Laws, Regulations & Policies by elpidoforos Manolesakis Spatial Planning for Tourism Law Annulled by GTP editing team 15 October 2015 The Council of State has annulled a spatial planning framework for tourism which was passed in 2013 and has since created controversy in the sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Travel Agents React to Entry Fee Hikes at Museums and Sites in Greece by GTP editing team 14 October 2015 Sudden surges in entrance fees to popular Greek museums and archaeological sites will make the country’s travel package uncompetitive in the global market, Greek travel agents said on Wednesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Varying VAT Hikes on Greek Islands Cause Confusion by GTP editing team 13 October 2015 It seems that entrepreneurs don’t know what to charge on the so-called “upscale” Greek islands after the government released a directive “explaining” the new adjusted value-added tax (VAT) rates on commodities including food and drinks and services such as accommodation. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Alt. Minister Kountoura Presents Comprehensive Tourism Strategy by GTP editing team 8 October 2015 Supporting small- and medium-sized tourism enterprise and fostering team work between professionals of the sector through cooperatives, joint initiatives and united fronts, top the government’s agenda for the year ahead, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in her speech to parliament this week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail First Group of Greek Islands to See VAT Hike Announced by GTP editing team 28 September 2015 Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros and Skiathos are the first Greek islands that will lose a special value-added-tax status – a 30 percent reduced implementation of all VAT rates – as of October 1. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail VAT Hike Takes Effect on Popular Greek Isles Next Month by GTP editing team 25 September 2015 Greek islands with tourism growth and high per capita income will as of October 1 see a 30 percent value-added tax (VAT) hike on all their goods and services, doing away with a special reduced tax rate which was applicable until now. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Tourism Portfolio Once Again Handed Over to Elena Kountoura by GTP editing team 23 September 2015 Greece’s Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura took over her post from interim minister Alkistis Protopsalti during the Tourism Ministry handover ceremony held on Wednesday in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail ‘I Am Travel’: WTTC Launches Campaign for the Freedom of Travel by GTP editing team 23 September 2015 The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched its first social media campaign about one of its strategic priorities: Freedom To Travel. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail New Greek Government Announced, Tourism Posts Unchanged by GTP editing team 23 September 2015 Following the parliamentary elections in Greece on September 20 that were marked by the victory of Syriza, the new cabinet and changes to the composition of ministries were announced late Tuesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Syriza’s Policy for Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 21 September 2015 Prior to the elections of September 20, the leftist Syriza party said that if elected, it would introduce a tourism policy in Greece that will include a fair tax system, the establishment of a Tourism Chamber, support to domestic production and assistance to the sector’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 202 203 204 205 206 … 243 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Spatial Planning for Tourism Law Annulled by GTP editing team 15 October 2015 The Council of State has annulled a spatial planning framework for tourism which was passed in 2013 and has since created controversy in the sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Travel Agents React to Entry Fee Hikes at Museums and Sites in Greece by GTP editing team 14 October 2015 Sudden surges in entrance fees to popular Greek museums and archaeological sites will make the country’s travel package uncompetitive in the global market, Greek travel agents said on Wednesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Varying VAT Hikes on Greek Islands Cause Confusion by GTP editing team 13 October 2015 It seems that entrepreneurs don’t know what to charge on the so-called “upscale” Greek islands after the government released a directive “explaining” the new adjusted value-added tax (VAT) rates on commodities including food and drinks and services such as accommodation. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Alt. Minister Kountoura Presents Comprehensive Tourism Strategy by GTP editing team 8 October 2015 Supporting small- and medium-sized tourism enterprise and fostering team work between professionals of the sector through cooperatives, joint initiatives and united fronts, top the government’s agenda for the year ahead, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in her speech to parliament this week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
First Group of Greek Islands to See VAT Hike Announced by GTP editing team 28 September 2015 Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros and Skiathos are the first Greek islands that will lose a special value-added-tax status – a 30 percent reduced implementation of all VAT rates – as of October 1. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
VAT Hike Takes Effect on Popular Greek Isles Next Month by GTP editing team 25 September 2015 Greek islands with tourism growth and high per capita income will as of October 1 see a 30 percent value-added tax (VAT) hike on all their goods and services, doing away with a special reduced tax rate which was applicable until now. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Tourism Portfolio Once Again Handed Over to Elena Kountoura by GTP editing team 23 September 2015 Greece’s Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura took over her post from interim minister Alkistis Protopsalti during the Tourism Ministry handover ceremony held on Wednesday in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
‘I Am Travel’: WTTC Launches Campaign for the Freedom of Travel by GTP editing team 23 September 2015 The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched its first social media campaign about one of its strategic priorities: Freedom To Travel. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
New Greek Government Announced, Tourism Posts Unchanged by GTP editing team 23 September 2015 Following the parliamentary elections in Greece on September 20 that were marked by the victory of Syriza, the new cabinet and changes to the composition of ministries were announced late Tuesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Syriza’s Policy for Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 21 September 2015 Prior to the elections of September 20, the leftist Syriza party said that if elected, it would introduce a tourism policy in Greece that will include a fair tax system, the establishment of a Tourism Chamber, support to domestic production and assistance to the sector’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
