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But tourism is a double-edged sword for the historic country. Mayor of Athens says tourism in Greece isn’t ‘viable’ anymore as each visitor only adds €0.40 to the economy Skip to main content
Despite foreign visitor numbers spiking to three times Greece's population, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insists there isn't an overtourism problem. European overtourism anger spreads to ...
Tourism in Greece has been a key element of the economic activity in the country, and is one of the country's most important sectors.Greece has been a major tourist destination and attraction in Europe since the 1970s for its rich culture and history, which is reflected in large part by its 19 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, among the most in Europe and the world [1] as well as for its long ...
A large wildfire tearing through the Greek island of Rhodes forced thousands of tourists to flee their hotels in what Greek officials said was the largest evacuation effort in the country’s history.
the establishment of tourism studies faculties in Greek universities; the co-ordination between the various levels of studies and tourism education bodies; the continuous education for tourism entrepreneurs and professionals; correlation of market needs with training policies and practices; production of research directly linked to actual ...
The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), that was founded in 1929 and was re-established in 1950, is a Public Entity (PE) under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism. Its main mission nowadays is to develop and promote the Greek tourism product through the implementation of promotional tourism campaigns both in Greece and abroad ...
The ministry responsible for tourism is the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, while Greece also owns the Greek National Tourism Organization which aims in promoting tourism in Greece. [203] In recent years a number of well-known tourism-related organizations have placed Greek destinations in the top of their lists.
The Ministry of Tourism (Greek: Υπουργείo Τουρισμού) is the government department in charge of tourism in Greece.Established in 1989 and known between 2004 and 2009 as the Ministry of Touristic Development (Υπουργείο Τουριστικής Ανάπτυξης), it was merged with the Ministry of Culture in October 2009 but re-established as a separate department in ...