The Greek Tourism Ministry’s strategic cooperation with travel giant TUI is expected to result to over 2.8 million tourists visiting Greece in 2018, an increase of more than 10 percent for the second consecutive year. During a recent meeting in Athens between Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and TUI Group CEO Fritz Joussen, a series of issues were discussed, including the extension of the travel […]
Read More Domestic travel traffic picked up pace in the three months of summer marking a 10 percent increase compared to the same period last year, while travel abroad grew by 20 percent against 2017, said the Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (FedHATTA) on Monday. More specifically, citing Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data, the number of Greeks traveling in […]
Read More Greece’s 14 regional airports are set to record a high single digit rise in passenger numbers this year, according to Fraport Group, which announced a 13.0 percent increase in group revenue to 1.532 billion euros for the first six months of 2018. The Frankfurt-based mother company of Fraport Greece, currently managing 14 airports across the country, said during the announcement […]
Read More Greece is enjoying the most successful tourism year of all times, according to official figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority, Fraport and the Athens International Airport for the January-July period. Passenger arrivals in the 14 regional airports operated by Fraport recorded a 13.7 pct increase in the seven-month period, compared with the same period […]
Read More Fraport AG CEO Stefan Schulte this week referred to a better-than-expected performance by group’s Greek subsidiary so far, in an interview with the economic daily WirtschaftsWoche. Fraport Greece, a majority of which is controlled by Fraport AG, assumed the management of 14 airports around the country last year, a 40-year concession deemed as the most […]
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