Surveys, Trends & Stats

Low demand for holidays to Turkey and North Africa was offset by growing interest for Mediterranean destinations such as Spain and Greece, TUI Group said.

Passenger traffic via Greek airports increased by 10.1% to over 9 million passengers in January-April 2017, compared to the same period last year.

Greek airports saw international arrivals rise by 7.4 percent in 2016, compared with the year before, according to the research body of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) .

The launch of the tourism season in Greece has boosted employment for the month of April, according to data from the labor ministry’s Ergani system.

It’s going to be a “hot” summer for Greece this year, thanks to some 30 million tourists expected to hit Greek shores compared to 27.5 million last year.

Thessaloniki, northern Greece registered a significant rise as a conference destination, moving up 65 places, from the 163rd position to the 78th.

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Greek shipowners are in the lead yet again with investments to the tune of 2.36 billion dollars in the first four months of the year.

Some six million passengers passed through Greek airports during the first three months of the year, according to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

The Greek economy will grow by up to 1.5 percent in 2017, below January forecasts, as the lingering bailout negotiation process continues to fuel uncertainty.

Greece remains steadily at the top of German travelers’ choices for vacation this summer, according to tour operators in Germany.

Tourism revenue in Greece decreased by 2.7 percent in the first two months of the year compared to the same period in 2016, while tourism traffic declined by 2.8 percent.

The Hellenic-American Chamber of Tourism expects Greece to see a rise in visitor numbers and tourism revenue from the United States this year.

Summer bookings from the United Kingdom to Greece for travel in 2017 are recording a double-digit increase over last year’s numbers.

Athens is among the world’s top 50 cities attracting millennials and first in terms of housing, scoring highest for cities with under 1 million inhabitants.

The Greek tourism sector’s contribution to the GDP by 2027 will reach 54.7 billion euros or 23.8 percent, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.

A number of important deals were completed last year in the Greek hotel industry, while more international firms are looking into doing business in the country, according to a report.

Tourism expenditure from major outbound markets reflected an increasing demand for international tourism in 2016, with China, the U.S. and Germany as the world’s top spenders.

If nothing unexpected occurs then 2017 will so far be the best year in the history of Greek tourism, according to Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura.

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