Discover the divine
#peninsula
of
#Halkidiki
. Shaped like Poseidon’s trident, Halkidiki, is a large peninsula, in the northwestern
#AegeanSea
boasting breathtaking natural beauty.
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In 2022, 48
#Greek
#ports
welcomed 4,614
#cruiseship
arrivals and 4.38 million passengers, according to the Hellenic Ports Association. The
#Piraeus
Port Authority (PPA) said it was expecting based on prebooking data almost 800 cruise ships to make port calls at Piraeus in 2023.
Want to see how
#spring
looks like in
#Greece
? Check out our 10 + 1 recommendations for experiencing this beautiful country before the high summer season.
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(Image:
#Monemvasia
,
#Peloponnese
, Greece)
#Athens
,
#Rhodes
,
#Heraklion
and
#Thessaloniki
have moved up in this year’s Top 100 city destinations, according to a report released this week by
#UK
-based market research firm Euromonitor International.
#Greek
#wine
production to drop by 30% in 2023 due to fungus the head of Greek
#Winemakers
' Association said on Tuesday. Greek wine producing includes many family
#enterprises
that have contributed to wine
#tourism
and to local
#economies
.
(Image credit:Photo Mix on Pixabay)
Almost 60% of
#Greek
#hoteliers
favor domestic
#agrifood
products for their businesses and 30.4% of hotel food supplies come directly from local producers, according to a study released by Greek research and policy institute diaNEOsis.
#Patra
,
#Greece
’s third-largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece, will be the next destination promoted in the GNTO’s upcoming “Greekend” campaign.
The
#travel
&
#tourism
sector is set to contribute €39.2 billion to the
#Greek
#economy
by the end of 2023, only 4% behind the 2019 high of €40.8 billion, the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2023 Economic Impact Research (EIR) reveals.
#Athens
saw
#hotel
occupancy levels rise by 69.9% in the first two months of the year compared to 2022
data released by the Athens –
#Attica
&
#Argosaronic
Hotel Association reveal.
Created in the early
#Greek
Classical Period of 460 BC, this bronze god sank to the bottom of the sea where he sat for millennia.
#ArtemisionBronze
.
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The team at Europapropress wishes you a
#MerryChristmas
and a Creative
#HappyNewYear2024
! May the coming year bring you the strength to overcome challenges, the courage to chase your dreams, and a lot of new inspirations on your life!
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12 spectacular destinations to celebrate
#Greek
#OrthodoxEaster
.
Undoubtedly, the most important
#holiday
in Greece is Orthodox Easter. Each corner of the country celebrates this
#religious
holiday with grandeur and piety.
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The top 5
#Greek
-owned
#shipping
companies with the most expensive fleets are Maran Gas Maritime, Thenamaris, Maran Tankers, Minerva Maritime and Tsakos Energy Navigation, according to global valuation and data provider VesselsValue.
#SamariaGorge
in
#Crete
, is the longest in
#Europe
(total length 16km), and a World's Biosphere Reserve. the acknowledged natural site and symbol of the island is not a walk for the faint hearted!
increase in Greek
#airport
traffic in June y-o-y. Percentage-wise,
#Kavala
registered the biggest increase with 26.7% more passengers (53,460).
#Skiathos
followed with 20.3% more and 104,700 visitors.
Worldwide famous as the homeland of
#Odysseus
of
#Homer
’s epic
#Greek
poem The Odyssey,
#Ithaca
is one-of-a kind island, a timeless symbol of homecoming and resilience.
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#UK
#travellers
are leading an extraordinary rebound in
#tourism
to
#Greece
with arrivals up by 181% last year. Central bank figures released last week showed UK visitors generating over €3bn in tourism
#revenues
in 2022.
Surrounded by the impressive
#Pindus
Mountain range, multi-colored
#forests
, rushing
#rivers
,
#Grevena
regional unit in Western Macedonia
#Greece
is an attractive destination for tourists all year-round.
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#Parthenon
was built to withstand anything:
Several studies have found that despite the fact that the temple does not even have a foundation it has triple anti-seismic protection, keeping it upright after the many
#earthquakes
and upheavals of the past 25 centuries.
#Galaxidi
in Central
#Greece
is a glorious non-commercialized “island” on land, a perfect mainland destination for an idyllic
#autumn
weekend.
