Surveys, Trends & Stats

Over a billion people traveled to another country last year. But where were they going and why? BBC News examines the facts about global travel using data from the UNWTO.

“As the world slowly pulls itself out of the recession, there may just be hope ahead for Greece,” the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) commented in a case study …

Following the incident with the missing Malaysian MH370 plane, Chinese tourists have been diverting from their usual south-east Asia travels and looking for something different in the Mediterranean.

Last year was a good year for the travel and tourism industry in Greece despite the economic downturn, Euromonitor International said in its annual report on the country.

Health and wellness tourism in Greece posted a decline of 43 percent in current value terms in 2013, according to a recently released report that said the slump derived primarily …

Crete is one of Greece’s most attractive destinations as one in five tourists arrive in the country to vacation on the island, recent data has shown.

Hotel room occupancy in Athens, Greece, during the January-June period, increased from 55.2 percent last year to 68.3 percent this year, according to the Athens-Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association.

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) has partnered with the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) to carry out studies in regards to the tourism sector’s contribution to …

Hotel occupancy in Athens, Greece, last month rose by 19.9 percent, compared to last year, to 88.2 percent and reported the largest increase in Europe, according to STR Global.

Tourist arrivals in Greece were up by 17 percent in the January-May 2014 period, according to the Bank of Greece.

Demand for international tourism remained strong in the first four months of 2014 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. International tourist arrivals worldwide grew by five percent.

Ten Greek islands are among the most popular in the world for vacation this summer, according to a list compiled by hotel comparison website Trivago.

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) has announced a strategic partnership with online reputation and social media analytics provider for the hotel industry ReviewPro.

Residents of Greece had the highest share of domestic trips in 2012, along with the residents of Romania and Spain, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Hotels in Europe reported a 0.6 percent decline in total revenue per available room last year but the gross operating profit per available room grew by 1.4 percent , according …

ChoiceStream, a full-service programmatic media-buying partner that monitors some 315 consumer segments, said that the top five performing segments for the month of June for American consumers were all travel …

Foreign tourist arrivals to the Greek island of Zakynthos in the first half of the year were up by 20 percent, according to airport data released recently.

This July, those wanting to holiday on Mykonos, Greece, will have to dig deep in their pockets as the average price of a hotel room on the island has rose …

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) may once again revise its 2014 arrival forecast for Greece as demand is rising above original estimates.

Visitors to Greek museums during the first three months of the year increased by 13 percent and revenue from receipts were up by 8.4 percent compared with the same period …