Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias is visiting the Turkish city of Smyrna (Σμύρνα, Turkish: İzmir) on Tuesday, greekcitytimes.com reports.
He is heading the Greek delegation to the 4th Session of the Joint Tourism Committee and the 9th Greek-Turkish Forum on Tourism, which is to be held between Tuesday and Thursday.
The last meeting of the Joint Tourism Committee and the Forum was held in Athens in October 2011.
On Wednesday, November 17, Kikilias will have a meeting with Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, during which issues of bilateral interest in the tourism sector are programmed to be discussed.
The agenda of the Joint Tourism Committee includes, among others, issues related to the current situation concerning COVID-19 and the exchange of experiences regarding health protocols in the tourism sector.
They will also exchange know-how and practical knowledge in areas of common interest, along with cooperation in maritime tourism and cruise tourism.
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