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(Image credit: Messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Important
#archaeological
sites, dramatic
#mountain
scenery,
#Edessa
the “City of Water”, make
#Pella
regional unit a must-see destination. Read more at:
(Image: Archaeological Site of Pella Credit: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Lying at the edge of the
#aegeansea
between
#Crete
and the
#Peloponnesian
Peninsula, the
#island
of
#Antikythera
is an earthly paradise. The Antikythera Youth is a 330 BC bronze statue of a man discovered in 1900 by sponge-divers in the area of the ancient Antikythera shipwreck
#Larissa
might not be very
#touristy
, but has been known as
#Greece
's "
#coffee
city": There are around 162,000 residents in Larissa yet here you will find over 1,600 cafes, bars, restaurants, taverns and other stores that serve coffee!
#Tourism
#revenue
in
#Greece
exceeded that of last year by 3 billion euros, as a result of the extension of the tourism season and interest in less popular destinations, Greek daily Kathimerini reported.
#Greece
is the second most popular destination for
#superyachts
in the world thanks to the myriad
#Greekislands
that dot the eastern half of the
#Mediterranean
according to data collected by Bloomberg, IHS Markit, and Genscape.
In the first five months of 2023 there was a 19.5% increase in the average room rate of
#hotels
in
#Athens
compared to 2022 according to data released on Thursday by the Athens-
#Attica
and
#Argosaronic
Hotel Association (EXAA).
Increasing direct
#flights
from
#SaudiArabia
to
#Greece
under discussion, The National Herald reported citing Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias who had a working meeting with Saudi Arabia's Tourism Minister, Prince Ahmed Al Khateeb at the 22nd
#WTTC2022
Summit in
#Riyad
.
Our warmest wishes for a
#MerryChristmas
and a Creative
#HappyNewYear2024
! May the coming year bring you the strength to overcome challenges, the courage to chase your dreams, and a lot of new inspirations on your life!
👉
More than 26.4 million
#tourists
visited
#Greece
in the first ten months of 2022, based on provisional data by the Bank of Greece.
#Travel
receipts in October rose by 16.7% to €1,510.4 million y-o-y, while travel payments also increased by 25.2%.
One of the most famous finds from Sir Arthur Evan’s excavations of
#Crete
in 1900, the Bull’s Head Rhyton, is a masterpiece from
#Knossos
, the major center of the
#Minoan
#civilization
.
The picturesque town of Chania in
#Crete
is one of the most appealing
#tourist
destinations attracting every year, all year round visitors from all over the world.
Visit
#Chania
now! Weather right now: 20°C!
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If you want to skip the overcrowded and touristy islands, then
#Nafplio
, a coastal city located only 2 hours from Athens, is for you! Read more at:
(Image credit: Vassiliki Feidopoulou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
More than 1 million
#travelers
visited
#Greece
in Q1 2023 boosting travel receipts by 63.8% and setting the pace for the months ahead, the Bank of Greece (BoG) said.
The minimum value of a
#property
that must be acquired to grant eligibility for a
#GoldenVisa
will be increased to 500,000 euros in certain parts of
#Greece
, according to an amendment tabled in Parliament.
#Tourists
heading to
#Greece
have been warned of extreme weather and
#wildfires
as thousands of people were
#evacuated
from areas near
#Athens
. Roughly half of Greece has been plagued with summer wildfires for the past decades.
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#Greeks
are preparing for the
#Christmas
holiday season, with
#hotel
reservations currently ranging between 40% and 60%, To Vima reported. Demand is expected to peak, reaching an average reservation rate of 85%-90% during the festive 15-day period.
Built in a gorge and traversed by a river, the mountain picture-perfect
#Greek
town of
#Florina
in Western Macedonia region is known for beautiful views and wide range of options for
#wintertime
fun.
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#Greece
emerged as the 7th most sought-after country for
#family
#vacations
in 2023, according to a study published by the Family Vacation Guide, which calculated online searches for family vacations in 2021 and 2022 as well as corresponding posts on Instagram.
#Greece
recorded a 74.3% increase in foreign direct
#investments
(FDI) in 2021 with
#tourism
-related infrastructure a magnet for
#FDI
, according to Eurobank.
Chart via Trading Economics
#Imathia
: 2500 years of
#history
, glory and wealth: With its mountains, forests, rivers, plains, archaeological monuments, ski resorts
#Imathia
is a destination worth visiting. Read more at:
(Image:
#Vergina
, Palace of Aigai,
#mosaic
of the Oikos)