The reshuffle carried out by Kyriakos Mitsotakis was announced at noon on Monday 4 January 2021. One of the new faces in the government is Giorgos Amyra, who was appointed Deputy Minister for Environmental Protection. Mr. Amyra was elected MP for Athens II with Potami in the January 2015 elections and again in the September 2015 […]
26 May 2021, 06:45
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) on Tuesday opened its renovated information office in the arrivals hall at
Inaugurating the office, Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis said it ends a 10-year gap without a GNTO branch at the airport and will provide both health information on coronavirus precautions and travel information, in addition to the Visit Greece app for mobile phones.
GNTO Secretary-General Dimitris Fragakis said the office provides visible proof that Greece has followed a careful plan to reopen to tourism, adding that it will help reinforce Greece’s positive image as visitors arrive.
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People watch a change of shift of Presidential guards, in Athens, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) 5/24/2021 The National Herald
ATHENS With prospects that tourism, especially during the summer, will see a surge of arrivals bigger than expected even during COVID-19, Greece s New Democracy government wants to lure those from the big markets of Russian and the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is counting on tourists to bring in critical revenues, with expectations that arrivals and spending could be half or more of a record 2019, and for vaccinations to show the country is safe to visit.