Destinations

The Greek Travel Pages (GTP) has singled out six destinations for a once-in-a-lifetime winter experience along a ”road less traveled”.

Lonely Planet highlights Corfu’s inland villages and monuments, cuisine and traditional products.

Thessaloniki, Mt Olympus, ancient sites and plenty of Greek food and drink were on the agenda during the recent visit of 50 Israeil travel agents to Northern Greece.

A collaborative initiative has been launched to promote Athens as an attractive, year-round, city break tourism destination.

A number of historical monuments and relevant cultural heritage sites located in the Region of Central Greece have received approval by the culture and finance ministries to be allotted EU subsidies for restoration works.

The countdown to celebrating the festive season in Athens has begun, with the Christmas lights switch on scheduled for Friday, December 9, at 7pm.

In efforts to attract religious-pilgrimage tourism, the Central Macedonia Region will promote its “Path of Apostle Paul” project through participation in the EU’s Cultural Routes as Investment for Growth and Jobs (Cult-RInG) program.

Greek professionals are calling for the postponement of works on Thessaloniki’s airport runway, fearing that incoming tourism in summer 2017 will be hit.

Eastern Aegean island professionals are ringing alarm bells in view of VAT tax hikes to take effect January 1 and are calling on the government to apply taxation rates that were applicable in 2015.

The first building to be constructed as part of an eight-billion-euro project to develop Hellenikon, Athens’ former airport is said to be a casino resort on the Agios Cosmas marina along the Athenian Riviera.