Surveys, Trends & Stats

UK holidaymakers mainly prefer vacations by the beach, according to the WTM London 2022 industry report.

Travelers and sector bodies blame governments and airlines for this year’s airport chaos, according to findings presented during the WTM London 2022 tourism expo.

Strong demand for air travel in September kept the sector’s recovery on track with global traffic at 73.8% of September 2019 levels, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Greece is fast approaching pre-pandemic 2019 tourism revenue with 12.7 billion euros recorded in the first eight months of the year.

Credit rating agency Moody’s says that Greece is vulnerable to the market shock created by the energy crisis due to its heavy reliance on tourism.

Recovery in air travel to Athens International Airport continued to be strong in October with passenger traffic numbers almost reaching the levels of 2019.

Passenger traffic through airports in Greece exceeded pre-pandemic 2019 levels in the third quarter of 2022, according to data by ACI Europe.

Greek hotels exceeded pre-pandemic 2019 revenues by 19% in the third quarter of the year but marked a 5 to 7% drop in the number of overnight stays.

The island of Santorini was the most searched-for destination in Greece on travel platform Tripadvisor during the first nine months of 2022.

Greece marked the biggest improvement among 82 countries in terms of the attractiveness of its business environment, says the latest Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report.

Greece was among the Top 10 countries in Europe with the highest number of tourist beds in 2021, according to data by Eurostat.

After two years of Covid-19 measures, travelers want simplicity and convenience during travel, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

All the more travelers from Denmark are making plans to visit Greece, according to feedback collected by the GNTO during the Quality Travel Fair 2022 in Copenhagen.

Athens, the Cyclades and Halkidiki are the Top 3 destinations in Greece where international buyers are looking for holiday homes.

Despite the cost-of-living crisis, Europeans are still planning to travel with Greece being among the Top 5 most sought-after destinations.

There are a total of 12,000 Airbnb listings in Athens with 31% of owners getting super positive reviews, found a study released by analytics firm Tourix.

The Greek tourism sector is making a healthy post-Covid-19 recovery fast approaching 2019 levels, according to the National Bank of Greece (NBG).

Inflation, war, and the energy crisis are expected to delay post-Covid air transport recovery, according to the latest updated forecast by aviation experts Eurocontrol.

Elafonisos is among the top “must–visit” summer 2023 destinations for Italian travelers, says a list by popular Italian site The Wom Travel.

Athens has so far surpassed pre-pandemic 2019 October levels in terms of arrivals from the US market, according to data from ForwardKeys.