Surveys, Trends & Stats

The Easter 2019 exodus is underway and passenger traffic is increasing at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio.

Greece is in the lead in terms of hotel services for the month of March, followed by Cyprus and Croatia, according to INSETE’s monthly bulletin.

Greece’s travel receipts rose by 41.1 percent or 129 million euros in the first two months of the year driven by a 32 percent leap in average spending per trip, …

Travelers to Western Crete appear to be satisfied with restaurant services, accommodation, local hospitality and transport, according to a recent study.

Orthodox Easter tourist traffic in Greece is concentrated in popular destinations with lesser-known locations struggling to see figures rise.

Greece’s current account deficit in February came to 990 million euros, down by 407 million euros year-on-year, according to the country’s central bank.

Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to contribute $70.9 billion in total to the country’s GDP in 2019, according to the WTTC.

Athens hotel occupancy rates dropped by 6.8 percent in the first quarter of the year, with RevPAR down by 6.8 percent, according to the Athens – Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association.

If Greece fails to free up productive forces through structural reforms, there will be a quick return to recession, according to the IOBE think tank.

All the more Chinese travelers are putting European destinations at the top of their travel agendas for 2019, following the EU-China Tourism Year 2018 initiative.

Visitors to Thessaloniki are giving the northern port city a thumbs up, awarding it a score of 8.2, with 95 percent saying they would return, a survey says.

Passenger traffic through Greece’s airports increased by 9 percent in the first three months of the year, according to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

Thanks to increasing home-porting actions, the Cretan town of Heraklion marked a 39 percent rise in cruise traveler numbers in 2018 against 2017.

The growing Airbnb phenomenon in Greece is now penetrating underdeveloped neighborhoods in Athens, breathing life and creating new conditions of safety and business activity.

Celebrating 100 years of diplomatic relations with Poland, Greece was the honored country in the Polish Industrial Heritage and Underground Tourism Fair.

Hoteliers in Thessaloniki are expressing concern over the number of visitors and tourism-related revenue, which in 2018 came to 420 million euros.

Athens is among the leading 15 maritime capitals and in the top two shipping centers of the world, according to the “Leading Maritime Capitals of the World” report for 2019.

Some 40 German travel agents and tour operators were recently in Greece and had the chance to experience authentic Athens and the entire Attica region.

For one more year, tourist traffic to Greece accelerated with Greek destinations welcoming some 33 million visitors in 2018, a 9.7 percent increase against 2017.

Greece’s Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP) has announced plans to offer even more research on the Greek hotel sector to professionals.