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The Greek Tourism Ministry will sign a cooperation protocol to increase the number of Greek Blue Flag coasts, improve the level of offered services at Greek beaches and attract more hotels to join the “Greek Key” program.

The Greek Tourism Ministry will soon set up a tourism information office in Istanbul to attract more Turkish travelers to Greece, it was announced on 7 October.

International tourism arrivals in Greece posted a 13 percent increase in September 2013 compared το the same month in 2012, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) announced on 7 October.

Greece will try to attract an upmarket tourist clientele by boosting new investments, upgrading offered services and developing new and attractive tourism products, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni told the Mediterranean Luxury Travel Summit in Athens on 7 October.

The island of Symi in the Dodecanese will show its best to a group of Turkish journalists and entrepreneurs who are expected to arrive on Sunday 6 October.

Tourism stakeholders called for greater global efforts in water preservation on World Tourism Day 2013, which was dedicated to “Tourism and Water – Protecting Our Common Future” in line with the International Year of Water Cooperation.

Making Greece an attractive destination for Americans is one of the main priorities of the Greek Tourism Ministry, the U.S. media was informed recently by the country’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.

Greece’s advantages as a tourism destination but also as a country that provides high quality health services were presented by Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni in a meeting held on 1 October at the office of the Greek National Tourism Organization in New York, U.S.

Τhe Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) recently released three new printed travel guides on Thrace, the Dodecanese and the Ionian Islands.

Official message by Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) President Andreas Andreadis on World Tourism Day 2013.