Greece is the Serbs’ “favorite destination this summer,” the president of the parliamentary Serbia-Greece Friendship Group and president of the Tourism Committee of the Serbian parliament, Veroljub Arsic, told visiting Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Friday.
Costa Cruises presented on Friday its offer for Greek cruise enthusiasts who during the season will have different opportunities to embark from the port of Piraeus choosing from several eight- to 15-day Eastern Mediterranean itineraries on board Costa Venezia and Costa Deliziosa.
Roughly 900,000 tourists from Serbia are expected to visit Greece in 2022, as confirmed during Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias’ meetings with Serbian tour operators.
Aegean Airlines is enriching its summer schedule with a new destination, Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands, bringing its total to more than 140 in 44 countries.
After the complete ban on ferry travel between Turkey and Greece which lasted two and a half years, ships once again began crossing the sea this spring – an encouraging sign for Greek tourism.
Greece’s strong tourism ties with Scandinavian countries was the focus of a meeting held between Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and seven ambassadors at the residence of Swedish Ambassador to Greece Johan Borgstam on Monday.
Passenger traffic at Greek airports soared 383% to reach 8.1 million in the January-April period, compared with the same period in 2021 when only 1.7 million were recorded due to Covid restrictions, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Monday.
Greek hotels are looking to fill 55,000 positions this summer, during what is expected to be a very busy season, according to hoteliers.
Greek tourism is already showing strong momentum this year, capable of approaching the golden year of 2019, based on data from Airbnb reservations.
Greece and Cyprus are now focusing on other tourism markets to fill the gap left by the lack of visitors from Russia and Ukraine due to the ongoing war, the competent ministers from Cyprus and Greece said last week while addressing a business forum in Ayia Napa.
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The average occupancy rate and price per room reveal a two-speed hotel market in Greek tourism, as is also reflected in the preferences of foreign visitors to this country.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias welcomed the return to the Greek market of Condor, at a meeting he held in Athens on Tuesday with the airline’s head of strategic planning, Paul Schwaiger.
Cyprus’ Hermes Airports unveiled its summer 2022 flight schedule to/from Larnaca and Paphos airports, marking the return of various connections to and from the island.
Never before has Greece had half a million tourists from the United States in one year, or more than 60 direct weekly flights between the US and Athens, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told Skai Radio, adding that the government expects significant revenues from the sector in 2022.
A proposal to lift Safe Pass checks in Cyprus will be submitted on Tuesday, during the weekly cabinet meeting.
