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The Municipality of Athens aims to welcome 2023 with a special New Year’s Show at Syntagma Square with lots of music, dancing, fireworks and surprises.

The end of the tourism season cost Greeks thousands of jobs, according to data recently published by the Greek Labor Ministry’s Ergani employment system.  

The Greek environment ministry announced this week that approximately 90 percent of the country’s forest land had been mapped out.

Thessaloniki, Northern Greece was recently promoted as a culinary and alternative destination to the Polish tourism market during a B2B event in Warsaw.

Popular winter destinations have won over Greeks for the holidays, according to Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki.

Greek hoteliers are expecting occupancy levels to drop in H1 2023, according to the European Accommodation Barometer carried out by Statista.

Tourists visiting Greece this year spent more in the first 10 months of the year to October, according to the latest data published by the Bank of Greece.

Greek tourism has experienced a record – breaking year with almost 30 million visitors in 2022, according to a recent announcement by ECTAA.

Greek museums and archaeological sites marked their second-best ticket revenue performance since 2012, according to data recently published by ELSTAT.

Greek destinations are digitally lagging, vulnerable to future changes and lack tourism diversity, according to data by the EU Tourism Dashboard.

Hundreds of infrastructure projects, including road, anti-flooding works and energy upgrades, are set to kick off in the Attica region in 2023.

As part of actions to better manage Lake Pamvotida in Ioannina, Greek authorities opened an environmental study for public consultation.

The European Court of Justice recently ruled that Airbnb-style STR providers must share rental data with tax authorities.

Greek hotels outperformed rival markets in customer satisfaction in November, managing to remain in the lead for 11 consecutive months.

The Greek tourism market is expected to double its worth and reach a size of US$ 548.0 Million by 2032, according to a recent FMI report.

The Greek shipping ministry has announced that it will be disbursing subsidies valued at 30 million euros to eligible islanders and island-based businesses.

Greek tourism revenue in October marked an all-time best record exceeding October 2019 levels, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias.

The number of nights spent at tourist accommodation facilities in Greece from January to September increased, according to data recently released by ELSTAT.

AEGEAN will create the first technical support services and training hub in Greece, housed in a former Olympic Air technical base at Athens International Airport.

Strong tourism flows to Greece this fall boosted October turnover for accommodation and F&B providers.