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Popular tourism locations embrace sports events
By Stathis Kousounis
Sports events in Greek tourism hotspots are increasing, with the Spetsathlon 2015 taking place on Spetses this weekend (April 24-26) including swimming, cycling and running.
Next month Deskati, near Grevena, will hold a paragliding event, on May 1-3, and Lesvos will host the 1st Molyvos Bike Tour on May 24.
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Uncertainty hits bookings from Germany and the UK
By Stathis Kousounis
The political and economic uncertainty is having a growing impact on tourism in Greece, with bookings from Germany and Britain showing worrying signs in March.
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Santorini voted Europe's best holiday island
By Stathis Kousounis
Santorini has been voted by TripAdvisor users as the best island in Europe and the fourth in the world, according to the results of poll published by the biggest international travel website.
Crete ranked third in Europe, with Zakynthos fourth.
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Athens tourism growth gave local enterprises 171-mln-euro boost last year
By Stathis Kousounis
Enterprises in Athens saw an additional 171 million euros last year thanks to the 550,000 more nights tourists spent in the Greek capital during 2014 than in the previous year, according to the head of local hoteliers, Alexandros Vassilikos.
Hania and Athens are the top picks for Easter visitors
By Stathis Kousounis
Athens and Hania (pictured) are the first choices among foreign holidaymakers heading to Greece next week for Catholic and Protestant Easter, according to international online travel search engine Trivago.
The data collected concerns searches for holidays in Greece between April 2 and 5.
Air arrivals grow 20 pct in Jan-Feb 2015
By Stathis Kousounis
Air arrivals from abroad during the first couple of months of the year posted a much higher growth rate than in rival destinations such as Spain, Turkey and Cyprus.
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Tourism bookings from Russia drop by half
By Stathis Kousounis
Tourism bookings from Russia this season have so far shown a massive yearly decline of 50 to 60 percent at Greece?s popular destinations, according to the president of the Association of Hellenic Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis.
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Carnival city hotels fully booked for long weekend
By Stathis Kousounis
Hotels at various popular destinations around Greece are reporting occupancy rates close to 100 percent for this Carnival weekend, particularly in areas with popular street parades such as Patra and Rethymno.
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Elafonissi ranks among world's top 10 beaches
By Stathis Kousounis
Elafonissi beach, near Hania on Crete, has ranked among the world?s top 10 beaches, according to a recent survey conducted by international travel website Tripadvisor.
Elafonissi placed at number 10 in the world and number 3 in Europe.
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Four-star hotels more profitable than five-star units
By Stathis Kousounis
Four-star hotels, such as this unit at Aghios Gordios on the Ionian island of Corfu, posted the biggest profit margins among the top three categories of hotels (three to five-star units) in Greece in the five years from 2009 to 2013, amounting to 26.7 percent, according to a study by the ICAP Group.