HELLENIC SUN EDITIONS is not just another publishing company whose aim is to add to the already numerous and well-designed tourist editions in Greece and abroad. HELLENIC SUN EDITIONS aims to offer its clients three unique, uncompromising high quality editions, all of which are designed to be a useful contact and communication tool in the hands of thousands Greek and foreign recipients.

THE LEADING TOURIST ENTERPRISES IN GREECE
The first of our publications, titled: "GREECE THE IDEAL DESTINATION", THE LEADING TOURIST ENTERPRISES IN GREECE, includes the best Greek hotels, resort complexes, travel agents, cruise and yachting companies and generally all the leading tourism firms in the sector. The publication, edited for the 7^th consecutive year, aims at promoting the finest businesses in their respective field of specialty, whose primary concern is to offer superior services and hospitality to foreign visitors to Greece, contributing to upgrading the country's tourism standards. The 7th edition, already released in March 2006, is delivered to more than 10,000 recipients in 40 countries around the world, including tour operators, travel agents, which are all selected on the basis of their interest in doing business with Greece. Our client list has been built up following an extensive market research and evaluation of clients' specific interest in doing business with Greece, as well as other details such as the types of tourism they specialize in, the specific areas they are interested in, the numbers of tourists they usually handle and preferred accommodation types. All such details are entered into a database, which allows for the appropriate assessment of incoming tourism of high standards, designed to attract essential response.

CONGRESSES INCENTIVES & MEETINGS IN GREECE - THE ULTIMATE CHOISE
The 7th edition, entitled CONGRESSES INCENTIVES & MEETINGS IN GREECE - THE ULTIMATE CHOISE, reflects Greece's congress potential by containing the best congress venues in Greece. The guide, issued for the 6th consecutive year, in cooparation with HAPCO (HELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL CONGRESS ORGANIZERS), is designed to promote a new philosophy in the sector, and has been created in conjunction with foreign and Greek congress organizing groups and has eventually developed to be a highly useful contact and communication tool for foreign Professional Congress Organizers, as well as Greek professionals to be advertised with us. The guide includes special features and all related information for congress organizers, such as the country's largest exhibition/show and congress centres, major hotels equipped with conference facilities, congress and incentives organizing agencies, cruise and yachting companies, and firms specializing in congress audiovisual services. This edition will also be mailed to 6,000 related businesses in Greece and around the world (2,000 in Greece and 4,000 worldwide). Such businesses include professional congress and incentives organizers, and decision makers with large foreign companies and major international organizations. In Greece is distributed to large private and public companies, professional associations, agencies, organizations, banks and universities.

It is with great satisfaction that HELLENIC SUN EDITIONS presents a unique edition for 2005 featuring all forms of alternative tourism in Greece.
Entitled GREECE, THE IDEAL DESTINATION FOR ALTERNATIVE TOURISM "a window to nature a flight to adventure" this edition includes all forms of alternative and thematic tourism activities in our country, in parallel projecting the full spectrum of potential and infrastructure that Greece has and the wealth of choices it offers in order to become an ideal and unique destination for many new forms of tourism.
As an alternative tourism destination, Greece offers an endless variety of choices and the opportunity for visitors to take advantage of the country’s diversity endemic in its astounding geographical location and ideal weather conditions.
Endowed with an enchanting landscape and the cleanest seas in the world, rich in natural beauty and history, Greece is ideal for holidays close to nature and to civilisation, for adventure travel, hot-spring bath treatment and relaxation.
Our country boasts an astonishing variety of ecosystems, mountain masses with magnificent mountain peaks, old forests, marshlands, fertile plains, lakes, rivers that run across picturesque landscapes, thousands of caves, thousands of islands with a mild climate and thousands of monuments and sites that contribute to its unique biodiversity and potential for attracting waves of tourists with ecological interests, and not only.
With this edition we attempted to offer you through individual thematic units the full spectrum of the potential and the infrastructure available in our country to accommodate alternative forms of tourism.
Ecotourism, Agrotourism, Cultural Tourism, Congress Tourism, Religious Tourism, Therapeutic Tourism, Adventure Travel, Sports Tourism, Yachting, Diving, etc, represent some of the categories of alternative tourism greatly emphasized in this publication.
The development of alternative tourism is an imperative need for our country, not only for the preservation of its natural environment, the improvement of human living conditions and the development of local, mainly agricultural, communities, but also for the improvement and development of the Greek tourism, the prolongation of the tourist period and the attraction of quality tourism with special interests.
The holding of the Olympic Games 2004 in our country with complete success and security and the impressive infrastructure projects created, will operate as a catalyst for the development of many new forms of tourism (Athletic, Congress, Cultural tourism, etc).
We invite you to a fascinating visit to Greece and we offer you many opportunities to discover its cultural heritage, its rich nature and astounding variety in ecosystems, through the hospitality of traditional lodgings throughout the country and the presence of efficient professionals in the alternative tourism sector with expertly designed tourist products that make Greece an ideal destination. We are expecting you!