Sea Tourism Greek Ports Fail to Attract Cruise Tourism, Miss Out on €1.3bn Yearly by GTP editing team 17 June 2016 written by GTP editing team 17 June 2016 0 comments Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 18 Photo credit: Edward Weston / Flickr Greek ports have failed to draw in cruise travel despite the lifting of cabotage restrictions and are missing out by 1.3 billion euros in annual revenue, a report by Athens-based non-profit research organisation diaNEOsis revealed recently. Photo credit: Carlo Mirante / Flickr According to the report, since 2012 when cabotage was lifted (allowing non-EU flagged cruiseships to call at Greek ports) and despite being the third most popular destination in Mediterranean cruise travel, Greece has seen the number of cruise passengers decline instead of grow; remaining a transit country (instead of a homeport cruise destination) which accounts for 10 percent of all incoming tourism with only 5 percent in revenue, or 600 million euros per year. Indicatively, passengers spend up to 300 euros on average at any home port, compared to 60 euros at transit ports. Besides the profits from tourism, cruise companies also pay for facilities and services at home ports, such as fuel, food, equipment, maintenance, repairs and technical control. The diaNEOsis reports underlines that for Greece to be considered an ideal homeport destination for cruise companies, Greek ports must see investments and upgradings, undergo strategic planning and launch cooperations with cruise companies. The report mentions that the Greek ports that could ideally operate as homeports are those in Piraeus, Thessaloniki. Corfu, Rhodes and Heraklion. Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post European Airport Industry Comes to Athens for 26th ACI Europe General Assembly next post Kountoura Presents Greece’s Tourism Investment Opportunities at SPIEF 2016 You may also like Greece’s Hotel Market Sees Major Investments Over Four Months 5 February 2025 Greek Tourism Ministry Monitors Santorini Situation as Seismic Activity Continues 5 February 2025 Global Air Passenger Demand Reaches Record High in 2024, IATA Reports 5 February 2025 Greek PM Reassures Public About Santorini’s Ongoing Seismic Activity 5 February 2025 Milos: Ministry Suspends 5-star Hotel Construction Near Sarakiniko Beach 5 February 2025 ELIME and HELMEPA Join Forces for Safer, More Sustainable Greek Ports 5 February 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