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The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is exploring ways to promote Greece as a luxury destination ideal for high-end corporate and social events.

The Attica Region is joining forces with wine and food experts to design a digital wine map to promote Attica’s wine products and routes.

The EU has agreed to update its traffic light system with the color “dark red”, which will apply to areas where Covid-19 is circulating at very high levels.

Greece is among the Top 5 preferred countries for intra-European travel in 2021, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to an ETC report.

Greece’s field of luxury hotels will see a number of new entries following transactions and developments that took place in late 2020.

A new €595 million EIB loan will help transform civil protection in Greece to better tackle Covid-19 and respond to natural disasters including floods, forest fires and earthquakes in all …

Τhe Greek regional units of Halkidiki, Lasithi and Zakynthos have moved up to “red” Covid-19 status, according to the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.

France has banned all but essential travel from outside the European Union and tightened testing requirements for travelers coming from EU countries.

The Municipality of Thira is planning to launch a new tourism promotion strategy for 2021 to promote Santorini to as many potential visitors as possible.

The Municipality of Rhodes is looking into ways to attract digital nomads – travelers from all over the world that combine remote working and traveling.

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority has updated the ban on non-essential domestic travel between airports in Greece until February 8.

Greek authorities have re-activated Greece’s color-coded risk-assessment map, giving areas in the country a Covid-19 risk rating of yellow or red.

Following a 45% rise in new Covid-19 infections in Attica, stricter measures have been imposed on the Greek region which has been placed in “red” status.

Russia will resume flights from Moscow to Athens twice a week from February 8, the Russian anti-coronavirus crisis center has announced.

The EU is preparing new temporary rules to help air carriers cope with the decline in air traffic caused by the Covid-19 crisis and avoid operating empty flights.

Health tourism could be the key for the recovery of the Greek tourism sector in the post-Covid-19 era, according to Elitour President George Patoulis.

The twin influencers Marianna and Sofia Erotokritou have been selected as the ambassadors of Greek tourism in China.

EU member states have agreed on a set of guidelines that will allow for the establishment of an EU-wide accepted vaccination certificate.

Global tourism suffered its worst year on record in 2020, with one billion fewer international arrivals, says the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Greece’s cruise travel sector all but “drowned” in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic which resulted in a 94% decrease in passengers, according to the Greek Cruise Ship Owners Union.