Financial problems, complicated relationship of Athens with international creditors and the general instability in the country make Greece less attractive for German tourists, therefore the Association of Greek tourism companies (SETE) refused to forecast a record number of tourists in the country in 2015, Bloomberg agency said.

Rosaviation (Federal Agency for Air Transportation) Refused Aeroflot’s low cost air company Pobeda to operate flights from Moscow to Heraklion. Air company Pobeda planned to operate on that route once per week from 31-st of May till 6-th of September 2015. Russian Aviation explained their decision as air company has to operate on domestic routed for 2 years to get access to international operation.

The readers of the Russian version of National Geographic Traveler have chosen Greece as the top spot for beach holidays in a recent vote.

In the list of the most popular destinations, Greece declined from the 4 to the 5 position. At the same time, tour operators do not observe a fall in volumes in the destination, in the worst case they are talking about last year's results.