<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851764655221128038</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:34:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>News</category><category>Corfu Tourism</category><category>Events</category><category>Greek Tourism</category><category>Infographics</category><title>blog.crystaltravel.gr</title><description></description><link>http://blog.crystaltravel.gr/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lefteris F. Sarakinos)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851764655221128038.post-3125322468580196368</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-03-14T19:34:56.408+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Corfu Tourism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Greek Tourism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>Overnight Stay Tax</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;As from 1st of January 2018 it has been introduced an overnight stay tax in Greece, applicable at all hotels.&lt;/div&gt;The tax will vary&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;from 0,5 - 4 euros per room/ stay (night) depending on the official category of the accommodation and it will be collected upon check-in.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;The charge will be as follows:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Hotel category&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Euro per room/ night&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; 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&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;calibri&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;3 Star Hotels&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 1,5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1-2 Star Hotels&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;0,5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;calibri&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Apartments (of all key categories)&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;0,5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;en-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.crystaltravel.gr/2018/01/overnight-stay-tax-as-from1st-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crystal Travel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851764655221128038.post-4279964479395944375</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-01T09:47:37.819+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Corfu Tourism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Infographics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>Increase in Corfu Tourism</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;clear: left; 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