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Foreign tourist arrivals to the Greek island of Zakynthos in the first half of the year were up by 20 percent, according to airport data released recently.

Τhe Development Ministry has announced the Greek tourism hotspots where shops will be allowed to open on Sundays.

Residents on Ikaria, the Greek Island known for its laid-back lifestyle, will turn their clocks ahead by two hours in mid-July, to better service visitors.

All hotels on Kefalonia Island, that were damaged by two strong earthquakes in January and February, are restored and in full operation.

Discerning readers of Travel + Leisure magazine voted and chose the Greek island of Santorini as the World’s Best Island for 2014.

The Municipality of Hersonissos has released a new brochure to promote the area’s churches and monasteries to assist travelers interested in religious tourism.

A group of Taiwanese tourists recently departed from Larissa in the Thessaly Region, Greece, with the best of impressions, according to the Larissa Hoteliers Association.

Average room rates in hotels in Athens, Greece, were 2.7 percent higher in the first five months of the year and reached 77 euros from 74.97 euros in 2013, according …

Reuters news agency has published a photo report of photographer Yorgos Karahalis in regards to the current state of Hellinikon, the former international airport of Athens.

In early June 2014, Central Pelion in Greece was announced as the new cultural destination at Geo Routes Cultural Heritage Journeys under the auspices of the Hellenic National Commission for …

For the first time since the 2014 Olympic Games were held in Athens, hotels in the Greek capital are recording high occupancy levels.

The “new look” of ancient Greece’s four marble maidens – the Caryatids – was recently featured by National Geographic.

Lamda Development aims to turn the Greek capital’s former airport in Hellinikon, southern Athens, into a world-class tourism destination that will attract an extra one million tourists per year.

Extending Crete’s tourism season to welcome visitors all year round was one of the main topics discussed in a meeting held on 23 June in Rethymno, Crete, chaired by Greek …

The Red Beach in Matala on Crete, Greece, is among the seven “secret” beaches for naturists in Europe, according to a list drawn up by the Huffington Post news site.

Journalists from China, Russia and Switzerland got a first-hand experience of the Greek Island of Skopelos during a three-day press trip organized by Spyrou Hotels & Companies, the General Secretariat …

New York Post’s journalist Gisela Williams came to Athens, toured the city’s streets, talked with Athenians, went shopping, sampled beverages and food and then wrote up a personal favorites list!

Crete will celebrate a tourism comeback this year as some 25 percent of Austrian travelers will spend their summer holiday on the Greek Island, according to a feature in the …

A weekly non-stop flight connecting Shanghai to Athens has been launched by the Shanghai Workers International Travel Service, a leading tour operator in China.

The island of Milos, famed for its coastline, officially took its name as a “holy island” over the weekend of 14-15 June.