Russian, German and British tourists have shown a special interest in visiting Greece this summer, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Tuesday commented in statements to Praktorio 104.9 FM.
“It is estimated that 2016 will be an excellent year for Greek tourism,” Kountoura stressed.
She also underlined that Greece has managed to establish itself as a global tourist cruise destination, and made special mention to the increase in tourism from Russia and the events to be held within the Greece – Russia year.
As she noted, in consultation with her Russian counterpart Alla Manilova, a forum will be held in Greece on May 20 with the view to promoting religious tourism.
“The flow from Russia is expected to be very large and Ms Manilova underlined the interest of all Russian regions to visit Greece in order to recommend it to their residents,” Kountoura stressed.
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