Athina Babakou

Athina Babakou works at the Greek Ministry of Tourism since 2008. She is Director for Strategic Planning, in charge of tourism product development (special interest tourism), marketing planning and international and EU relations. Prior to this post she was Director at the GNTO (Greek National Tourism Office) office in Vienna promoting Greece in the Austrian, Swiss and Hungarian markets.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a M.Sc. in international economics, both obtained at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Her relation with tourism started at the National School for Public Administration in 2007, where she has studied tourism economy and development.