Destinations

The Acropolis in Athens is ranked second among the eight most over-popular places in the world that are still worth visiting, according to a list compiled by American news network CNN.

A campaign for the promotion of Greece as an all year round destination for Austrian travelers will be centered around the Greek island of Mykonos.

A new online tourist guide for Ikaria Island recently launched and aims to highlight and promote Ikaria to a wider Greek and international audience.

The new Premium Economy Class of Lufthansa can be booked from May onwards and will be available from November 2014, initially on the Boeing 747-8, an announcement read. The new seats will gradually be fitted on the entire long-haul fleet within twelve months.

Some of Greece’s best features will be shown to the world through a motion picture expected to hit theaters on 16 May.

Greek Islands will be included among 29 new routes from regional UK airports, including Birmingham and Bristol, for summer 2015.

The Bloomberg news agency has noticed that something is changing in Athens one day after Eurostat confirmed that Greece had achieved a primary surplus of 3.4 billion euros in 2013, four years after the country had requested international bailout funds.

Intensive works are being carried out on Spinalonga, located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete, in Lasithi, prior to the island’s inclusion on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.

Athens is among the 21 European cities that have emerged as final contenders in the 2013-2014 Mayors Challenge competition launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Twenty-seven airline companies expressed interest in establishing direct links to Thessaloniki International Airport “Macedonia,” during the Routes Europe 2014 event that recently took place in Marseille, France.