The Region of Crete, wrong the model of the 2025 Tourism Promotion Program, participated successful the International Tourism Exhibition International & French Travel Market – TOP Resa, which took spot from 23 to 25 September successful Paris. The information is portion of the strategy to fortify Crete’s beingness successful the French market, which is the 3rd astir important for the island.
TOP Resa is the largest tourism lawsuit successful France, attracting much than 34,000 professionals and 1,700 exhibitors from 160 countries annually. The accumulation offers fertile crushed for strategical partnerships and the promotion of the Cretan tourism product.
According to information from the Bank of Greece, the French marketplace shows beardown momentum for 2025, with a important summation successful traveler arrivals to Crete. At the nationalist level, question receipts from France recorded an summation of astir 15% successful the archetypal 7 months of the year, contempt a flimsy alteration successful arrivals to the state arsenic a whole. Early indications for 2026 bespeak continued beardown request for Crete.
During the exhibition, the delegation of the Region of Crete made contacts with French circuit operators, question agencies and airlines connecting the land with France. The basal was visited by the Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni, the Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organization Andreas Fiorentinos, the caller President of the Greek National Tourism Organization Angela Varela, arsenic good arsenic the Ambassador of Greece successful Paris Antonis Alexandrides and embassy officials.
The Region's beingness is portion of the strategy for 365-day tourism, with the purpose of extending the play and spreading visitors to much areas of Crete.
The Region was represented by the Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism Dr. Kyriakos Kotsoglou, the Lassithi Tourism Advisor Michalis Klontzas, the Education and Lifelong Learning Advisor Eleni Maraki Beladaki, the Head of the Tourism Directorate Nikos Alexakis and the Head of the Tourism Department of the Lassithi Regional Government Maria Lavdaki.
Mr. Michalis Klontzas stressed:
"In each planetary exhibition, our extremity is to item Crete arsenic a starring planetary destination. The French marketplace is of peculiar involvement to america and the forecasts for 2026 are excellent."
For his part, Dr. Kyriakos Kotsoglou noted:
“With an oculus connected 2026, the Region of Crete is strengthening its beingness successful the French market, which is already approaching 500,000 arrivals successful 2025. The French admit the diversity, quality and civilization of Crete and committedness different twelvemonth of growth.”
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