The Impact Of Social Media On Travel And Tourism [INFOGRAPHIC]

Social media has made a huge impact on essentially every major industry across the world, and the business of travel and hospitality has reaped the rewards perhaps as well as any other commercial venture. Travel and tourism depends heavily on the use of word-of-mouth to spread opinions and recommendations, and social platforms such as Twitter and Facebook allow customers to easily share tips and suggestions, which can be enormously valuable when positive. Some 92 percent of consumers said that they trusted earned media, which includes recommendations from friends and family members, more than any other form of advertising.

Moreover, a recent study showed that more than half (52 percent) of respondents changed their travel plans after researching their trip using social media. A heady 85 percent of travelers use their smartphones whilst abroad, and 52 percent of Facebook users said that their friends’ holiday photos had inspired their vacation choice.

This infographic from Four Pillars takes a closer look at the impact of social media on the travel and hospitality industry.

via: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-travel-hospitality_b24679

still sunny in our land

still sunny, a photo by brexians on Flickr.

still sunny in our land #Pelasgia central #Greece #travel #ttot #travelling2GR #visitGreece
PHOTO via: brexians ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/brexians/6515549373/

Ios island ... church @ daylight

ios church daylight1, a photo by philos from Athens on Flickr.

a superb #photo from #Ios #Cyclades #Greece #travel #ttot #travelling2GR #visitGReece
PHOTO via: Christos Loufopoulos http://www.flickr.com/photos/ophilos/7278508502/


Ios (Greek: Ίος, locally Νιός - Nios) is a Greek island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. Ios is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides, situated halfway betweenNaxos and Santorini. It is about 18 km (11 mi) long and 10 km (6 mi) wide, with an area of about 109 km² (42 mi²). Population was 1,838 in 2001 (down from 3,500 in the 19th century). Ios is part of the Thira regional unit. Ios was the setting for the movie Ginger and Cinnamon (Dillo con parole mie). Also, scenes from the film Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu) were shot in Manganari.


The Port of Ios is at the head of the Ormos harbor in the northwest. From there the bus or a 15-minute walk up the steep donkey path takes you to the village, known as Chora. Chora is a white and very picturesque cycladic village, full of stairs and narrow paths, that makes it inaccessible for cars of any kind. Today, the main path through this village is completely taken over by tourism in terms of restaurants, boutiques, bars and discothèques. Apart from the port and the village of Chora, Ios has only a few small settlements, just a group of spread out houses in the background of major beaches (Theodoti, Kalamos, Maganari). Since the 1990s, the island mayor Pousseos has worked on Ios' development towards attracting different types of tourists. With the help of European Community funds some roads have been built, all of them paved, and a scenic amphitheater has been created by the German architect Peter Haupt (who died in 2003) at the top of the village hill. Unfortunately, cultural events rarely take place up there.

Excavations on Skarkos hill unearthed a prehistoric settlement, proving that Ios has been inhabited since the early Cycladic period. The architecture at Skarkos is preserved in places up to a height of almost three meters, with most of the buildings evidently having two storeys, stone-paved floors and a sewage system. Numerous well-preserved pottery, tools and utensils made of metal, stone and bone were also discovered. Unfortunately, the Skarkos site remains largely unpublished. In 2008, Ios was among six European locations (out of 109 candidates) awarded the European Union Cultural Heritage prize for its exceptional conservation efforts at the archaeological site of Skarkos.

During later times, Ios made rather few marks in history. According to ancient tradition, Homer's mother was from Ios, and he himself was buried there - and indeed the locals will show visitors the site of the ancient town of Plakotos at the northernmost end of the island, where the rocky entrance to a tomb may be seen. There is no physical evidence connecting this with Homer however. There are signs of Mycenaean settlement. The north end of Ios has a ruined Venetian castle from the 15th century. The island is said to have 365 churches and chapels, like the days of the year.

Ios attracts a large number of young tourists, many of whom used to sleep on their sleeping bags during the 1970s on the popular beach of Mylopotas after partying through the night. Today Mylopotas beach has been developed to an equivalent mass package tourism resort like Platys Gialos and Paradise Beach of Mykonos.

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Earth hour 2012

In an era of deep financial crisis, where should we find a shelter?

Where can we find the valuable antidote to pessimism?

We suggest it can be found where the source of life originates.

For us this land is no other place, than Greece with its fabulous landscapes, and its fauna and flora.

It is our history, our cultural inheritance, the Greek local cuisine and its local products. 
In other words that might be the place, where one can find quality of life, sustainable development and quality tourism.

Today many might regard environmental protection as a luxury. 


We stand opposite to that view.

Protecting the environment for us is not a luxury it is rather a necessity.

