Tag Archives: holidays

  March has arrived and it not only brings Spring, and the clocks changing, but it also brings the first UK tourist flight to the island. Yes, in just three and half weeks, the new summer tourism season will begin and once again tourists will start flocking to their favourite …

In the last few weeks Laura Hamilton, the presenter of the popular UK TV programme “A Place in the Sun” has been in Greece as part of ongoing production of the TV show. Whilst there, Laura took a break from filming to head to Zakynthos. Whilst on Zakynthos Laura visited …

Anyone who visits Zakynthos will agree that it’s an island full of amazing views. No matter where you are there are so many incredible things to see, and if you choose your viewpoint well, you can see some of the island’s most spectacular, and well-loved views. So, where are the …

Zakynthos has been a huge draw for tourists from the Netherlands for many years. In a recent survey by the holiday and travel website Griekenland.net Belgium and Dutch tourists have voted Crete, Kos, and Zakynthos as their top three favourite Greek destinations for 2022. Around 1,224 people took part in …

Several articles recently have written about aspects of tourism in Greece that are causing an impact on popular sights, areas, or beaches. Zakynthos hasn’t escaped, as its own beach, Navagio has been the focus of a few articles asking if its popularity is ruining the beach? Zakynthos is an island …

In April the Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias met with Geoffrey Pyatt, U.S. Ambassador to Greece. During the meeting, they discussed tourism links between Greece and the USA. Their discussions included updating a 31yr old memorandum between the two countries. The agreement between the countries focuses on several tourism issues notably …

In the last few weeks, there have been lots of announcements from the Greek Government, relating to a new “door to door” campaign where Greece has been promoted across several countries including Germany, Romania Scandinavia, and Serbia. The campaign was to try and attract more tourists to visit Greece, most …

The Greek tourism sector will be given a boost this season by taking on Ukrainian refugees as employees. It’s been confirmed that approximately 10,000 residence permits have been given to Ukrainians, and approximately 25,000 of them have also received permits to work in Greece too. This year there has been …

It’s been announced that Goldman Sachs will invest more money in Greece by buying and updating three hotels belonging to the GHotels group, which is currently run by the Grigoriadis family. The hotel deal includes two four-star properties and one five-star hotel in Halkidiki. It’s estimated that the three properties …

  This week the Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said that Greece hopes to extend the Greek tourism season to December. Mr Kikilias noted that the start of 2022 had started positively, showing signs that Greek tourism was returning to good levels, with a good start to the season. Mr …