Rossia Tourism

The Greek Ministry of Tourism is preparing proposals to increase the attractiveness of the country to tourists and is planning to make Greece the main destination for Russian tourists.

This is being reported by MIA, “Russia Today”, with reference to the Secretary-General of the Dimitris Trifontopoulos Department.

Dimitris Trifonopoulos: " Now Greece is on line five. Following the disaster of the Sharm el-Sheikh aircraft, Greece has already taken some steps and offered the Russian side packages, tours so that the Russians can safely spend Christmas and New Year in Greece. This package was proposed at a meeting of the joint Russian-Greek Commission in Cochi by the Co-Chair of the Greek Cypriot side, the head of MID Dimitris Mardas.

According to Trifonopoulos, Greece is prepared to accept tourists who will not travel to Turkey in the light of recent developments. He pointed out that apart from the sun and the sea, Greece has both cultural tourismreligious, medical.

Dimitris Trifonopoulos: " Our whole country . is an open sky museum. Our archaeological monuments can be visited in a year. It is a pleasure to have time here. "

He added that due to the crisis, the prices of the tour had also fallen, making it easier for Russian tourists. In particular, the prospective direction for Russian tourists, Trifonopoulos, sees the turns of the day off ного city-break, which have been actively promoted over the past two years and are becoming increasingly popular. The representative of the Department added that Greece intended to speed up the process of issuing a visa to Russian citizens, " so that a Russian tourist could come to Greece without extra trouble " .