Destinations by elpidoforos Manolesakis Read all the latest developments in the hospitality industry in Greece. Athens Promises Tourism and Economic Development Agency by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis last month submitted a proposal before City Council to establish a tourism development agency, in cooperation with the private sector, as part of efforts to raise the Greek capital’s profile as a year-round tourist destination. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek 60 Million-euro Tourism Promotion Campaign Well Underway by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Greece’s tourism promotion campaign steams ahead in both Europe and the USA. The first phase of the 60-million-euro campaign has been completed and the second phase is now in full force. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail New Athens Festival Program Announced by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Two of the “Three Tenors” will perform at separate events this summer at Greece’s annual Hellenic Festival, organizers announced last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Colossus of Rhodes to Rise Again by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The Colossus of Rhodes will rise again, if ambitious plans by the mayor of Rodos, Yiannis Iatridis, to rebuild the ancient statue come to fruition. Mayor Iatridis said that Cypriot sculptor Nikos Gotziamanis had undertaken both to carry out the project and find funding for it. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Salamina Vies for Position as Strong Tourism Destination by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The nearby island of Salamina is out to pick up a reputation as a tourism destination. Its mayor, Vangelis Agapiou, says a major campaign is now underway to entice visitors to the island. “Although I don’t expect to see many visitors from abroad, I do expect to see a substantial increase in the number of domestic visitors,” he says. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail New Possibilities for Greece’s Ecotourism Sector by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 A step taken last month by the Greek government opens new possibilities for the country’s Ecotourism sector. Ecotourism, a sub-category of sustainable tourism, is considered the fastest growing market in the tourism industry, according to the World Tourism Organization, with an annual growth rate of 5% worldwide and representing 6% of the world gross domestic product, 11.4% of all consumer spending. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Former Olympic Sites Open to Commercial Development by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The heads of four local authorities surrounding the huge former Olympic sites near the old Athens international airport, which had been earmarked four years ago to become “Europe’s largest” metropolitan park, last month joined forces to express fear that the much of the Hellenikon area would be left to commercial enterprises to exploit. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Seaworld Opens On Crete this Spring by GTP editing team 1 February 2005 Seaworld, a new, innovative aquarium, promoted as the largest and most modern in the Mediterranean, opens on Crete early this year. Four thousand sea creatures, currently being kept in fish traps by the Fish Farming Institute, will be transferred to the 32 tanks that are ready at Heraklion. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Prime Minister Wants Athens a Year-round Tourism Destination by GTP editing team 1 January 2005 Olympic installations will remain in the hands of the state and will leave a lasting legacy by making Attica a year-round tourist attraction and by upgrading the quality of life of local residents, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said during a recent press call. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Investment Projects for Tourism Development by GTP editing team 1 November 2004 The government says it’s in the process of drawing up plans to improve the picture and operation of ports and airports with a view to bolstering the tourism, Deputy Tourism Development Minister Anastassios Liaskos told a recent international conference on transport and technology and their contribution to the tourism industry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 742 743 744 745 746 … 749 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens Promises Tourism and Economic Development Agency by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis last month submitted a proposal before City Council to establish a tourism development agency, in cooperation with the private sector, as part of efforts to raise the Greek capital’s profile as a year-round tourist destination. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek 60 Million-euro Tourism Promotion Campaign Well Underway by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Greece’s tourism promotion campaign steams ahead in both Europe and the USA. The first phase of the 60-million-euro campaign has been completed and the second phase is now in full force. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
New Athens Festival Program Announced by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Two of the “Three Tenors” will perform at separate events this summer at Greece’s annual Hellenic Festival, organizers announced last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Colossus of Rhodes to Rise Again by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The Colossus of Rhodes will rise again, if ambitious plans by the mayor of Rodos, Yiannis Iatridis, to rebuild the ancient statue come to fruition. Mayor Iatridis said that Cypriot sculptor Nikos Gotziamanis had undertaken both to carry out the project and find funding for it. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Salamina Vies for Position as Strong Tourism Destination by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The nearby island of Salamina is out to pick up a reputation as a tourism destination. Its mayor, Vangelis Agapiou, says a major campaign is now underway to entice visitors to the island. “Although I don’t expect to see many visitors from abroad, I do expect to see a substantial increase in the number of domestic visitors,” he says. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
New Possibilities for Greece’s Ecotourism Sector by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 A step taken last month by the Greek government opens new possibilities for the country’s Ecotourism sector. Ecotourism, a sub-category of sustainable tourism, is considered the fastest growing market in the tourism industry, according to the World Tourism Organization, with an annual growth rate of 5% worldwide and representing 6% of the world gross domestic product, 11.4% of all consumer spending. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Former Olympic Sites Open to Commercial Development by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The heads of four local authorities surrounding the huge former Olympic sites near the old Athens international airport, which had been earmarked four years ago to become “Europe’s largest” metropolitan park, last month joined forces to express fear that the much of the Hellenikon area would be left to commercial enterprises to exploit. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Seaworld Opens On Crete this Spring by GTP editing team 1 February 2005 Seaworld, a new, innovative aquarium, promoted as the largest and most modern in the Mediterranean, opens on Crete early this year. Four thousand sea creatures, currently being kept in fish traps by the Fish Farming Institute, will be transferred to the 32 tanks that are ready at Heraklion. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Prime Minister Wants Athens a Year-round Tourism Destination by GTP editing team 1 January 2005 Olympic installations will remain in the hands of the state and will leave a lasting legacy by making Attica a year-round tourist attraction and by upgrading the quality of life of local residents, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said during a recent press call. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investment Projects for Tourism Development by GTP editing team 1 November 2004 The government says it’s in the process of drawing up plans to improve the picture and operation of ports and airports with a view to bolstering the tourism, Deputy Tourism Development Minister Anastassios Liaskos told a recent international conference on transport and technology and their contribution to the tourism industry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail