British newspaper Express features Santorini and Corfu among the 6 top cruising destinations in the Mediterranean.
British newspaper The Telegraph includes Greece among the best countries in the world for visiting in its 2015-16 Telegraph Travel Awards.
Conde Nast Traveller includes Greece among the top 6 destinations to visit in May.
British newspaper The Mirror has included Kalamata and Messinia among the ten hot destinations for 2016.
British Newspaper Express includes Crete and Skopelos as the top 2 out of 4 safest Hotspots for family holidays.
Luxury magazine Virtuoso Traveller ranks Greece amongst the top 10 summer destinations in 2016 for Jet Setters.
British Newspaper Express includes Corfu as one of the top 5 European Short Gateways.
Greece is getting ready for another positive tourism season
Greece remains a safe harbour...
In the context of the 1 to 1 Scheme, a decline in the numbers of irregular
migrants reaching Greece via sea has been marked, along with the first Returns
to Turkey and the first resettlements from Turkey to the E.U.
More that 1.200 irregular migrants in need of International Protection have
already been relocated from both Italy and Greece.
Queen Rania of Jordan, travelled to Lesvos island and visited Kara Tepe
reception camp in spirit of solidarity.
In the Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Luxembourg in 21/04/2016,
the target set was that of relocating about 20.000 irregular migrants by mid-May.
The Greek E.U Commissioner stated that more than 70% of the irregular migrants
are eligible for relocation.
The Greek Islands remain the ideal yachting destination
The dwindling refugee influx is contained within a small area facing the
Turkish coast that affects just a few islands out of Greece’s six thousand.
As shown in the map, yellow highlighted islands are the only ones addressing
refugees' matters.
During the past 3 months refugee influx in Dodecanese has remarkably decreased
allowing the islands to get back on their usual track.
Locations marked in yellow, being frontier regions have never been traditional
yachting destinations.
As you can see on the map, borderlands such as Mytilene and Chios are stretched
in great radius from Cyclades and other popular Greek Yachting destinations.
Just to get a feel of distance in the Greek seas...
Mytilene is 415 nautical miles away from Corfu. Distance-wise this equals
going from New York City to Ohio (768 Km or 477 miles).
Mytilene is 181 nautical miles far from Santorini island, like going from
Munich to Milan (247 Km or 187 miles).
Mytilene is 190 nautical miles distant from Piraeus which is like going
from Paris to London (351 Km or 218 miles).
