Surveys, Trends & Stats

The Covid-19 impact on tourism jobs will be milder than expected thanks to domestic travel that has started to recover in some countries.

The Covid-19 pandemic continued to have a negative effect on air travel to Greece in October, according to recent data from the country’s airports.

Aviation is critical for the Greek economy and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) refers to solutions that are needed to ensure that the industry recovers from the Covid-19 crisis.

A new surge in Covid-19 cases and the reintroduction of travel restrictions have halted European tourism recovery with arrivals set to be down by 61% in 2020, says ETC.

Greece, out of 50 countries, has been ranked as the fifth best tourism brand in 2020, according to a survey conducted by market research firm Ipsos.

A new forecast released by Eurocontrol shows that air traffic in Europe is not expected to reach 2019 levels until at least 2024.

Creative new ideas in digital and sustainable technologies will help travel and tourism to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic, says Euromonitor International.

The European Commission revised down its initial growth forecast for Greece to 9% percent in 2020, due to the impact of the pandemic on tourism and exports.

The European Commission has downgraded its 2021 growth forecast as one by one member states enter second lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A second wave of Covid-19 and consecutive lockdowns across Europe have driven air demand in September down by 82.5% against 2019, says IATA.

Greece may possibly see its tourism industry recover from the Covid-19 crisis from the second half of 2021, according to SETE President Yiannis Retsos.

Global tourism will take at least 3-5 years to recover from Covid-19, but players are finding innovative ways to survive the crisis, according to Euromonitor International.

Travelers believe they will be more price-conscious when searching and planning a future trip in the Covid-19 era, according to a recent study.

Potential travelers still have their sights set on Greece in the coronavirus era, according to data released by digital travel solutions provider Sojern.

The economic climate in Greece appears to have improved in October, according to the European Commission’s monthly analysis.

The return of air travel to normality is one of the factors that Greek tourism’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis depends on, according to analysts.

Despite the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greece has managed to protect jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to Eurostat data.

The UNWTO foresees a rebound in international tourism next year, mostly in the third quarter of 2021.

Arrivals to Greece by road in the first nine months of 2020 dropped by 76.1% and reached only 2.5 million compared to 10.3 million during January – September 2019.

Greece’s economy could shrink by 10 percent if a Covid-19 vaccine is not produced and new lockdown measures are imposed, according to Greek think tank IOBE.