Sea Tourism

The establishment of Greece as an international shipping hub was one of the main highlights of this year’s Capital + Vision 2014 conference held recently in Athens.

Passenger shipping company Blue Star Ferries has announced new ferry schedules to the Greek islands running until 31 March 2015.

Greek coastal ferry operator Hellenic Seaways will operate between Piraeus and Kavala and serve the islands of Chios, Mytilini and Limnos via the “Nissos Mykonos” vessel as of Friday 26 …

Greece expects record number of tourists this year. However, the future of tourism, which in recent years has created great expectations for the country, may be in danger, according to …

A ferry route that will connect Patmos to the islands of Samos (Pythagoras), Kos and Kalymnos will be available as of next year, Greek Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis informed the …

As the Greek public holiday of 15 August is near, more and more Athenians are leaving the city and heading to the islands. August is the month that most Greeks …

The Queen Elizabeth, one of the most luxurious cruise ships in the world, was in Piraeus Port in Greece on 8 August. Piraeus was the ship’s starting point for a …

Yiorgos Gatos, Thodoris Orfanidis and Antonis Fiorakis are three Greeks who noticed a gap in the tourism market and came up with an idea: to create an online platform for …

Tinos in Greece is expected to be one of the first of the Cyclades island group to welcome seaplanes, as waterway facilities are on their way towards construction at the …

“A cruise to the Greek Isles takes you to dramatic landscapes where history is on display at archeological sites dating back thousands of years,” USA Today notes.

Hellenic Seaplanes will launch their first seaplane flights in Greece as of May 2015, the Greek company’s vice president and general manager, Mihalis Asariotis, recently revealed.

On Monday 23 June, the port of Piraeus welcomed the Regal Princess, one of the largest cruise ships in the world.

Greece has maintained its ranking as the third most popular destination in Europe, with 4.6 million passenger visits in 2013, according to figures released on 16 June by the Cruise …

The entire year’s day by day ferry schedules for travel to all of Greece’s destinations are now available to the public through the official website of the Greek National Tourism …

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras inaugurated the international shipping exhibition Posidonia 2014. “We are relaunching our country starting from the sea,” the Greek Premier said in his address.

Greek shipping can further contribute to the country’s economy provided a stable and competitive institutional framework is maintained, according to the recently released annual report of the Union of Greek …

The recent strategic cooperation deal between Piraeus Bank and Marfin Investment Group (MIG) is expected to lead to significant developments in the Greek coastal shipping sector.

The Greek Presidency has reaffirmed the importance of the maritime transport sector for Europe’s prosperity with the adoption of the “Athens Declaration,” which sets the policy priorities for European shipping.

For the 13th consecutive year, during 2-7 May, the harbor of Poros welcomed international charter professionals, private yacht brokers, travel agents and tour operators and offered a broad display of …

Environmental groups in Greece have slammed a draft law on coastal development prepared by the Greek Finance Ministry, claiming it will cause irreversible damage to Greece’s fragile ecosystem and in …