Greece won the first prize for the “Greece-A 365-Day Destination” video, which was voted by the World Tourism Organization as the “best video in Europe” for 2017.
The video from the Greek National Tourism Organization, was selected as the top tourist video of a European destination, among 23 candidate European countries that participated in the global competition. The announcement was made at a special event at the 22nd General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization in Chengdu, China.
In the implementation of the communication strategy of Greek Tourism Minister, Ms Elena Kountoura, for the promotion of Greece as a world-renowned destination 365 days a year, the film "Greece-A 365-Day Destination", directed by Antonis Theocharis Kiikas, with a duration of 3'36 '', focuses on the beauties, sounds and colors of Greece during all four seasons of the year.
The selection of the movie for Greece was made by a jury consisting of the Presidents of the six Regional Committees of the World Tourism Organization.
Representing the Tourism Minister Ms. Elena Kountoura, the award was received by Mr. M. Angelopoulos, SPA, Diplomatic Adviser of the Minister and Mr. S. Parthenis, Head of the Strategic Planning Directorate at the Ministry of Tourism.
The World Tourism Organization has established the competition to award the best video touring countries in recognition of the great importance of multimedia in the marketing of tourist destinations. The winning countries are emerging for each one of the six regions of the world. (Europe, Africa, America, Middle East, Asia & Pacific, South Asia).
This success for GNTO follows the election of Greece for the first time to the Executive Board of the World Tourism Organization for the period 2018-2021, during the 22nd General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization.
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