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The City of Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) recently held a fam trip in the Greek capital for 15 Chinese MICE professionals.

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni recently visited a number of sites across Greece, including the Museum of Vergina and the Amphipolis site, to inspect the progress of restoration and upgrade …

An unclear framework governing short-term rentals in Greece, has led dozens of home owners to take legal action against Airbnb-style activity.

Trainose will add two extra itineraries to serve the Athens – Thessaloniki route for the Christmas season.

The GNTO introduced 14 Swiss and Austrian travel agents to some of Attica’s landmark sites and city break destinations.

The historic single-arch bridge of Plaka in the northern Greece region of Epirus, is up and standing after extensive restoration and reinforcement works.

Holiday packages to a number of Greek destinations account for 30 percent of Swiss tour operator Hotelplan’s summer 2020 program.

Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is calling on the Greek government to immediately stop using donkeys as “animal taxis” on Santorini.

Two Greek museums – the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth and Lefkada’s Angelos Sikelianos Museum – have been nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) for 2020.

A multipurpose tourism and cultural complex budgeted at 117 million euros is set to upgrade the industrial neighbourhood of Eleonas in Athens.

Thessaloniki’s city break options were introduced to representatives of the National Geographic Traveler Romania magazine.

More than 7,000 refugees and migrants made their way into Greece in November, with the North Aegean islands shouldering the weight.

A Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles is being set up by Greek lawyers, with the aim to offer legal support in Greece’s efforts to bring the sculptures …

Τhe Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is promoting Trikala, central Greece, and Kalavryta in the Peloponnese, to Dutch bloggers through fam trips.

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis is looking to restore tourism on the island of Leros, following negative publicity due to the refugee crisis.

A number of tourism enterprises have responded to Athens’ ‘Adopt your city’ program and will support the city’s Christmas decoration this year.

Revamp works are key for the development of Athens as an urban tourism destination, says Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas.

Messinia’s Apollo Trails network has been extended in an aim to promote alternative forms of tourism and turn Peloponnese into a year-round travel destination.

Athens is set to undergo a €270 million revamp with works to focus on improving the everyday life of citizens and the overall experience of tourists.

The Greek culture ministry has set up a new committee which will oversee the implementation of projects ahead of Elefsina’s term as Cultural Capital of Europe in 2021.