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Burst of pink peach blossom welcomes northern Greece into spring

(24 Mar 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Veria, Imathia region, Greece - 24 March 2024 1. Various aerials of peach fields and blossoms ++MUTE++ 2. Pan from left to right of peach blossoms 3. Veria Tourism Club president Gianna Pilitsidou taking photos of peach trees 4. Zoom in to peach blossom 5. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Gianna Pilitsidou, Veria Tourism Club president: “We celebrate Spring in the best possible way, with the flowering of 170,000 hectares of peach trees in our region's plains, our peach trees blossom and we welcome Spring in the best possible way.” 6. Pan from right to left of peach field, Veria city in background 7. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Gianna Pilitsidou, Veria Tourism Club president: “The goal is to create tourist value out of a farm product. I think we have succeeded in making flowers part of Greece's tourism product. We were the first to do that and it gets bigger with each passing year.” 8. Various of cyclists riding near peach field 9. Close of cycling rest stop with fruit 10. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Nikolas Drizis, Imathia mountain bike guide: “We as a mountain biking team, we organise a ride to allow people to live this experience among the pink peach blossoms. It is an awesome sight, the grass under the trees is bright green and the pink on the trees is a perfect sight to a biker's eyes.” 11. Cyclists riding in group ASSOCIATED PRESS Kouloura, Imathia region, Greece - 24 March 2024 12. Pan from sign reading (Greek): “Μunicipality of Veria, Kouloura” to street 13. Aerial of president of farmers local union Anastasios Chalkidis driving his tractor through peach field ++MUTE++ 14. Close of Chalkidis holding peach blossom branch in hands 15. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Anastasios Chalkidis, president of a local farmers' union: “There is great interest by the people for this one-month period, from March, when the trees start flowering, to mid-April and each year (the event) gets better. It gets better because a lot of people visit the plains, newlyweds take pictures among the peach blossoms. It is a beautiful sight, even for us farmers who have been living it daily, and there are lots of nice performances.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Veria, Imathia region, Greece - 24 March 2024 16. Exterior of hotel 'Kokkino Spiti' (Red House) 17. Hotel entrance with windows painted with peach blossoms 18. Interior view of window painted with peach blossoms 19. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Anastasia Grigoriadou, owner of hotel 'Kokkino Spiti' (Red House): "I think it has greatly boosted tourism in our city and the whole regional unit. There are visitors that expressly come to view the peach tree blossoms." 20. Various aerials of peach fields ++MUTE++ STORYLINE: Each year the Imathia region of northern Greece celebrates the arrival of spring beneath a spectacular blanket of pink peach tree blossoms. Officials in Veria, a quaint city that lies some 72 kilometres (45 miles) west of Thessaloniki, the country's second largest city, say the region's spring celebration gets bigger "with each passing year." The majority of farmers in the area cultivate peaches. “We celebrate spring in the best possible way, with the flowering of 170,000 hectares of peach trees in our region's plains,” said Gianna Pilitsidou, Veria Tourism Club president. "I think we have succeeded in making flowers part of Greece's tourism product. We were the first to do that and it gets bigger with each passing year,” she adds. The beauty of the area at this time of year has long prompted local authorities to use the peach blossom season to attract tourists from Greece and neighbouring countries. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...