GREECE VOTED BEST BEACH HOLIDAY DESTINATION IN 2019
Greece has been named Best Beach Holiday Destination for 2019 at the Travel Awards of the National Geographic Traveler Russia. The National Geographic Traveler Russia, a leading travel magazine in the Russian market, has 1.5 million users and 10 million views per month on the internet. Its printed edition has a yearly circulation of 110,000 copies. The magazine’s Travel Awards were determined following a voting procedure which was held with the participation of the readers of its printed and online edition.
According to the announcement made by the Greek National Tourism Organization, the nations of Greece, Turkey, Vietnam, Cuba and Cyprus were all short-listed, but Greece won with 29 per cent of the vote from the 500,000 individuals who participated in the survey.
500,000 people voted Greece as the Best Beach Holiday Destination from a total of 24 candidate destinations participated between June 29 and October 31, 2019.
The Travel Awards 2019 ceremony was held in Moscow on November 28, at the Moscow State Hotel “President”, in the presence of senior executives of the Russian tourism industry including travel agents, tour operators, airlines, foreign diplomats, Russian state officials and media representatives.
“This new distinction for the Greek tourism product confirms the effectiveness of the national tourism policy with the aim of enhancing and improving the quality traits of the tourism flow to our country 365 days a year,” Greece’s National Tourism Organization EOT said in its statement.
