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"Athens suffered greatly in recent years and, in a volatile global environment, showed its potential and a walk in downtown Athens, the historic commercial district, is enough for someone to realise that the visitors have returned," Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said in an interview with RealFM on Tuesday, underlining that "the fact that we took the decision to start the tourism season earlier played a key role in this recovery."

The hotel product of Athens is increasing with the addition of the new hotel of Brown Hotels, the Lighthouse Athens, which opens its gates in Omonia on Friday, April 1st. The building of Lighthouse Athens is the result of the radical renovation of the hotel La Mirage, in Omonia.

The grand military parade held annually in Athens on March 25, to celebrate Greece’s Independence Day holiday and 201st anniversary since the start of the 1821 revolution against Ottoman rule, got underway in the city centre on Friday.