Tag: GNTO

Indian tourists to Greece doubles in Jan-Sept

Indian tourist arrivals to Greece has more than doubled to 38,046 in the first nine months of the current calendar year. Around 17,376 Indian tourists visited Greece in the same period of 2017, according to a data by Greece National Tourist Office (GNTO) and Athens International Airport. “Greece as a destination has gained momentum over the years and we are glad to witness the rising interest of Indians for Greece as a popular holiday destination across the country. Our approach is to target the captive audience across various age groups simply by appealing to every kind of travel need,” said Konstantinos ... Read more

Author Victoria Hislop to promote Greek Tourism

British best-selling author Victoria Hislop said she is interested to work with the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) to transform some of her short stories into films that will “introduce people to a different side of Greece”. Hislop has written several books based in Greece including the best-selling novel ‘The Island’. She expressed her interest addressing a press conference held by the GNTO at World Travel Market (WTM) London 2018. After expressing her admiration for Greece and describing her visit to Serifos, Hislop revealed that she is discussing the possibility of the GNTO sponsoring short films based on her short ... Read more

‘Greece-Russia Year of Tourism’ to wrap up in Athens in November

The official closing ceremony of the Greece-Russia Year of Tourism 2017-2018 will be held in Athens on November 23. “The developments relating to the “Greece-Russia Year of Tourism” initiative were discussed in a recent meeting in Moscow between vice president of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), Angeliki Chondromatidou and Russia’s new Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Olga Yarilova,” said the Tourism Ministry in a statement. The Greece-Russia Year of Tourism 2017-2018 is an initiative of the tourism ministries of Greece and Russia that was inaugurated in 2017. The GNTO’s vice president is Greece’s head of the initiative. During ... Read more