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The interest of Danish travelers to visit Greece in 2020 is growing strong, according to the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

The coronavirus epidemic may very well cost the business travel industry some $559.7 billion annually, or 37% of its total 2020 forecasted global spend, a GBTA study reveals.

The Tourism Ministry has one of the main roles in a crisis management team set up to monitor the coronavirus situation in Greece.

The latest coronavirus cases recorded in Greece, forced health authorities to cancel all carnival festivities scheduled for the three-day weekend ahead.

EU authorities are planning to re-examine the Commission’s Flight Compensation Regulation to the benefit of airline companies.

HOTREC, the umbrella association of hotels, restaurants and cafés in Europe, has welcomed a series of EU measures on digital policy that aim to ensure a balanced and fair market, …

Greece’s first coronavirus case was reported in Thessaloniki, following the country’s announced emergency response measures, which includes the right to impose controls at all of the country’s entry and exit …

The UNWTO has warned that taking excessive health measures to face the coronavirus outbreak may lead to negative repercussions on tourism.

“In the coming months, Greece is expected to welcome more than 30 million visitors, and calmness, coordination and cooperation is needed,” SETE said in regards to the coronavirus outbreak.

Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, will be able to handle larger cruise ships and establish itself as a home port once construction works on a new terminal are completed.

The City of Athens is moving ahead with a graffiti cleanup project after the completion of works on the Pedion tou Areos Park.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is holding press trips to Crete, looking to promote the carnival celebrations of Rethymno to Germany and Austria.

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said the coronavirus outbreak requires levelheadedness and added that Greece must be ready for all possible scenarios.

The number of arrivals by road to Greece increased in January by 35.6 percent to 625,600 compared to 462,000 in the same month a year ago.

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis is backing a city council decision to send a letter to the British government calling for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

A project for the extension of Thessaloniki’s sixth pier has attracted the interest of seven companies/consortia from Greece and other European countries.

Kythera has become Greece’s first small island to develop a “via ferrata”, a special network of trails that combines hiking with canyoning and climbing.

The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies’ (HATTA) has announced its new Board of Directors.

Greece is intensifying precautionary measures after the coronavirus spread to neighboring Italy.

Short-term rental operators who fail to declare their properties by February 28 will be faced with stiff penalties.