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Europe's Hottest City Scorches Past 40 Degrees, Struggles To Stay Cool Amid Influx Of Tourists
The Athens Acropolis faces closures during peak heat as record temperatures and wildfires threaten Greece's most-visited site, highlighting the growing impact of climate change on tourism and cultural heritage.
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Not Heading To Turkey Or Azerbaijan? These 5 Countries Have A Lot To Offer
Not feeling Turkey or Azerbaijan this year? No worries! These stunning countries are where you should be booking your ticket instead.
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Like Nayanthara And Vignesh Shivan In Greece, Here Are 5 Things To Do In Mykonos With Your Kids
Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan enjoy a holiday with their twins in Mykonos and you can do it too with these activities to do in the island
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Greece To Impose Fee On Cruise Passengers To Mykonos And Santorini
Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday.
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Greece's "Instagram Island" Santorini Worried About "Overtourism"
There are people spending a lot of money to be on Santorini and they don't want the island to be swamped. Instagram has defined the way people choose the places to visit
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Acropolis In Athens Shut For Several Hours Daily. Heat Is The Reason
Greece's most visited tourist attraction, the Athens Acropolis, is to close during the hottest hours of Wednesday, authorities said as a heatwave scorches the country.
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Greece Shuts More Tourist Sites Amid Scorching Heat Wave
Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated air-conditioned spots as the first heatwave of the summer persisted for a third day.
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Greece's First Underwater Museum Opens Ancient World To Dive Tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck -- and Greece's first underwater museum.
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Greece Ready To Use Covid Pass Before July To Save Summer: PM Mitsotakis
Greece is ready to use a COVID-19 travel certificate before its EU-wide launch on July 1 to attract foreign travellers and save its tourism sector from a second summer lost to the coronavirus.
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Greek Bank Shutdown Cost Economy $3.3 Billion: Report
The three-week shutdown of Greek banks has cost the country's struggling economy some 3.0 billion euros ($3.3 billion) not counting lost tourism revenue, a report said on Saturday.
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Greek Tourism Industry Take a Hit Due to Debt Crisis
The tourism industry accounts for 18 per cent of Greece's GDP. A lifeline for the country, it employs more than 900,000 people.
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Greek Tourism Draws Line in the Sand Over Tax Hikes
Alexis Kalaitzoglou makes a swift gesture to describe what he thinks about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: the shopkeeper on this busy tourist island pulls his leg back and swings it forward as if to give Greece's leader a good kicking.
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Google to Help Boost Greece's Tourism Industry
Google will offer management courses to 3,000 tourism businesses on the island of Crete as part of an initiative to promote the sector in Greece.
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Google Launches Street View Service in Greece After Privacy Spat
Culture Minister Panagiotopoulos attended a launch event in Athens and said the map service would help the crisis-hit country's vital tourism industry.
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Why Greek elections can spell doom for the global economy
The outcome of June 17 polls could determine whether Greece sticks with the heavy budget cutting or rejects the fiscal austerity imposed by the rest of Europe.
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Europe's Hottest City Scorches Past 40 Degrees, Struggles To Stay Cool Amid Influx Of Tourists
The Athens Acropolis faces closures during peak heat as record temperatures and wildfires threaten Greece's most-visited site, highlighting the growing impact of climate change on tourism and cultural heritage.
-
Not Heading To Turkey Or Azerbaijan? These 5 Countries Have A Lot To Offer
Not feeling Turkey or Azerbaijan this year? No worries! These stunning countries are where you should be booking your ticket instead.
-
Like Nayanthara And Vignesh Shivan In Greece, Here Are 5 Things To Do In Mykonos With Your Kids
Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan enjoy a holiday with their twins in Mykonos and you can do it too with these activities to do in the island
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Greece To Impose Fee On Cruise Passengers To Mykonos And Santorini
Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday.
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Greece's "Instagram Island" Santorini Worried About "Overtourism"
There are people spending a lot of money to be on Santorini and they don't want the island to be swamped. Instagram has defined the way people choose the places to visit
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Acropolis In Athens Shut For Several Hours Daily. Heat Is The Reason
Greece's most visited tourist attraction, the Athens Acropolis, is to close during the hottest hours of Wednesday, authorities said as a heatwave scorches the country.
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Greece Shuts More Tourist Sites Amid Scorching Heat Wave
Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated air-conditioned spots as the first heatwave of the summer persisted for a third day.
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Greece's First Underwater Museum Opens Ancient World To Dive Tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck -- and Greece's first underwater museum.
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Greece Ready To Use Covid Pass Before July To Save Summer: PM Mitsotakis
Greece is ready to use a COVID-19 travel certificate before its EU-wide launch on July 1 to attract foreign travellers and save its tourism sector from a second summer lost to the coronavirus.
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Greek Bank Shutdown Cost Economy $3.3 Billion: Report
The three-week shutdown of Greek banks has cost the country's struggling economy some 3.0 billion euros ($3.3 billion) not counting lost tourism revenue, a report said on Saturday.
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Greek Tourism Industry Take a Hit Due to Debt Crisis
The tourism industry accounts for 18 per cent of Greece's GDP. A lifeline for the country, it employs more than 900,000 people.
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Greek Tourism Draws Line in the Sand Over Tax Hikes
Alexis Kalaitzoglou makes a swift gesture to describe what he thinks about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: the shopkeeper on this busy tourist island pulls his leg back and swings it forward as if to give Greece's leader a good kicking.
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Google to Help Boost Greece's Tourism Industry
Google will offer management courses to 3,000 tourism businesses on the island of Crete as part of an initiative to promote the sector in Greece.
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Google Launches Street View Service in Greece After Privacy Spat
Culture Minister Panagiotopoulos attended a launch event in Athens and said the map service would help the crisis-hit country's vital tourism industry.
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Why Greek elections can spell doom for the global economy
The outcome of June 17 polls could determine whether Greece sticks with the heavy budget cutting or rejects the fiscal austerity imposed by the rest of Europe.
