Greece maintains a dominant position among both American travelers and US tourism professionals, as confirmed by its award in Recommend’s 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards.

In particular, our country came in second place in the “Best Overall Destination – Europe” category, with Italy occupying the first place and Spain the third.

“Recommend” magazine is considered one of the most valid professional magazines for tourism in the USA, as it is addressed to an audience of travel consultants, who promote tourism packages within the country and to international destinations. The results of the annual awards result from a vote of its readers, who choose their favorite destinations, hotels and resorts, tour operators, cruise lines, rail holidays, car hire companies, airlines, travel insurance providers and more.

EOT at the “Imex America 2024” exhibition

The increased interest of the American market in Greece was also evident during the International Conference Tourism Exhibition “IMEX America 2024”, which took place in Las Vegas from October 8 to 10, with the participation of the North American ENT Service and 11 co-exponents.

From the contacts that the head of the foreign service of the EOT, Konstantinos Harokopos, and the deputy head, Yiannis Plexousakis, as well as the representatives of the co-exhibitors had with executives and suppliers of conference tourism in the USA, it was found that Greece continues to be one of the fastest developing destinations in demand for the specific tourism industry, but also luxury tourism.

In total, 5,758 buyers from 75 countries participated in the exhibition and during its duration 85,000 one-on-one meetings were held, while approximately 16,000 people visited it.