Tourism in Greece

A 3D-walk around Acropolis of Athens ancient city, across Dionysou Aeropagitou street and through Thission and Monastiraki area.

Production: Experience Greece
Production manager: Yannis Ntrenoyannis
Post Production- Editing-Graphics: Panagiotis Patsiaouras
Camera opreator: Theodosis Tzavaras
Music: Sofia Tamvakopoulou

Two monasteries are refusing to pay the single property tax (ENFIA) and are calling for monasteries belonging to the Church of Greece to be exempt from the tax.

By Stathis Kousounis

Greek tourism finds itself in a difficult period due to the country?s economic instability, the immigration issue, the resumption of street riots in Athens, and the turbulence in Greek-US relations due to a new Greek bill that would pave the way for the release of a convicted terrorist.

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Move over Mykonos? Dastsetters adds another seven Greek islands on its list of "must sees" for Gay travelers, as featured in the UK-based GayStarNews.

Specifically, the website highlights the following, with a short description of each:

MILOS

Etrusco, on the Ionian island of Corfu, and the eclectic Funky Gourmet of Athens, shared two "Golden Chef Caps" each and were declared as the two best restaurants in Greece for 2014, during a ceremony in the Greek capital this week.

Local "celebrity chef" Ettore Botrini's three restaurants (in Corfu, Athens and Rhodes), in fact, earned "Golden Caps".

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.

A 21-year-old Afghan migrant crawled under an Italy-bound bus in an attempt to smuggle himself out of the country, but was killed when his body was caught in the axle of the vehicle.

The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday at Greece?s northwestern port of Igoumenitsa.

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) has noted a worrying, downwards trend towards tourism reservations from both Germany and the UK, which made it reevaluate its goal of 25 million arrivals and 14 billion euros in income, as well as any rates of domestic tourism.

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.