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Greece’s Health Ministry will be launching a new campaign to ‘convince’ Greeks to get vaccinated as Covid-19 incidents rise.

Greece will be setting up a platform where interested parties can apply for shoreline use auctions and citizens can report beach violations.

Bulgaria becomes the “Preferred Destination” of European travel agents and tour operators for 2024.

Greece has updated its ‘Tourism for All 2024’ program offering subsidized holidays to lower-income Greeks and their families.

Thirteen oneworld member airlines will contribute operational data to IATA’s CO2 Connect emissions calculator, hence improving the quality and accuracy of the tool.

The Greek Tourism Ministry will be tapping into TikTok and new media to promote Greece to new markets.

Greece has opened a new charter permission system for international recreational boats and vessels.

Short-term rental properties in Greece are now obliged to pay a stayover duty in favor of municipalities.

European travel agents and tour operators celebrate a fruitful cooperation with the Greek tourism board in 2023.

The European Commission paid Greece the third payment, which amounts to 3.64 billion euros, under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

Greece’s tourism and education ministers agreed to draw up a plan for the upgrade of tourism studies and training programs.

Greece’s tourism sector marks an extraordinary milestone in 2023, demonstrating a robust resurgence to pre-pandemic levels, according to Europe’s travel agents.

The Rhodes Hotel Association plans to boost the island’s presence at tourism exhibitions and focus on specific markets to extend the season.

Greece is exploring ways to develop cycling tourism and promote a new trend in Greece called railbiking.

A new report reveals that the travel and tourism sector is delivering employment opportunities to women and young people.

The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization has launched its online Christmas campaign, which invites people to visit the Greek city break destination.

British weekly The Economist has named Greece ‘Country of the Year’ for 2023 for its resilience.

The GNTO and EKOME renewed a memorandum of cooperation, aiming for the international promotion of Greece through TV and film productions.

A new spatial planning bill in tourism divides the country into five zones based on saturation levels and sets development limits.

Greece said it would be offering free seven-day holidays for those who were forced to flee Rhodes last summer after the fires.