Types of tourism
Medical travel summit in Athens next May
The Greek Medical Tourism Council (Elitour) is preparing to host in Athens next May the Medical Travel Summit 2018 of the International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ), as Greek tourism professionals strive to diversify their tourism products on offer.
The IMTJ Summit is a high-level event aimed at senior decision makers involved in the medical tourism and international patient market.
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47 500 Tourists Visited Bulgaria For Treatment Purposes
For the period January-September 2017 visits of foreign tourists for treatment purposes were about 26,300. For the whole 2016, the visits to this purpose were over 47,500, said Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva.
Guest Inn HQ moves to stay au courant
Guest Inn, which organizes bookings and provides promotion for Greece's biggest network of traditional and agritourism accommodation units, has moved its seat to Paris.
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Employment in tourism continues its upward trajectory
Tourism makes a big contribution toward employment in Greece and this has kept rising over the last 30 years, according to a study by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). It also extends across the country's regions, including lesser visited areas.
İzmir provides a viable alternative in Turkey: Mayor Kocaoğlu
The western Turkish province of İzmir is not only about sea, sun and sand, it also offers a diverse range of options from health centers to food festivals, İzmir Mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu has told the Hürriyet Daily News in an interview.
Ministry of Tourism Supports the Retaining of Koprivhstitsa's Status as an Architectural and Historical Reserve
Among the goals of the Bulgarian Minsitry of Tourism was holding a long-term policy for the sustainable development of tourism and the creation of a competitive tourism product with a recognisable national identity and preserved culture and nature.
Medical tourism has great potential
Greece needs to tap the huge market of medical tourism that neighboring countries are already greatly benefiting from, the secretary-general of the Greek Medical Tourism Council, Paris Kokorotsikos, told the 2nd Tourism Conference, titled "High Added Value Tourism" and co-organized by five bilateral chambers, which took place in Thessaloniki on Monday.
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Slovenia playing prominent role at ITB in Berlin
The focal point will be Slovenia's 202 m2 stand that will highlight spas, historical cities with a special emphasis on Ljubljana, sustainable tourism, and, as the first country to be declared a green destination, as a sustainable tourism destination. A total of 31 companies will be featured, a new record.
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Northern Cyprus to target tourists in Turkey and Europe with 'year round good weather'
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.
On Foot | Thessaloniki | All Year
There are many ways to get to know a city, but few are as informative or interesting as a guided tour with experts and insiders.
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