Tourism

Greek tourism revenues may rise by up to 9 percent this year, helping Greece return to strong economic growth, but political issues could cloud that forecast, the head of Greek tourism body SETE told Reuters Tuesday.

Bookings show an increased demand of Greece in summer, say German tour operators. According to Deutsche Welle, Germany’s largest tour operator, TUI registered a 4% increase in bookings for Greece in the current winter period and the coming summer, compared to the previous year.

Turkey's tourist industry is set for a rebound in 2017 following difficult times in 2016, according to the general manager of SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines.

Hellas North American Events Inc, in association with North Events, is preparing the first Greek tourism, culture and gastronomy exhibition in New York, titled "Greek Panorama," on May 11-13 at the emblematic Grand Central Terminal station in Manhattan.

Turkey is as safe as the U.S. and European countries, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Feb. 16, suggesting that "no country in the world is safe from terror."

The biggest tourism expo in Bulgaria bеgan on Wednesday for the 34th time.

Taking place between February 15 and 17, Holiday and Spa Expo brings together more than 350 tour operators from the country and around the world.

European travel and tourism company TUI said it aims to start offering holidays to customers from countries such as China, India, Spain and Italy as it seeks new ways to keep its hotels full.

A three-party agreement between Greece, Cyprus and Israel was signed by travel agency association representatives during the IMTM 2017 travel show in Tel Aviv last week, for the creation of a new entity to contribute toward the growth of tourism in the three countries and the broader Eastern Mediterranean region.

More than 2.6 million Turks have made early bookings for their 2017 holidays in the country in just three months, a leading tourism representative said, adding that the figure was expected to surpass 5 million in the upcoming months. 

Give us an overview of the tourism sector in Northern Cyprus.

When we look at Northern Cyprus' tourism from the past until the present day, we tend to think about "sun, sea and sand." But we have to start talking about other factors in the tourism sector like history, nature, sport activities, and harvest tourism.