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The Greek Tourism Ministry is focusing its actions on promoting Western Macedonia as a tourist destination.

Eight investment schemes have expressed interest in gaining a majority stake of the port of Volos, a coastal city in Thessaly, Greece.

The Greek island of Kos showed its best to the Dutch market during the Vakantiebeurs tourism and leisure fair that recently took place in Utrecht.

Greece’s winter storm named “Barbara” has put Greek authorities and citizens on alert as snowfalls, low temperatures and frost are expected on Monday.

Athens is among the first cities to have most reactivated their flight connections with China for 2023.

The tourism organizations of Thessaloniki and Halkidiki are working together to promote their destinations as a unified, single tourism product.

Greek authorities are creating a park in memory of the people who lost their lives in the 2018 fire at Mati, located on the east coast of Attica.

Greece has launched tender for a road project to facilitate travel between Epirus and the Albanian border.

The Municipality of Thessaloniki will join the global Urban Vineyard Association and feature its own organic vineyard.

A master plan for the development of the port of Rafina, the second largest in Attica, has been approved.

The Greek Environment Ministry is moving ahead with the creation of Greece’s first National Trail Network.

“Visit Olympia”, a new and innovative online travel guide that promotes the cultural offering of the wider region of the Peloponnese, has launched.

The master plan for the upgrade of Piraeus Port, which includes a 600-million-euro investment for its expansion, has been approved.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) plans to take action to rebuild fire-hit Evia’s tourism identity.

The Region of Thessaly has submitted a nomination file to UNESCO for the municipalities of Meteora and Pyli to be recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark.

The Mansion (“Konaki”) of Gidas, near Thessaloniki, is among the 11 European heritage sites shortlisted for the “7 Most Endangered” program 2023.

A number of Greek tourism destinations last year were promoted through the international media within the framework of Marketing Greece’s publicity program for the country.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a new survey has found Crete to be the world’s cheapest romantic destination for 2023.

Works on Crete’s new international airport of Heraklion in the Kasteli area are moving ahead as scheduled.

The European Film Commission Network (EUFCN) has included Chiliadou Beach on the island of Evia, Greece, among the five finalists for the Best Filming Location competition.