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Russian vote of
As the efforts for the opening of Greek tourism started on May 14, the actions for the promotion of our tourist product in Russia continue. What do the first messages from the Russian territory for this year show? The director of the EOT Moscow office, Polykarpos Efstathiou, speaks to Sputnik. As the pandemic appears to be under control in Russia, Moscow’s largest tourism fair (MITT) will normally be held this year. The Greek participation will take place against the background of the resounding absence of Italy, Spain and Cyprus. “Greece will normally participate in MITT in a few days together […]Read more...
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Greek tourism opens
“All you want is Greece”, is the new invitation to foreign tourists wishing to visit Greece this year, which opens its tourist gates until May 14 with strict conditions due to Covid. This year and forever, “all you want is Greece”. “To put a smile on your face again, with the hope that you will take back life, all you want is Greece”, said the Greek Minister of Tourism Haris Theocharis, from the podium of the international tourism exhibition ITB 2021, which is being held this year digitally. In fact, Greece “aspires”, if the health data allow, to open the […]Read more...
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Staikouras: Additional support
A network of support measures for the catering and tourism sectors with additional financial tools, is being considered by the Ministry of Finance in cooperation with the Ministry of Development. This was stated by the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, leaving open the possibility of extending these support measures to other sectors if the possibilities exist. Speaking on SKAI radio, Mr. Staikouras estimated, moreover, that tourism will move this year to about double levels from 2020 and will reach 50% in 2019. According to the minister, each week of the current lockdown costs about 750 million euros. He stressed that […]Read more...
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Austrian Chancellor Kurtz
The need for “a consistent European Union stance towards Turkey, even if there have been signs of easing in the past”, and the reassurance that he would continue to support the suspension of accession talks with Turkey, said Austrian Chancellor Sebastia. Kurtz, shortly before the start of the two-day Summit of the European Union via video conference today at noon. Speaking in Vienna, the Austrian Chancellor said that in view of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention for the Protection of Women against Violence and the call for a ban on the Turkish opposition party HDP, there was still a […]Read more...
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Russia gives Greece
Russia’s diplomatic documents on the establishment of the Greek state are expected to be handed over from the Russian state archives to the Greek government, according to Giorgi Muradov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimea and its representative to Russian President Putin. Russia will deliver to the Greek language documents of Russian diplomacy dating back to the founding of the Greek state and a little earlier than that. This was made clear by Georgy Muradov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean government and its representative to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a speech at the Forum of Popular Diplomacy, dedicated […]Read more...
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European Parliament: Coronavirus
The resolution on the EU strategy for sustainable tourism, which was adopted by 577 votes to 31 with 80 abstentions on Thursday, notes that the coronavirus crisis has paralyzed the EU tourism sector, with 6 out of 27 million people the sector is at risk of losing their jobs. MEPs stress that tourism and travel account for 10% of total EU GDP. Member States should therefore include these sectors in their recovery plans and consider temporarily reducing them. VAT on related services. “Safe and clean” tourism The EP emphasizes that travelers want “safer, cleaner and more sustainable tourism” and calls […]Read more...
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Turkish tourism received
“Turkey was the only country from which both British and South African coronavirus strains were imported into Russia.” Turkish tourism from Russia received a second indirect blow, as reported by ERT, with the head of the consumer health regulatory authority (Rospotrebnadzor) Anna Popova, revealing in an interview with r / s, “that the mutated strains enter Russia more often from Turkey. A danger that is the greatest today “Just twenty-four hours ago, a Russian infectious disease specialist urged his compatriots to avoid their favorite tourist destination, that of Turkey, because of the heavy epidemiological picture it presents due to Covid-19, […]Read more...
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Direct daily flights
ekirikas ATHENA. Total return for US Delta Air Lines returning to Athens with three direct flights on a daily basis, two from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and one from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) of Atlanta. This was announced during the meeting that the Minister of Tourism, Harry Theocharis, had on Friday afternoon, in Atlanta, with the President of Delta Air Lines, Glen Hauenstein, and senior executives of the company. In this way, one of the largest American airlines chooses Athens, as the first European destination with which it resumes its activity, in the post-covid era. Athens’ […]Read more...
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