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One of Greece’s most prestigious hotel groups, Kanava Hotels & Resorts, rebrands as the EMPIRIA Group.

To meet staffing demands for tourism businesses, Greece will grant residence permits to third country nationals.

Greece’s tourism bodies have called for a unified 11% VAT charge across all services related to tourism and transport.

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis, city residents and heritage groups are calling for the protection of two historic cinemas.

The UNWTO brought together tourism ministers from South East Europe and set the foundations for unprecedented high-level collaboration on projects in the region.

The Greek Tourism Ministry is aiming for higher tourism-related revenues in 2023 on the back of a successful 2022.

UNWTO will work with its affiliate member AVIAREPS to offer grants for destination marketing and research services to five countries in Europe.

Ahead of elections, Greeks say the current government is doing a good job in attracting tourism.

Increasing traveler spending in Greece is a main government priority for 2023, according to Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Greece and China agree to boost tourist flows and to examine possibility of direct flights off season.

Greece and China agreed to renew and expand a cooperation agreement connected to underwater cultural heritage.

Greek tourism and trade stakeholders join forces to promote new “Shopping in Greece” campaign.

Direct flights between Greece and Canada recently kicked off while more connections are to launch in May.

First two months of the year set positive pace for Athens – Attica hotel occupancy forecasts.

Greek authorities want to showcase the coastal town of Kalamata in the Peloponnese as a leading tourism destination.

The resources that will contribute to Northern Evia’s regeneration are available, according to the Greek Tourism Ministry.

Germany is the main investor in Greece with direct investments totaling 6.8 billion euros in 2021-2022.

Major upgrade and infrastructure projects budgeted at 4.2 billion euros are in the pipeline in the Central Greece Region.

Greeks will be going to the polls on May 21 after the country’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called elections on Tuesday.

Moody’s upgraded the City of Athens’ outlook to positive, reflecting a vote of confidence in the Greek capital’s financial prospects.