Destinations

Meteora will soon be presented and promoted as a tourism destination to the world travel market through the new technologies of private destination marketing company “Visit Meteora” to be launched soon in Kalabaka.

Promoting the Argolida Region as a tourism destination to passengers of Turkish Airlines was discussed, during a recent meeting held between vice-regional governor, Anastasios Chividopoulos, and the general director of Turkish Airlines in Athens, Gulay Ozturk.

The Peloponnese Region aims to expand its tourism season to seven months over the next three years and in gradual stages become an all year round destination, according to the region’s new tourism development strategic plan.

The Municipality of Thira, Santorini, is inviting photographers to donate archive photographs of the island for promotional needs of the “2013 Year Of Gastronomy in Santorini” initiative.

Thessaly will be promoted to new markets and Japan is first on the list, according to an agreement between the region’s governor Kostas Agorastos and the general director of Turkish Airlines in Athens, Gulay Ozturk.

Attica Governor Yiannis Sgouros and the general director of Turkish Airlines in Greece, Gulay Ozturk, have decided to join forces and focus on the tourism cooperation between Greece and Turkey.

An observatory on sustainable tourism will be set up in the South Aegean Region to provide all the necessary data to boost growth in Greece, a press release by the Greek Tourism Ministry said. Sustainable tourism observatories gather and report data on the environmental impact of tourism to provide input for sustainable tourism policies.

The Attica Region recently launched a new, modern, user-friendly and interactive portal that offers a wide range of relevant information about travel within the region.

An annual barometer included Greece among a list of hotspots for this year’s bargain-hunting holidaymakers.

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) announced yesterday, Thursday, 31 January, that it accepted a 23 million euro bid from US-based NCH Capital* for the development of a property in the Kassiopi area on Corfu.