism says American tourist arrivals have increased 50% compared to 2019 numbers. Meanwhile, COVID numbers are up too.

Tags: 2022, 2022 Greece, 2022 tourism, American tourists, COVID Pandemic, EODY, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek visits, Omicron, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece Tourism Minister Says Boom Season Is Upon Us

2022-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s head of tourism, Vassilis Kikilias says touristic flows to the country are increasing geometrically week to week.

Tags: American tourists, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greece vacations, Kikilias, tourism, Travel to Greece, U.S. travelers, Vassilis Kikilias

Greece Follows EU – Scraps Covid Test for Travelers with Certificate

2022-02-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Athens and the Acropolis

Greece announces that entry travelers will be allowed without a mandatory test for travelers who have the European vaccination certificate.

Tags: 2022 tourism, COVID test, EU travel certificate, Greece travel, pandemic, Thanos Plevris, Tourism Greece, travel advisory, travel rules, travelers, Vassilis Kikilias

Slam Dunking On Greece’s Recent Tourism Efforts

2021-11-08 by Phil Butler

Lords of Gravity

Okay, Vassilis Kikilias had his shot at doing right by Greeks and the whole sustainable tourism issue. Unfortunately, he’s not making the cut.

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Jet2, Tourism in Greece, tourism minister, Travel to Greece, TUI, Vassilis Kikilias

With Sea Level On the Rise Greece Envisions a Thousand Cruise Ships

2021-11-07 by Phil Butler

Piraeus Port Authority-PPA/OLP-COSCO Shipping

What will it take for Greece’s decision makers to stop paying lip service to sustainable tourism for the future?

Tags: Cosco, cruise news, cruise pollution, GNTO, greece cruises, Jet2, overtourism, Piraeus Port Authority, Pireaus Port, PPA, Santorini overtourism, sustainable tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM, Yu Zenggang

Greece’s Vassilis Kikilias Inks Deal With Jet2 at WTM

2021-11-05 by Delia Gavrilescu

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias signed a deal with Britain’s Jet2.com to increase available air passenger seats to Greek by 600,000.

Tags: Flights to Greece, Greece, Greece tourism, Jet2, Jet2Holidays, tourism news, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM

Monday November 1st News Briefs from Greece

2021-11-01 by Phil Butler

A wedding in Greece

Greece tourism numbers surprisingly high for 2021 despite the pandemic. The COVID pandemic is, so far, unrelenting. And other news…

Tags: DWP, EODY, ETC, Greece, Greece tourism news, Greece travel, New Democracy, travel news, Vassilis Kikilias

Tourism Minister Kikilias Says Greece Accommodations Occupancy at 63%

2021-09-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Vassilis Kikilias

Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias says the occupancy rate of tourist accommodation and hotels reached 63 percent recently.

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Jet2, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece, Vassilis Kikilias

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