Surveys, Trends & Stats

Greek carrier AEGEAN and the Athens International Airport have been included in OAG’s “Punctuality League 2019” report for their on-time performance during the previous year.

The number of airline accidents in 2018 led to the death of 556 people, making it the worst year in a five-year average, according to the Aviation Safety Network.

Greece and other leading European tourism destinations will be working in the coming months on addressing the sector’s main challenge: overtourism.

Driving tourism growth to Greece in October 2018 were visitors from France, with spending up by 73.0 percent, and by US visitors with spending up by 84.8 percent.

Athens was the top destination of choice for visitors in Greece from Germany, the UK and Italy in November 2018, according to data by InSETE.

Tourism in Greece is leading the country’s economy out of the crisis, according to leading German-language business newspaper Handelsblatt.

The number of overnight stays of Greeks in hotels in Greece dropped during the first nine months of 2018, according to data by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

The Greek hotel sector in the 2010-2017 period contributed to Greece’s economy in terms of employment, the Bank of Greece (BoG) said in its Interim Report on Monetary Policy 2018.

The UNWTO and the ETC have launched a new report on health tourism that defines the motivations behind travelers looking for health-related services.

Tourism revenues rose to 1.41 billion euros in October 2018, from 1.19 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the Bank of Greece.

Legal services provider AirHelp has released its 10 commandments of air travel that travelers always need to remember in case their flight is disrupted.

More Greeks this year will travel abroad for the Christmas and New Year holidays, according to figures gathered from travel agencies throughout Greece.

The year comes to a close with even more new investments by Greek shipowners, who in 2018 acquired a total of 293 vessels in 1,400 transactions, according to Allied Shipbroking.

Tourism enterprises hold leading positions among Greece’s 500 most profitable businesses for 2017, according to an ICAP study.

Fifteen Greeks are among the world’s leading shipping owners with Greece and China in the lead as countries with the most influential people in the industry, according to Lloyd’s List.

Spain and Greece are top choices for German holidaymakers, along with recovering competitors Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt, according to the German Travel Association (DRV).

Traditional winter destinations, mostly in mainland Greece, are set to win over the crowds this holiday season, according to the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers.

Social media-worthy, wellness and achievement travel are set to be the top trends in cruise tourism for 2019, according to a report by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).

TUI Group’s airlines, TUI Airways and TUI fly, have achieved top rankings in the 2018 Airline Index by the independent climate protection organisation atmosfair.

Greece’s winter destinations are set to welcome the majority of Greece’s holiday travelers with tourism experts expecting hotels to reach full capacity.