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“Greece is a safe destination,” said US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, following a US embassy travel warning concerning the Christmas holidays.

A Committee for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles is being set up by Greek lawyers, with the aim to offer legal support in Greece’s efforts to bring the sculptures back.

A digital campaign for Chania, Crete, is among the actions of Marketing Greece’s “tourism partnership” for the destination’s promotion.

Greece has been named “Best Beach Holiday Destination” for 2019 at the Travel Awards of the National Geographic Traveler Russia.

Greece is exploring the possibility of the creation of clusters involving hospitals, medical centers and hotels to provide a full health tourism product to visitors.

Τhe Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is promoting Trikala, central Greece, and Kalavryta in the Peloponnese, to Dutch bloggers through fam trips.

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis is looking to restore tourism on the island of Leros, following negative publicity due to the refugee crisis.

Enterprise Greece, the country’s investment agency, has approved two projects budgeted at 331 million euros and set to create 822 new jobs.

Thirty million euros will be allocated to tourism enterprises impacted by the collapse of Thomas Cook UK, according to Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis.

The Greek Tourism Ministry has signed an agreement with the Center for Hellenic Studies “Paideia” in the US to support efforts of spreading the Greek language.