Surveys, Trends & Stats

Greece can achieve growth by tapping into the manufacture of aircraft and ships – areas that attract foreign direct investment, according to a study carried out by IHS Markit.

SiteMinder has unveiled its annual list of the channels that brought the highest total booking revenue to hotels in Greece in 2018.

Some 700,000 travel and tourism jobs could be at risk under a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, according to new analysis from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

All the more young people in Greece are choosing to study tourism thanks to its strong professional outlook, according to the Labor Ministry’s Ergani system.  

Investors have extended 2.4 billion euros in funding to Greek startups over the last nine years, according to research by Marathon Venture Capital.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has applauded the Greek Tourism Ministry and Minister Elena Kountoura for Greece’s “record results” in 2018.

Hotels in Greece took the lead in 2018 over accommodation facilities at rival destinations in terms of overall quality and service, according to INSETE.

AirDNA has graded the city of Athens in Greece with an “A” as a good place to set up an Airbnb listing, considering the returns hosts can get there.

Brexit, airport capacity, investment and user charges are expected to be the main challenges in the year ahead for the EU’s aviation industry, according to ACI Europe.

A total of 33 million people visited Greece in 2018, generating more than 16 billion euros in revenues and breaking all performance records to date.

Travelers rely on online sites and word of mouth to plan their next trip, according to STR’s Consumer Travel Insights 2019 report.

Greece in 2018 saw an “impressive” rise in arrivals from Spain by 43.2 percent to 255,883, compared to 2017, according to the GNTO.

Thessaloniki hoteliers are troubled over a slight decline in the number of Greek and international travelers to the city in 2018, as revealed by a recent study.

A 20 percent rise in travelers to Greece from Finland last year is set to further increase by an additional 11 percent in 2019, according to data released by the …

Deteriorating optimism among the country’s entrepreneurs has landed Greece at the bottom of a list of 35 countries in the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).

The increase in Airbnb and HomeAway listings in Greece has led to a rise in competition in the country’s short-term rental market, according to AirDNA data.

Greece issued three times more investor visas in 2018 than a year earlier, according to data released by the migration policy ministry.

A number of Greek hotels, located in some of the country’s most popular tourism destinations, are included on TripAdvisor’s 2019 Travelers’ Choice Awards list.

Spain and Greece continue to be among the favorite destinations of TUI holidaymakers in all European markets for 2019, while Turkey is set to see a strong comeback.

Thessaloniki recorded 2.4 million overnight stays in 2018, according to data presented by the Thessaloniki Hotels Association (THA).