The
“Best Mobile App” of the year at the e-volution Awards 2021.
Created to facilitate travelers during their trip in Greece, the app received the
gold award in the “Best in Travel & Tourism” category, as well as a
platinum and a
gold award in the “Specialized Practices & Strategy – Mobile App” category.
“These awards prove the success of this project. One of our main priorities at the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is to strengthen the digital tools for the promotion of Greek tourism,” GNTO Secretary General
Dimitris Fragakis said.
The Visit Greece app was developed in only 10 weeks by the GNTO and Warply with the support of Mastercard and Eurobank.
Chinese social media users on New Year’s Day had the opportunity to admire Athens’ first sunrise for 2021 through an online campaign that ran on Wechat.
Andreas Laskaratos and Dimitris Fragakis
As part of its ongoing strategy to promote Greece abroad through a series of innovative actions, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) said this week that it would be continuing its collaboration with Greek race car driver Andreas Laskaratos.
Laskaratos showcased Greece through his participation in the celebrated
Le Mans, the world’s oldest active sports car race in endurance racing.
GNTO Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis thanked the driver for his role in GNTO’s 2020 campaign and confirmed that the collaboration would continue into 2021. In this direction, Fragakis met with Laskaratos this week to make plans and discuss further joint actions.
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Newly appointed Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and outgoing Deputy Minister Manos Konsolas during the handover ceremony.
Sofia Zacharakistepped in as Greece’s
deputy tourism minister for tourism education and special forms of tourism during a handover ceremony this week following a cabinet reshuffle on Monday.
Zacharaki took over on Tuesday from outgoing deputy minister
Manos Konsolas.
Tourism Minister
Harry Theoharis thanked Konsolas for his contribution and efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, which he described as an “unprecedented crisis” and welcomed Zacharaki referring to the challenges ahead and underlining the importance of team work.
“Sofia is young with a vision for tourism and an appetite for work, and I am very pleased that we will be working together to address the problems and challenges in this crucial year for the recovery of tourism,” said Theoharis adding that the ministry in collaboratio
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes the inauguration of a new elevator for people with disabilities at the Athens Acropolis. (Photo by Eurokinissi) 12/31/2020 TNH Staff
BRUSSELS – According to a review of the year by the European Travel Agent and Tour Operator Association (ECTAA), 2020 is the most catastrophic year in the history of travel. With an average of -80% of turnover, the value of the activities will barely reach 40 billion euros in 2020, compared with the 175 billion euros in 2019. Travel has been made impossible due to closure of borders and subsequent uncoordinated, contradictory and unstable travel restrictions, discouraging potential customers to travel and travel companies to start up again.