We can save the environment and everything that it provides us for.

We can protect all of them honey, wine, olive oil, pride, the shade which trees provide us.

With this rationale we attribute a special meaning to Greek participation in Earth Hour urging Greek citizens to participate massively in Earth Hour sending their personal message of how.

On Saturday 31st March at 20:30 we all unite both our messages and our power and turn off the lights for one hour!

This action will signal that the next day is going to be the time for engagement and positive activism.

adaptation by D. K. Georgalas & G. Bekatoros

Πασχαλινή προσφορά στο Kelyfos Hotel Bungalows and Suites στον Νέο Μαρμαρά Χαλκιδικής

τώρα ΝΕΑ υπερπροσφορά μονό 75€ κατ' άτομο

Το Kelyfos Hotel Bungalows and Suites βρίσκεται στην χερσόνησο της Σιθωνίας, στο γραφικό χωριό του Νέου Μαρμαρά. 
Απέχει από την Θεσσαλονίκη 100 χλμ. Είναι κτισμένο στην πλαγιά του λόφου των θεών (σύμφωνα με τις μαρτυρίες των κατοίκων). 

Διαθέτει δίκλινα δωμάτια, στούντιο και σουίτες με τζάκι τελευταίας τεχνολογίας, υψηλής αισθητικής και καταπληκτική θέα (το καταπράσινο Golf του Πόρτο Καρράς, τους πανέμορφους κολπίσκους και ένα αλησμόνητο ηλιοβασίλεμα). 

Όλα τα δωμάτια έχουν θέα στην θάλασσα . 

Το εστιατόριο με ελληνική και ευρωπαϊκή κουζίνα σας περιμένει όλη την ημέρα εως τις 12 το βράδυ. 

Το Hotel Kelyfos Bungalows and Suites προχωράει σε μια σούπερ προσφορά για την περίοδο των εορτών του Πάσχα 2012. 

Συγκεκριμένα η προσφορά περιλαμβάνει: 

• 75 90 € ανά άτομο συνολικό κόστος για 5 διανυκτερεύσεις 
• Πρωϊνό αμερικάνικος μπουφές 
• Δωρεάν διαμονή για άτομα κάτω των 10 ετών 
• Η προσφορά ισχύει για τις ημέρες από Δευτέρα 9 έως και Τρίτη 17 Απριλίου 2012.

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Travelling 2 Greece

Ξεκινάμε και είμαστε σίγουροι, ότι οι αποκλειστικά Ελληνικού (ταξιδιωτικού, τουριστικού, πολιτισμικού, γαστριμαργικού) περιεχομένου αναρτήσεις μας, θα σας αρέσουν και θα μας ακολουθήσετε για πολύ καιρό.

Δείτε επίσης και αν σας αρέσει κάντε like και τις ταξιδοσελίδες μας (στα διάφορα social media), με πλούσια και επιλεγμένη αρθρογραφία, ειδικά αφιερώματα και πολλά άλλα...

• https://twitter.com/#!/travelling2GR ο λογαριασμός μας στο twitter 
• http://pinterest.com/travelling2gr/ οι φωτογραφικές μας επιλογές στο pinterest 
• http://travelling2gr.posterous.com/ το micro-ιστολόγιο μας στο posterous space
• https://plus.google.com/116536070592919924264/posts το «σημείο μας G+» ;)
• https://www.facebook.com/travellingtwogreece η ταξιδοσελίδα μας στο facebook
• https://www.facebook.com/travelling2greece ο τοίχος μας στο facebook
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelling2gr  οι φωτογραφίες μας στο flickr

και σύντομα η ιστοσελίδα μας  www.travelling-greece.eu, μια νέα φρέσκια προσπάθεια, για την προώθηση της απίστευτης ομορφιάς της πατρίδας μας. 
Στην ιστοσελίδα μας θα βρείτε πλούσια θεματογραφία τουριστικής διαχειρισης αλλά και θεματικές ενότητες, αφιερώματα - για καταδύσεις - σπηλαιοτουρισμό - αστικό τουρισμό - γαστριμαργικό τουρισμό και πολλά ακόμη.
Ευχαριστούμε εκ των προτερων για την υποστήριξη σας και αν σας αρέσει, γιατί όχι και για την συμμετοχή σας στις δράσεις μας, στους διαγωνισμούς στην φωτογραφική βιβλιοθήκη, η και στην διαφήμιση της τουριστικής σας επιχείρισης... 
γιατί η Ελλάδα είναι οι άνθρωποι της ...


καλά ταξίδια και καλό βράδυ!...

Δημήτρης Γεωργαλάς & Γιώργος Ανδρέου