Surveys, Trends & Stats

The Hellenic Confederation of Tourist Accommodation Entrepreneurs (SETKE) is calling on the government to ease taxation citing below par performance in 2019.

The Northeastern Greek town of Alexandroupolis emerged as a favorite travel destination for visitors from Turkey in 2019, marking an 11% rise.

Traffic at Greek airports hit a new record in 2019, with the number of passengers reaching 65.4 million.

Achieving increasing numbers of arrivals and revenues for the fourth consecutive year, the South Aegean Region said that 2019 was its best year yet.

Tourism-related businesses and taxi services were among the top tax evaders in Greece in 2019, according to data published by AADE.

PwC predicts that 2020 will be a year of ‘slowbalisation’ for the global economy, with trade tensions expected to create challenges for global supply chains.

Greek tourism stakeholders need to take action in order to maintain the positive momentum of the sector, the Bank of Greece said.

EU countries are seeing a rising demand for their winter tourism products with visitors choosing to stay an additional 18.9 million nights last year, according to Eurostat.

Greece, Spain and Egypt are among the favorite holiday destinations of German travelers for 2020, according to TUI.

Greece’s 14 regional airports currently managed by Fraport Greece welcomed over 30 million travelers in 2019.

Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport reached a new record in 2019, at 25.5 million, up by 6 percent compared to 2018.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is expecting a rise in tourist arrivals from Norway to Greece in 2020.

Greece’s jobless rate continued to drop in October 2019 to 16.6 percent from 16.8 percent the previous month.

Cruise passenger traffic to Greece improved in 2019 against 2018, increasing by 15.64%, according to data by the Hellenic Ports Association (ELIME).

The Greek passport remains among the strongest in the world, ranking eighth in the 2020 Henley Passport Index.

Τhe year 2019 was one of the safest ever for commercial aviation, according to the Aviation Safety Network (ASN).

Greece is included on the list of the Top 10 Safest Places to Travel in 2020, which was recently released by Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection.

Greece’s hoteliers are betting on arrivals for the three-day Epiphany holiday to increase occupancy levels and boost revenues.

Tourism to the UK has been on an upward trend over the last year with forecasts for a 6.6 percent rise in spending by tourists despite Brexit.

Greece ranks fourth in terms of its share in the Mediterranean tourism market, according to an analysis by the Bank of Greece.