Vassilis Kikilias

The Minister of Tourism in Greece, Μr. Vassilis Kikilias, described 2022 as a crucial year for the Greek tourism.

The Minister of Tourism stressed that we should now work hard in order to improve the infrastructure, to have a sustainable tourism model, and to create better jobs.

The Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, expresses reasonable optimism for the next tourist season in an interview with the Financial Times.

"Having met most airlines and tourism providers in the UK, we can only be very optimistic about 2022," he said. He pointed out that "in 2022 Greece expects 35% more visitors from the United Kingdom compared to 2021".

"We want to be leaders in tourism. We are in the championships, we do not want one of the best scores, we want the best score.

The vote of confidence of British airlines and tour operators towards Greece was also expressed with a new agreement concluded within the framework of WTM in London.

Tourism arrivals in Greece in September 2021 reached 75 percent of the div in the same month in 2019, a pre-pandemic record-breaking year, according to Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias.

The issue of investments in the tourism sector was discussed, among other things, during the meeting of the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, with the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Sulaiman Hamed Salem Almazroui.

Panagiotis Arkoumaneas submitted his resignation from the presidency of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) today, Saturday.

The Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, spoke about the effort to extend the tourist season in the country. In fact, in his statements to state broadcaster ERT, he noted that medical tourism should be one of the priorities.

Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday evening pointed to an opportunity to further boost Greece-China relations in various fields, speaking during an event to mark the opening of the Year of Culture and Tourism - Greece-China.

The die is cast. The reshuffle is now a fact and it held surprises.

At first, an autonomous Ministry of Civil Protection was set up, with a surprise minister: Retired Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis.