Crete, Rhodes, Kos Top TUI Customer Picks for Greek Summer 2024

The city of Chania, Crete, Greece.

Crete, Rhodes, and Kos are the favorite destinations in Greece this summer for TUI customers, with the  German travel operator expecting to break all records in 2024.

TUI Group Head of Communications Aage Dünhaupt confirmed the news in an interview to the Athens News Ageency (ANA-MPA). “Crete, Rhodes, Kos are the biggest favorites of our customers and occupy positions 3, 4 and 5 in the scale of preferences of German vacationers,” he said, adding that the group is expecting to see an increase in demand and is constantly expanding its portfolio.

According to Dünhaupt, TUI is launching its summer holiday season for Greece earlier than ever before starting with the first flights for Rhodes and Crete to start on Catholic Easter (March 26).

“Our airline will offer approximately 600 flights per week to 26 sunny destinations and will have its largest offering from Hanover and Dusseldorf, with 750,000 seats and 150 flights per week at each of the two airports,” he said.

Rhodes island. Photo Source: TUI

Late last month, TUI Group CEO Sebastian Ebel said that based on winter bookings and the first reservations for the summer, forecasts are good with at least 14 percent of the summer program already sold.

Presenting year results in December, he said EBIT climbed by 139 percent year-on-year to 977 million euros, while revenues reached 20.7 billion euros. Between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 (last financial year), some 19.1 million people traveled with TUI compared to 16.7 million in the previous financial year.

TUI Hellas represents TUI in Greece.