Destinations

American news network CNN included four Greek beaches – two in Crete and two in the Ionian Sea – on its recent “World’s 100 Best Beaches” list.

Greece once again ranked second place on the Blue Flag quality award list among 49 countries with one beach less compared to 2012, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature announced at a special event held on 26 May at Voula beach.

The Thessaloniki Hotels Association, during its recent annual general assembly, announced a series of actions and initiatives to boost international tourist arrivals to the Northern Greek city and wider region.

The excellent water quality of bathing sites in Greece was confirmed in this year’s annual report on bathing water quality in Europe, released recently in Brussels by the European Environment Agency.

“How is it that I’ve lived 49 years on this planet but never been to the Greek islands before?” academy award-winning actor Russell Crowe recently wrote on his twitter account.

A tourism office for the development and promotion of Xanthi is part of a series of initiatives the Chamber of Xanthi plans to launch within its effort to establish Greece’s northeastern destination as a tourism magnet for Greek and international visitors.

Greece recently sealed a deal with Chinese directors and producers for the motion picture “Beijing Love Story” to be shot in Greece.

The Region of Crete recently released two new videos that highlight the culture, history, hospitality and virtues of every Cretan within the framework of the “Incredible Crete, Surprisingly yours!” tourism campaign.

“Maybe it is my fault that as a professional I did not know Xanthi, but Xanthi is also to blame as the destination is not promoted in Turkey,” the representative of TURSAB for the European side, Aziz Ciga, said recently while speaking at a conference held by the Chamber of Xanthi.

The Milos Mining Museum recently launched a new initiative to enrich Milos island’s tourism product by utilizing the unique volcanic origin of its landscape and the island’s rare geology.