Sea Tourism

Tourism professionals in Greece and abroad, as well as travelers wishing to visit the country, welcome the early announcement of Greek ferry schedules For 2014.
For the first time in the recent years of the Greek travel sector, the ferry schedules to a number of the most popular Greek islands have been released much earlier than usual.

Blue Star Ferries has informed that its booking system for travel to the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, Chios and Mytilini is in operation.

Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes has released images of the waterway it plans to construct at Linaria Port on Skyros.

Tourism officials in Moscow have been assured by Greece that the necessary initiatives to further simplify the visa application process would be taken, while the ultimate aim is to abolish the visa requirement altogether.

By the summer of 2014 the first two diving parks are expected to operate in Greece, according to a joint decision of the Ministers of culture and sport, Panos Panagiotopoulos, and Marine, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, that was recently published in the Government Gazette.

Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes recently released images of the design of the waterway on the island of Kos along with a list of services that will be provided by waterways throughout Greece once constructed.

Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes recently got the go-ahead from the Volos Port Authority to apply for a license in perpetuity to operate the waterway that exists at the city’s port.

Amphitrion Group of Companies will give Greek travel agents the grand tour of the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship that will be docked in Piraeus Port on 4 October.

A great sailing Regatta, the 34th Ariane’s Cup, will take place 5-9 October in Greece by Istion Yachting.

The Greek Environment Ministry recently approved the environmental terms for the creation of a “cruise liner center” at the south side of Piraeus Port to accommodate large cruise ships.