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“Hipstorical”, “Philosofa”, “Theatricult”, “Bistrocracy”… An exciting new “vocabulary” has arrived to fire the imagination of travellers to Athens and teach them to talk … Athenian!

Shipwrecks and marine sites of historic significance will take “center stage” in the first underwater park to be created in the waters surrounding the Greek island of Evia

Extending the tourism season, reaching out to new markets and strengthening incoming tourism from Russia were the key issues Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura discussed with South Aegean Region Deputy Prefect for Tourism, Marietta Papavasiliou, during the 2nd Greek Tourism Expo held in Athens last week.

Athens International Airport (AIA) will hold a three-day chess game event with the participation of distinguished chess players who will “checkmate” at check-in.

The privatization agreement between the government and German contractor Fraport-Slentel for the management of 14 regional airports in Greece is set to be finalized in 10 days.

The Greek government has changed plans in its quest for the return of the Parthenon Marbles after the country’s culture minister said on Tuesday, that a diplomatic campaign would be launched instead to negotiate with the British Museum.

Construction of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016, when it will be donated to the Greek State, to its people, and society at large.

With the 2016 season on her agenda, Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura recently held a meeting with Culture Minister Aristides Baltas to discuss key culture issues that are directly related to tourism and fall under his ministry’s responsibility.

Representing the Ionian islands, the regional governor Theodoros Galiatsatos has launched an online referendum on whether Greece should privatize its regional airports.

Paving the way ahead of “2016 – The Year of Aristotle”, the Central Macedonia Region in collaboration with the Halkidiki Tourism Organization (HTO) organized a special event in Milan spotlighting the Greek philosopher as well as Alexander the Great.