Greece is placed at the top of the world travel elite, after the award of the Ministry of Tourism and EOT as the "Top Tourism Agency in the World" at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2020

Greece is placed at the top of the world travel elite, after the award of the Ministry of Tourism and EOT as the "Top Tourism Agency in the World" at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2020. The conquest of the highest distinction in this year's competition -under special circumstances- highlights Greece as a universal reference point for the tourism industry. Claiming the award for the leading tourism organization internationally, the Greek Ministry of Tourism and EOT faced the best travel and tourism organizations from anywhere in the world. This year, due to health restrictions, the WTA was held online on Friday, November 25, and was broadcast worldwide from the Russian capital, Moscow.

Welcoming the award, the Minister of Tourism Haris Theocharis stated: "With great joy and pride we accept on behalf of our country the highest distinction of the WTA awards, an award that our country wins for the first time. Greece is fully entitled to the "Top Tourism Agency in the World" title. The international community recognises our hard and methodical effort, the care for health and safety that we managed to offer to millions of tourists who were hosted this summer in Greece, the excellent work done by the private sector and employees and all those involved in the tourism process. The WTA award is a great distinction, which reflects the successful opening of Greece to tourism during the pandemic. It shows that our country, with prudence, seriousness and a spirit of solidarity, faced in the most effective way the adventure of COVID-19, a phenomenon that is considered as the biggest challenge for world tourism, at least during the last 20 years ".

The video "And the winner is..." of the award's ceremony can be retrieved at:
https://www.worldtravelawards.com/award-worlds-leading-tourist-board-2020