"The tourist season has started earlier than ever and we at the Ministry of Tourism work every day for its qualitative and quantitative upgrade", noted Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikiliasin in an interview with "Fortune", identifying among other things the actions that have already started taking place in this context: the 9 direct flights from the USA to Greece, until October, with over 460,000 visitors every week, the more than 3,000,000 available air seats from France to our country, as well as the fact that on March 28 they started earlier than ever 4 direct flights from Canada that will double from June to August.

A memorandum of understanding between Greece and the United States was updated on Monday, with the relevant tourism minister for the former and the US ambassador in the country signing the relevant agreement.

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias met with the leadership of the Greece-France Interparliamentary Friendship Group of the French Senate, made up of the group's Chairman Didier Marie and deputy chairmen Francoise Dumont and Laurence Harribey, according to an announcement on Tuesday.