Bookings from Israel to Greece are showing are continuing their upward trend this year, according to information by Greek tourism officials meeting with Israeli officials at the International Tourism Fair of Israel, IMTM 2018, in Tel Aviv.
Incoming Israeli tourism received a boost following bilateral relations established by Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura in 2016. Direct flights from Israel to Greek destinations grew over the last year, with plane arrivals exceeding 503,000, up 15 pct, according to Ben Gurion airport figures.
IMTM is the largest annual professional tourism fair of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean and like other international tourism fairs, it serves to promote incoming tourism, domestic tourism and outgoing tourism, as well as to strengthen cooperation among tourism bodies in Israel and elsewhere in the world.
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