Surveys, Trends & Stats

Travel brands need to up their game if they want to drive genuine loyalty among consumers, according to Deloitte’s recently released “A Restoration in Loyalty,” an inaugural survey that provides …

Greece dropped three positions in the fifth Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 as it ranked 32nd among 140 countries.

Greek tourism is making a comeback this year in an otherwise flat European market, held back by the weak economic climate, travel industry executives said recently on occasion of the …

German tour operators have reported an increase in bookings for Greek destinations, according to Torsten Schaefer, spokesman of the German Travel Association (DRV).

Greek hotels did not show any major variations in their rates this month compared to January and other European destinations, according to data from the online booking company Trivago. The …

German tourists will opt for Turkey, Spain and Italy this year while not even one in a hundred will choose Greece, according to a tourism study presented recently in Hamburg …

Although Greece saw lesser arrivals last year, Greek hotels retained their staff in 2012, according to the Research Institute for Tourism (ITEP).

Last year was a positive year for Greek cruise and growth is expected to continue in 2013, according to data released recently by the Hellenic Ports Association (ELIME) on cruise …

The Greek hotel sector is optimistic for 2013 overall, with increasing occupancy levels and stabilizing room rates, according to the latest tourism barometer report conducted by GBR Consulting on the …

International tourist arrivals grew by 4% last year to reach 1.035 billion, up from 996 million in 2011, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Demand held well throughout …

International and domestic tourism arrivals at Greek airports were down by one million in 2012, according to recent data released by the Civil Aviation Authority.

International tourism arrivals to Greece dropped 5.2 percent during the first nine months of 2012, according to figures released recently by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

Greek coastal shipping companies are up in arms as passenger and freight traffic continued to drop last year since 2009 on all domestic and international routes servicing the Aegean Sea …

The development of tourism in Greece supports a total of 741,000 jobs, according to a recent study released by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE).

Greece is still one of the most important tourism destinations for Austrian tourists, Josef Peterleitner, representative of the Austrian branch of tour operator TUI and president of the Austrian Travel …

In 2013, the reduction of the VAT rate on food catering services, from 23 percent it stands today to 13 percent, will be one of the Greek Tourism Ministry’s targeted …

Greece’s tourism revenue dropped four percent during the January-October 2012 period, according to data released recently by the Bank of Greece.

Christmas is just around the corner and while this month is considered the prime winter tourism season, hotel prices in Greek winter destinations are sliding, according to online booking company …

To what degree does negative reporting on countries in crisis impact on their tourism statistics? This was the question which ITB Berlin and the market research institute IPK International examined …

International arrivals to Greece dropped some 3.4 percent in the first 10 months of the year, according to recent data provided by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).