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The landmark Kypseli Agora along the Fokionos Negri walkway is back in action as Athens’ latest culture hub.

The Brits in Southbank, London, sampled Greek hospitality, food and music at an event held by the GNTO to boost last-minute summer bookings to Greece.

Over 40 restaurants in the South Aegean region, which includes islands in the Cyclades and the Dodecanese, shined at the Greek Cuisine Awards 2023.

Greece’s property market is boosting the economy with foreign direct investments up in the first three months of 2023.

New Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has made it a priority to fairly distribute tourist flows and revenues to all of Greece.

Further developing exhibition tourism was the focus of the first conference of the Greek Exhibition Industry Association in Athens.

The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization has launched a new campaign in London’s Leicester Square to promote the Greek northern city as a city break destination.

The “All of Greece, One Culture” program is returning this summer with 140 theater and music events at 70 archaeological sites, monuments and museums.

Greek hoteliers have the most positive 2023 revenue outlook in Europe but at the same time have the lowest share of positive future expectations.

The Dodecanese islands welcomed 78,000 more visitors in the first five months of the year marking a 14% increase over 2022.

Costa Navarino is expanding its residential portfolio available for sale and introducing a new neighborhood: Valley Greens.

Ioanna Dretta has been elected as president of Marketing Greece, a private sector initiative established to promote Greece as a modern tourism destination.

Tourism bodies in the Ioannina prefecture are calling on Greek airlines to vie for the Ioannina-Heraklion air route.

Greece welcomed a 29.3% increase in international arrivals by air during the first five months of the year.

Airport charges are set to increase in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis, warned ACI Europe chief, Olivier Jankovec.

Loutraki tourism stakeholders are aiming to attract more tourists who stay longer and spend more.

Patra will be one of the next Greek cities to appear in an upcoming “Greekend” campaign and receive promotion as an ideal city break destinations.

Visitors to Mykonos will be able to learn more about the popular island and get around easier thanks to a new smart sign system.

Greece is one of only five national markets to have exceeded pre-Covid 2019 air connectivity levels.

Occupancy levels at hotels in Athens increased in the first five months of the year over 2022 but were still down over the same period in pre-Covid 2019.