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An action plan to address a recurrence of Covid-19 in Greece is ready and will be implemented in the fall if needed, according to Greek Health Minister Thanos Plevris.

Forty-three Greek travel agencies have been selected to participate in the EU-funded SUSTOUR technical support programme to improve their sustainability performance.

Post-COVID tourist arrivals at the South Aegean islands are hitting an all-time high, turning this month into the “best July ever” for the region.

The Greek Rural Development Ministry will be allocating funds to “green” tourism projects linking agriculture with manufacture. Interested parties can apply starting July 19.

Greeks are among 38 million Europeans who don’t make enough to go on holiday, according to the latest data released by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

Keeping tourists in Athens for longer stays is a top priority for Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis, who is expecting the Greek capital to beat pre-pandemic 2019 tourist arrival levels this year.

The readers of Travel + Leisure (T+L) placed the Greek islands of Milos, Paros and Crete among the “25 Best Islands in the World” for 2022.

Greece’s online platform for the annual “Tourism for All” subsidy program for domestic holidays has launched and is accepting applications.

The development of health and medical tourism in Greece is among the immediate priorities of the Greek Tourism Ministry, according to deputy tourism minister, Sofia Zacharaki.

June’s air traffic at Greece’s 14 regional airports managed by Fraport exceeded the performance of the same month in 2019 by 3.3 percent.

North American travelers are eager to fly again despite skyrocketing costs, flight cancellations and growing recession concerns, according to an OAG survey.

Greece is the only country in the EU that recorded an increase in commercial flights in June, compared to the same month in 2019, says Eurostat.

Greece’s next tourism campaign, which will be sustainability-focused, will center around the island of Crete in its first phase.

IATA has expressed concern that a “premature return” to pre-pandemic slot use rules for airlines in the EU this winter risks continuing disruption to passengers.

Greece’s attractiveness as an investment destination remains resilient despite challenges that are increasing uncertainty in Europe, according to a recent survey by Ernst & Young (EY).

The European Commission has proposed to make the airport slot regime more flexible for airlines in order to respond to unexpected developments in the near future.

Orama Nexus has announced plans to develop the required infrastructure to support the introduction of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off & landing) aircraft in Greece by 2026.

TIME magazine has included the Greek city of Thessaloniki on its list of “The World’s Greatest Places” for 2022.

Greece is included on a list of the top 10 European countries ranked by recent flight cancellations released by Mabrian Technologies.

Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias confirms that Greece’s international tourist arrivals and tourism earnings this year, so far, are on the up.