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Last-minute vacationers are offsetting losses recorded in the first summer months of the year with the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) indicating a 9 percent rise in the number of arrivals …

Tourism traffic for August is picking up pace particularly in mainland Greece destinations while British travelers are still hitting Greek shores despite Brexit fears and the devaluation of the pound …

Greece’s Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura is keeping a positive outlook, expecting revenue from incoming tourism to grow in 2016 despite geopolitics and terrorism.

Over 10 million euros in EU funding have been allocated for the restoration of a number of monuments on the northeastern Greek islands.

Amid the economic crisis and lacking government support, Greece participated in the Rio 2016 Olympics with the smallest delegation in the last two decades and managed through its athletes to …

Greece’s tax inspectors my soon be probing social media accounts in efforts to track down tax evaders and untrustworthy tax payers.

US director Alexander Payne was named honorary citizen of Aigialeia last week during the annual Enoxenia 2016 wine festival, which is taking place August 17-28.

The hotel associations of Samos, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and Leros are joining the Tourism Ministry’s efforts to boost domestic tourism and are offering Greek travellers special discounts on room prices …

Tourism is picking up pace and breathing life into the Greek economy according to the latest weekly report by Alpha Bank.

With an August full moon from above to the tune of music from within, the famed Koules Fortress in the town of Heraklion, Crete, reopens its doors on August 18 …

A 78-year-old man has been arrested on the Saronic Gulf island of Aegina on charges of causing a shipwreck resulting in deaths and involuntary manslaughter.

An eight-meter speed craft crashed into a tourist boat on Tuesday killing at least four people and leaving five injured near the Saronic Gulf island of Aegina.

Greece’s Secretary General of Public Revenue Giorgos Pitsilis is urging all tourists to demand receipts for products or services as the finance ministry is moving full-speed ahead with over 30,000 …

Singapore Airlines-owned low-cost carrier Scoot will be flying to Europe next June with Athens as its first stop, the company announced on Tuesday.

The excessive tax burden in Greece, both in terms of direct and indirect taxes, continue to negatively affect the development of the country’s tourism and economy in general, according to …

The Greek island of Santorini is included on a list compiled by Business Insider that reveals 13 of the most stunning views in the world that are “worth the climb” …

A last minute rush of bookings to Greece in July may help achieve the goal of a six percent increase in arrivals to the country this year but is not …

The majority stake of 51 percent of the Piraeus Port Authority’s shares was transferred to China’s Cosco Group on Wednesday.

Anna Korakaki on Tuesday won Greece’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics in the women’s 25 meter pistol competition.

Visa-free travel within the Schengen Area – a dream-come-true for most Turks – is now being used by Turkey as a negotiating card with the European Union, saying it will …