Tourism
Corfu Gastronomy Association with Spyros Katehis at New York Times Travel Show
CORFU. Corfu Gastronomy Association took part in the 17th New York Times Travel Show, 24 - 26 January.
Tourist Guides to get an office in Upper Square
CORFU. Deputy Mayor for Tourism Panayiotis Varouchas told the Union of Tourist Guides at a meeting at the Old Town Hall - Request to reopen the Corfu Tourist Guide School from Meropi Ydraiou to Tourism Ministry.
Increase in average tourist spend in Greece in 2019 - Increase in travel receipts
ATHENS. Ionian Islands in 5th place for travel receipts with €1.840m and 2.854k visits in the first 9 months. Only Piraeus had greater receipts than Corfu Port from cruise ships.
Kratsa and Ktenas take a look at Dutch cycle lanes
CORFU. The Ionian Islands Regional Governor and the Deputy Regional Governor for Lefkada looking to promote cycling tourism in the Ionian Islands after seeing the Utrecht cycle lanes.
Regional Governor at Utrecht International Tourism Fair
UTRECHT. The annual Utrecht trade fair ΄Vakantiebeurs΄ opened on 15 January and continues until the 19th.
Corfu 21% cheaper for British tourists this year
CORFU. According to Post Office Travel Money΄s Holiday Money Report.
National Monitoring Centre for the development of sustainable tourism
ATHENS. The Minister of Tourism Haris Theoharis today approved the setting up of a working group to create a plan for a National Sustainable Tourism Monitoring Centre.
When is Corfu finally going to set up a DMO?
CORFU. The Rhodes and Santorini Destination Management pilot programmes were presented at a Regional seminar.
Over 30m passengers at 14 Fraport airports in 2019
ATHENS. There were 3,275,897 arrivals at Corfu ΄Ioannis Capodistrias Airport compared to 3,364,141 in 2018 - a decrease of approximately 2.6%.
Meropi Ydraiou to give update on waste situation to tourist and business organisations on Friday
CORFU. The Central Corfu & Diapontia Islands Mayor is meeting with business organisations and professionals at San Giacomo Old Town Hall on Friday 10 January at 13:30.
Over 760,000 cruise ship passengers visited Corfu in 2019
ATHENS. Corfu was in 4th place in Greece and had a record number of visitors over the 5-year period with over 3.5m cruise ship passengers - only Piraeus and Santorini had more.
GNTO to spend over 1m Euros on promotion of Greek tourism in American mass media
ATHENS. Approval has been given for a 1m Euro Greek tourism advertising campaign in American mass media.
Jet2.com - New summer route Belfast to Corfu
Jet2.com is launching a new route from Belfast International Airport to Corfu next summer.
Four more cruise ship arrivals until the end of another good year for Corfu
CORFU. Corfu Port is expecting another four arrivals from two cruise ships with a total passenger capacity of over 3,000 before the end of the year.
Marketing Greece: Open discussion on Corfu΄s tourism product
CORFU. The meeting is part of the "We are ALL marketing Greece" campaign.
Low turnout ΄scuppers΄ Venice referendum
VENICE. Only a small number of Venetians turned out to vote in the referendum on administrative autonomy on Sunday December 1.
Venice referendum on administrative autonomy on Sunday
VENICE. The Venetians΄ attempt to secure their own Mayor and Council is being called ΄Venexit΄ in the international press.
Deputy Mayor for Tourism meets with Head of Ionian University Tourism Department
CORFU. The Deputy Mayor for Tourism Panayiotis Varouchas met with the Head of the newly-established University Tourism Department to exchange experiences and discuss implementation of know-how.
