Surveys, Trends & Stats

Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport (AIA) significantly increased in February by 11.3 percent and reached 1.32 million from 1.19 million during the same month last year.

More Czech travelers are set to visit Crete this year, according to data collected by Crete Region authorities at the “Holiday World Praha” travel fair.

Spain, Greece and Turkey are once again the top destinations being booked by the Germans for their summer holidays, says DRV President Norbert Fiebig.

The possibility of launching a direct flight from Xiamen to Athens was discussed between Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and a delegation from the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian.

Greek tourism in 2019 is expected to remain at steady level after a record of arrivals in 2018, according to Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Yiannis Retsos.

Greece’s best practices in tourism were presented by the country’s Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, George Tziallas, during the annual Adria Hotel Forum in Belgrade.

Short term rentals have played a lifesaving role for struggling middle class Greeks who were hit down by the economic crisis, according to the SODIA association.

Greek airports in January saw an increase in both international and domestic arrivals, according to data provided by the INSETE research institute.

Greece can become a leading destination for silver travelers, however it is lagging behind in terms of specialized products and services, says diaNEOsis.

While Germany is ready to host the ITB Berlin tourism show next week, booking activity for travel by the Germans still needs to pick up pace, say local media.

The global Travel & Tourism sector grew at 3.9% to contribute a record $8.8 trillion and 319 million jobs to the world economy in 2018, according to the WTTC.

While in Brussels, Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura urged European stakeholders to work together towards setting up a common EU tourism policy.

Developing new forms of tourism and ensuring value for money are vital to the further prospects of the Greek tourism sector, according to Alpha Bank.

More than half of Greece’s properties leased short-term on sharing platforms such as Airbnb, are being run by management companies.

Athens’ hotels began 2019 with a slow performance, reporting declines in occupancy, RevPar (revenue per available room) and ARR (average room rate), according to the city’s hotel association.

If the UK exits the EU with no deal in place, Greece stands to see a budget gap of 224 million euros through to 2020, according to an analysis by …

Greek airports welcomed 2.1 million passengers in January 2019, thus starting the year with 9.7 percent traffic growth, according to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

The total of Greek tourism revenue in 2018 reached an all time high of over 16 billion euros, according to data by the Bank of Greece.

Duty free sales with emphasis on fashion, watches and jewelry, increased in 2018 on the back of a good year in 2017 and driven by the stronger tourist flows to …

Airlines have slashed the number of scheduled seats to Greece by 7 percent, or 1.3 million, this year compared to 2018, according to findings released by INSETE.