Rise in pre-bookings with FTI for new destinations

MUNICH. FTI<.> introduced new Greek destinations in its 2000 brochure which was presented at the C-B-R 2000<.> travel fair in Munich. Kos, Corfu, Halkidiki and Thessaloniki feature in this year`s publication.

The company expects to send 16,000 clients to Kos, 10,000 to Corfu and 4,000 to Halkidiki. Pre-bookings are going particularly well with the rate for Corfu at 15-16 percent, that for Santorini at 14 percent while the figure for Kos is 15 percent. However, Crete is in first place with 30 percent.

In 1999, FTI sent 6,000 tourists to the Cyclades, 25,000 to Rhodes and 32,000 to Crete. This year, it expects the figure for Crete to reach 40,000, that for Rhodes to remain at 25,000 and the number of Cyclades-bound clients to drop marginally to 5,000. Last year 25,000 tourists travelled to Cyprus with FTI though it has forecast an increase of around 10,000 on this figure for 2000.

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