Attracting foreign tourists is a competitive business. While overseas travel is on the rise and seemingly endless tides of visitors descend every year on the world’s most popular destinations, countries such as Greece for whom tourism is an important source of income are engaged in a constant effort to maximise their competitive advantage and maintain market share. Publicity campaigns by national and local government bodies, delegations to overseas travel fairs and sponsorship of familiarisation visits for foreign tour operators all form part of the effort. At the same time analysis of visitors’ tastes and special requirements can help in diversifying the tourist offering and spreading more broadly the flood of visitors to certain areas during the summer season.
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France and Greece renew joint defence agreement
In September 2021, 18 months after the Turkish government declared the country’s land border with Greece along the Evros river open, threatening to flood Europe with 200,000 refugees, France and Greece signed a security agreement which included a mutual defence clause should either be attacked by a third country. The agreement was accompanied by a defence procurement deal worth €3 billion whereby France would supply Greece with frigates and corvettes. (Wikipedia).
Continue readingGreece a popular destination for travellers from outside Europe
Greece is a major attraction for travellers from Australia, Canada and the US, with Greek destinations among the top 15 for people from those markets travelling overseas. For this reason, those markets are considered notably more promising than other remote markets such as China and India. As reported by APE-MPE, these were some of the conclusions of a study carried out by the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (INSETE) on “The profile of important markets for Greek tourism” outside Europe, and specifically the USA, Canada, China, India and Australia. In 2019 and 2023 these markets accounted for some 11 per cent of overall income from foreign tourism.
Continue readingGreece joins the UN Security Council
On 6th June Greece, along with four other nations, was elected to non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council in a series of votes which took place according to regional groupings of the UN member-nations. The following notice published on the UN’s news website gives the details of the process.
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