Tourist in Greece spends over 200 euros a day on average

STORY: Tourists in Greece spend over 200 euros a day on average DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists in the Athens historical center 2. various of Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias during a forum of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) organized in Athens on Wednesday 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): VASSILIS KIKILIAS, Greek Tourism Minister 4. various of Giorgos Karanikas, ESEE president during the forum 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): GIORGOS KARANIKAS, ESEE president 6. various of tourists in the Athens historical center STORYLINE: Tourists visiting Greece spend an average of 201 euros (about 217.58 U.S. dollars) a day per person, while the potential for greater benefits for local businesses and the economy is significant, according to a survey of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) presented in Athens on Wednesday. 56 percent of the respondents in the survey conducted in

Rail services gradually resume in Greece 3 weeks after deadly crash

STORY: Rail services gradually resume in Greece 3 weeks after deadly crash DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the first train departing Athens central railway station 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): PANAGIOTIS TEREZAKIS, Interim CEO of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) 3. various of the train accident in central Greece on 28 of February 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): IOANNIS KOKKINAKIS, Station master at the Athens central railways station 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): ELLI REVISVILI, Passenger 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Greek): GIORGOS KARANIKAS, President of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) STORYLINE: Passenger and freight trains gradually resumed service in Greece on Wednesday, three weeks after an accident in the center of the country that resulted in 57 deaths. Following a review of safety measures, operations will be fully restored in April, Panagiotis Terezakis, interim CEO of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), said af