Real.gr – Company – World Travel Awards: Athens is the first destination in Europe

The World Travel Award, which makes Athens the first destination in Europe for urban tourism in 2018, was received by Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura at the awards ceremony. award to Zappeion the global prestige of the institution, the presence of leading representatives and personalities of the European tourism and travel industry.

The Minister received the Europe & # 39; s Leading CityBreakDestination Award of 2018 from the founder of WorldTravelAwards and President GrahamCooke and the CEO of HotelBrain, the organizer of the European Award in Athens, Mr. Konstantinos Zikos. This is an important distinction and a success for Greek tourism and the destination of Athens, which the Ministry of Tourism has promoted and systematically promoted in recent years, and has entered into strategic agreements with the integration of Athens in urban tourism programs of major European groups. Athens included 13 candidate cities: London, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Belfast, Copenhagen, Dublin, Geneva, Lisbon, Porto, St. Petersburg and Venice.

The Greek Tourism Organization was awarded as an organization in Europe, with the best strategy and national tourism campaign for 2018. The European Campaign Award for Tourism Leadership and Campaign 2018 was awarded by the Greek Tourism Organization. GNTO. Konstantinos Tsegas, who spoke about the success of the multilevel program implemented by the Greek Tourism Organization in accordance with the strategic guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism and Minister Elena Kountoura, as a national actor in the promotion and promoting world tourism in Greece.

The Acropolis Award, Europe's leading tourist attraction, Europe's leading tourist attraction in 2018, was received by the chairman of the board of directors. from the GNTO Mr. Charalambos Karimalis.

Minister Elena Kountoura inaugurated the spectacular awards ceremony at Zappeion. In her speech, she mentioned Greece 's tourism leap into the global market with record performance over the last three years and the new development and investment opportunities that have mobilized national tourism policy in the world. Greek tourist and tourist economy.

It was also mentioned in the strong image and asks that Greece present today as a world-renowned tourist destination 365 days and the first choice in the Mediterranean and Europe for authentic experiences and experiences. experiential journeys. In addition to the targeted policy that the Ministry has designed and implemented, Athens has become a popular tourist destination for 3-4 day city and city trips with a record in all sizes of tourists. , international arrivals, overnight stays, occupancy, income and new hotel investments.

He highlighted the quality of the Greek tourism product, supported and promoted by the Ministry of Tourism, having created a more attractive framework to support and encourage the spirit of enterprise, so that today Greece is a strategic choice of foreign groups for tourism investment.
He also stressed the contribution of the Greek private sector with high professionalism, providing a high level of hospitality and continuous upgrading of the hotel product.
As part of the awards ceremony, the minister granted an interview to the TV-5 TV channel that covered the event, to promote and promote Greece and Greek tourism.