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Athens was selected as Europe’s Leading City-break Destination at the World Travel Awards 2024, in a ceremony in Berlin on Wednesday. The top award was received by the CEO of the Company of Development and Tourism Promotion of the Municipality of Athens (EATA) Ioannis Georgizas. Athens’ distinction at the 31st …

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Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni signed a memorandum of cooperation with Queer Destinations company on Thursday to promote Greece as an LGBTQ+s-friendly destination. At an event presenting the Tourism Ministry’s strategy to attract more LGBTQ+ visitors to the country, Kefalogiannis said that Greece is the first country in Europe to …

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Greece came first in the list of the best beach holiday destinations for 2019 in a vote of Russia’s National Geographic Traveler magazine and website. According to Greek National Tourism Organisation’s announcement, Greece Turkey, Vietnam, Cuba and Cyprus were all short-listed, but Greece won with 29 percent of the votes. …

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Corfu is the most popular holiday destination in Europe in 2019 for Britons but also an expensive one, a survey by the Post Office Travel Money has found. The survey is based on the prices of 8 major products purchased by British tourists in the holiday destination.That is the total …

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Greece has been awarded the Star Family Holidays Destination award for 2018 from the British magazine Travel Bulletin. In a ceremony held in London on Monday night, Greece took the award after a vote by some 7,500 reader-professionals of the magazine. Wnners were thrilled and finalists deeply honoured for the …

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Greece remains a popular holiday destination despite the economic crisis. At least, among British travelers. According to a recent survey, 66% of the respondents consider Greece as a safe destination. And half of British travelers over 60 said that they would be happy to travel to Greece and thus “independently …

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Greece’s Coast Guard seized a cargo vessel loaded with weapons off the island of Crete in the east Mediterranean Sea.  According to local media, cargo vessel HADDAD 1 is carrying a Bolivian flag and was sailing from Turkey to Libya. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, units of the …

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