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Corfu Mountaineering and Trekking Club to place signage along all Corfu paths
CORFU. An important initiative to aid trekking tourism and alternative tourism.

Chinese thinking about doing a reality show in Corfu!
CORFU. A Chinese delegation met with Corfu Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos in the Old Town Hall this afternoon as part of a collaboration between the Municipality and the Ministry of Tourism.

Corfu one of the top Airbnb destinations in Greece with 3,500 active properties
Airbnb is ΄taking over΄ tourist destinations - see the maps of Corfu, Mykonos, Santorini, Crete, Rhodes and Halkidiki.

Large increase in traffic at Corfu Airport in June
CORFU. Impressive numbers for the first six months of 2018 - ahead of the high season - with over 1 million arrivals and departures!

Concert with Tolis Voskopoulos and Gastouri Philharmonic Band in aid of the paediatric clinic
CORFU. The concert will take place at the Old Fortress on August 7. The leading Greek singer has now been recording songs for 60 years and the Philharmonic Band is celebrating its 120th anniversary.

British tourist found dead in North Corfu
CORFU. A British tourist was found dead on Wednesday morning on the road between Sidari and Karousades.

Concern about August bookings
CORFU. Hoteliers and travel agents in Corfu and elsewhere are starting to feel concerned about the perceived ‘stutter’ in bookings for July and August. The signs are already visible in Corfu and it isn’t due to the waste management crisis even though some have interpreted it this way.

Hoteliers and Tourist Accommodation Owners produce TV spot about recycling
CORFU. Campaign from Corfu Hoteliers Association and Corfu Federation of Tourist Accommodation Owners.

Guided tour of the Gravas Gardiki paleolithic cave
CORFU. On Sunday 1st July the Ag. Mathaios Cultural Society is organizing a guided tour of the Gravas Gardiki paleolithic cave.

Letter from Ionian Islands Regional Administration to ABTA: In 10 days Corfu will have been cleaned up
CORFU. The Ionian Islands Regional Governor assures British travel agents and tour operators that collection of refuse throughout the island will have been completed in 10 days.

British tourism professionals, concerned about the refuse situation, visit the Mayor
CORFU. Travel agents and professionals involved in Corfu tourism visited the Mayor΄s office today for an update on the waste problem.

British travel agents call for Corfu to get cleaned up
According to an article in Travelweekly, ABTA - the Association of British Travel Agents & Tour operators - has joined hoteliers and tourism professionals in Corfu to take swift action to clear up piles of dumped rubbish in Corfu.

Tour operators are expressing their concern about the image of Corfu with its refuse problem
CORFU.The noose is tightening around the Corfu tourist economy as not a day passes without tour operators, large and small, expressing their concern.

Tourism professionals ready to ΄freak out΄
CORFU. Tourism professionals went to the Mayor΄s office yesterday morning to express their anxiety at the distressing state of the island with thousands of tons of rubbish piled up on the roads.

Corfu Hoteliers and Tourist Accommodation Owners send an ΄SOS΄ message to Tourism Minister
CORFU. The Corfu Hoteliers Association and Federation of Tourist Accommodation Owners have requested that a state of emergency be declared in Corfu.

Report by RTL in Holland on tourists΄ shock at the sight of all the rubbish
CORFU. It is no surprise - it was, in fact, to be expected - that there have been negative comments about Corfu from the first tourists.

Harsh criticism from leading travel agent regarding the huge numbers of cruise ship passengers coming ashore.
Local Authority looking for a solution to the vehicle and pedestrain traffic problem.

Corfu Port full - 7 cruise ships with 13,000 passengers!
CORFU. Today is one of the busiest days for cruise ships at Corfu Port - so much so that one of the ships had to moor offshore.