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E-Kyklos event to debate Greek economy
The Athens-based E-Kyklos think tank is organizing an online public debate on Wednesday evening titled "The Pandemic and the Strength of the Greek Economy: The Day After," featuring former deputy prime minister Evangelos Venizelos, the chairman and chief executive officer of Mytilineos, Evangelos Mytilineos, Eurobank's CEO Fokion Karavias, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation, Yiann
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Marketing Greece shows tourism a way out
Marketing Greece, the nonprofit organization of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), is evolving into a central entity in the management of the unprecedented crisis in Greek tourism, particularly in the maintenance and strengthening of demand for traveling to Greece when the pandemic eventually subsides.
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Most tourism companies will fold without support, says SETE
Tourism bookings for the period up to the end of May are certain to see a slump, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, stresses in an interview with Kathimerini.
SETE asks for drastic support for tourism
The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has called for a series of measures to grant a degree of relief to the sector's enterprises following Washington's decision to suspend all flights between the US and the European Union for 30 days, a move certain to aggravate the already difficult conditions in the tourism domain due to the coronavirus epidemic.
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Tourism professionals call for urgent measures
The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) on Wednesday asked the government to introduce measures to support tourism enterprises over the period of the coronavirus epidemic.
Its proposals include the reduction of operating costs, the strengthening of employment and the securing of liquidity.
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SETE calls for flexibility in cancelations
The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) on Wednesday urged the immediate implementation of a flexible framework for cancelations in Greek tourism that would encourage foreign visitors and tour operators to make bookings despite concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.
It is also seeking to convince tourists who have already booked their holidays to avoid canceling them at this stage.
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Central Macedonia, Attica, South Aegean top tourist picks
Visits to regions of Greece and expenditure by visitors to the country both posted an increase of 23 percent from 2016 to 2018, but average spending per visit remained almost the same, at 449 euros, according to a report by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE).
Travel receipts show annual rise of 13 pct
Travel receipts reached 17.5 billion euros in the first 10 months of the year, far exceeding the total amount of revenues recorded in the entire 2018, at 16.1 billion.
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Time for Greek tourism to diversify its product, says Retsos
Tourism cannot operate on autopilot, Yiannis Retsos, head of the Greek Tourism Confederation, said on Friday.
Speaking at the entity's annual conference, he explained that the future of the sector demands the formation of strategic management and the immediate implementation of plans, with tourism in Greece expanding into spheres beyond the sea-and-sun model.
Shorter stays by tourists but more spending
Visitors are spending less time but more money in Greece, according to new data from the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE) concerning the 2016-18 period, which also suggested that the sector is heavily dependent on five markets.
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