Covid-19 Impact on tourism economy

Greece is among the top 5 overseas destinations UK travelers plan to visit in 2022, according to ABTA.

Greek hoteliers in major winter destinations are calling on the government to take immediate action as occupancy levels remain low due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

Greece is among the countries that managed to effectively communicate Covid-19 protocols and open up to tourists during the pandemic, said the UNWTO.

Greece is among the top 10 international destinations that US travelers over 50 want to visit in 2022, according to a survey recently released by TravelAwaits.

Greece’s food and drink operations are still trying to recover from Covid-19, which has led to a 50% decline in turnover in the 2020-2021 period.

Despite the Covid-19 crisis, Greek airports were among those in Europe that managed to post the fewest losses in 2021, according to Eurocontrol.

Greek hoteliers are appealing to the government to extend financial support to hotels as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has put a brake on bookings.

For the year 2021, Athens International Airport’s passenger count was 12.35 million, representing a 51.7 percent decrease from 2019.

International business travel professionals are concerned about the potential economic impacts from the emerge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the global industry.

Three Greek airports in popular holiday destinations managed to exceed pre-pandemic passenger traffic performance in October, according to ACI Europe.

The impact of the Omicron variant on the operation of European airports is ‘immediate and substantial’, says ACI Europe, the European airport trade body.

Greece managed to cover significant lost ground in 2021 with tourism revenues in the first 10 months of the year exceeding the 10-billion-euro mark, according to Bank of Greece data.

Tourism stakeholders are warning of a ‘holiday travel chaos’ due to the reintroduction of travel restrictions in response to the new Covid variant Omicron.

The National Bank of Greece has revised upward its projected annual forecast for growth to 8.5% from 7.5% in September citing rebounding tourism and surging domestic demand.

The in-person edition of ITB Berlin 2022 will not take place due to the latest developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the travel trade show’s organizer.

Hotel occupancy levels at Greek winter destinations are at only 60%, according to the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation.

Global travel agency associations are calling on government leaders around the world to expedite the lifting of all country- and region-specific Covid-19 travel bans.

TUI Group has so far achieved 69 percent of pre-crisis level bookings and expects to return to normality by summer 2022.

Greece and its Covid-19 travel regulations were the most searched for terms in 2021 by British vacationers, according to recent Google data.

Athens is among the top 20 leisure destinations particularly for US travelers, according to ForwardKeys’ “2021 in Review” travel trends report.