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The Municipality of Andros is launching a three-year plan to boost the Cycladic island’s tourism promotion and extend the season.

The Municipality of Nafpaktos has announced plans to transform the historic Xenia hotel into a cultural and conference center.

Getting around Athens is changing thanks to the new integrated ΑΤΗ.ΕΝΑ ticket and ΑΤΗ.ΕΝΑ smart card now being issued across the Greek capital’s transport network.

The mayor of Milos, Gerasimos Damoulakis, has launched a campaign aiming for the Venus de Milo statue to be returned to the Greek island by 2020.

Syros Mayor George Marangos recently held a meeting with Hellenic Seaways Commercial Manager Vassilios Katsaris to improve access to the island.

Fraport Greece presented its makeover plans for the Santorini Airport to tourism officials and local authorities, during an event recently held on the island.

Polish MICE professionals recently visited Thessaloniki within the framework of a fam trip organized by the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB).

Greece’s archaeological council has approved environmental impact studies submitted for the development of the Asteras peninsula in Vouliagmeni.

“Study in Thessaloniki, Live in Thessaloniki” is the latest motto launched by the city’s mayor Yiannis Boutaris, in efforts to attract foreign students.

Greek thematic tourism projects are to receive funding through the EU’s Interreg V (Greece-Cyprus 2014-2020) program.

Turkey’s Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan will arrive in Athens to discuss the decision to ban all Turkish-flagged yachts from travelling to Greece.

The United States and Turkey are playing power games as both countries have suspended visa services, amid a volatile period in view of growing terrorism threats.

Tourism professionals in Chania, Crete, are calling for a crisis management plan to take effect when incidents impacting tourism occur.

Workers of the ISAP electric railway have announced a work stoppage from 12 noon until 3pm on Monday, October 9.

Development and upgrading works at Greek regional airports, taken over by the Fraport consortium, are expected to begin in early November.

Thessaloniki’s diverse cultural offerings and gastronomic wealth are winning over more French tourists, according to feedback from the Top Resa Int’l Tourism Fair.

Aiming to further increase arrivals from Germany, the Halkidiki Tourism Organization will promote hiking tourism, which is very popular among the Germans.

The vast potential of Crete’s tourism offerings was discussed between Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Yiannis Retsos and Crete Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis.

The 2,000-year-old Antikythera shipwreck has yet again taken archaeologists by surprise with new treasures, including a bronze disk, a bronze arm and fragments of statues.

The Greek Central Archaeological Council has decided that some 30 hectares of the 620-hectare plot at Hellinikon will be classified as an archaeological site.