Greek Museums, Sites Revenue Second Best Since 2012

The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights on Rhodes, Greece.

Greek museums and archaeological sites marked their second-best ticket revenue performance since 2012, according to data recently published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

More specifically, from January to August 2022, total receipts amounted to 82.4 million euros, 8.9 percent lower than 2019’s record breaking 90.4 million euros, and 166.6 percent more than  2021’s performance over the same period.

Greek museums led the revenue recovery falling only 1.7 percent behind 2019’s respective 8 month period numbers, while August 2022 saw museum receipts exceed August 2019 levels by 9.5 percent.

On the other hand, although Greek museums and archaeological sites saw 10.4 million visitors during January – August 2022, a 163.2 percent rise when compared to 2021’s numbers over the same period, they lagged by 23 percent when compared to 2019’s 13.5 million visitors.

The Corfu Museum of Asian Art.

According to ELSTAT, August 2022 saw 2.4 million people visiting Greece’s museums and archaeological sites, marking the third best August result since 2012.

The museum of the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights on Rhodes, Greece was the only museum that managed to exceed its 2019 number of visitors during the first eight months of 2022 alongside the Lindos Acropolis archaeological site, also located on the Dodecanese Island.

Furthermore, other Greek museums and archaeological sites that saw their August 2022 visitors exceed 2019 levels include: The Benaki museum in Athens; Kos’ archaeological museum; The Corfu Museum of Asian Art; The new prehistoric museum of Thera on Santorini and Samos’ archaeological and Pithagorio museums, among others.