Overseas markets, such as the US, Australia, China, Japan, Korea and Canada, from where the air journey to Greece takes more than 10 hours, offer scope for significant further development of Greek tourism.
Greece will bolster the equipment of Civil Protection through the Aegis program with a total budget of 2.1 billion euros, with significant additions to its air, ground, technological and other equipment in 2025: over new 10 aircraft, as many new helicopters and more than 1,100 fire engines are included in this program.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have meetings with 20 managing directors and five presidents of associations from the largest multinational biopharmaceutical groups.
Despite promising signs for other parts of the country as regards the number of flights and seat bookings for the 2024 tourism season, Mykonos is seeing a decline in both indices for the second year in a row.
Ikos Resorts is in advanced negotiations to acquire two hotel properties from multinational group Hoteles Playa, which will be its third complex in Spain.
The European Commission has intervened in the process as it links the development of a conference center of international standards with European funding of 464 million euros.