Thessaloniki cemented its presumption arsenic a cardinal destination for the Polish tourism market, welcoming much than 70 members of the Polish Chamber of Tourism arsenic portion of their Annual Conference held successful the metropolis from September 28 to October 2, 2025.
As portion of the Conference, the Federation of Hellenic Associations of Travel & Tourism Agencies (FedHATTA) hosted a meal for the Polish delegates, highlighting the city’s imaginable and the strategical publication of Greek tourer agencies arsenic a connecting nexus with the Polish market.
The Conference was organized by the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization, successful collaboration with the Polish National Tourist Office and the Polish Chamber of Tourism.
The beingness of dozens of apical executives of the Polish tourism industry, representatives of starring question agencies, airlines and Polish media, successful Thessaloniki, underlines the strategical quality of the practice betwixt the 2 countries successful the tourism sector, with the item being the caller nonstop transportation of LOT Polish Airlines betwixt Thessaloniki - Warsaw passim the year.
The contacts made by FedHATTA constituted different accidental to fortify the already existing ties of practice that person been cultivated for years, arsenic good arsenic to speech views connected the caller prospects that are opening up for the strengthening of the tourer travel from Poland to Thessaloniki, Northern Greece and wide to our state - and vice versa.
The gathering highlighted the value of nonstop aerial connections with Poland, arsenic good arsenic the possibilities offered for the emergence of Thessaloniki and our state arsenic an charismatic and prime destination for the Polish traveler. Particular accent was placed connected the qualitative magnitude of the Greek tourer product, connected the forms of alternate tourism that tin find suitable crushed successful Northern Greece, arsenic good arsenic connected the strengthening of cooperative relations betwixt professionals from the 2 countries.
The evening took spot successful a peculiarly lukewarm atmosphere, proving erstwhile again that hospitality is simply a beardown vantage of Greece and a means of processing semipermanent partnerships. The conversations and contacts that took spot make well-founded expectations for the further improvement and strengthening of the beingness of Polish tourists successful Greece, which successful caller years has been steadily increasing.
The president of FedHATTA, Mr. Lysandros Tsilidis, stated:
“It is simply a large pleasance to spot regions of Greece that person the imaginable for organized tourism taking decisive steps towards extroversion. When we bring tourism professionals from abroad, they successful crook go our champion ambassadors. What they volition spot and acquisition here, they volition transportation to their market, truthful that Thessaloniki and Northern Greece successful wide tin summation the spot they merit connected the question map.
In this effort, Greek question agencies are the cardinal link, arsenic they volition make organized packages, physique partnerships and bring travelers. The operation of extroversion and professionalism is besides cardinal for the Polish market. Both sides are acrophobic that the ngo volition repetition visits to different areas of Greece, besides done our practice with ECTAA”.
The league programme included:
- Event astatine the Thessaloniki City Hall with a invited by the Mayor and President of the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization, Mr. Stelios Angeloudis.
- Presentations connected thematic tourism by the General Manager of the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization, Dr. Kyriaki Oudadzis and destination metropolis interruption by the Deputy Mayor for Tourism, Mr. Vasilis Gakis.
- B2B meetings with circuit operators and hoteliers of the city.
- Official Gala Dinner astatine the Olympic Museum of Thessaloniki, with a guided circuit of the “Olympic Games” accumulation and a philharmonic program.
- Experiences of getting to cognize the culture, gastronomy and monuments of the city, arsenic good arsenic a full-day excursion to Pieria.
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