Industry Reports & Trends by elpidoforos Manolesakis Record February for Athens International Airport by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 In February, Athens International Airport (AIA) reached its all-time high as its passenger traffic exceeded the 1 million mark for the first time for the specific month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Passport Clout: Who’s Got it? Greece Does by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Greek passport holders have visa-free access to 171 countries, ranking the Greek travel document as one of the world’s most powerful, according to Henley & Partners’ Visa Restrictions Index, released recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail DRV: The Germans are Still Coming to Greece by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 The German Travel Association (DRV) has reported a 40 percent drop in bookings to Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey this summer due to safety concerns. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Hotel Units in the Red by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 Greek hotel owners seem to be unable to pay back the loans they’ve taken out, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) deputy governor Theodore Mitrakos. Out of a total of 7.6 billion euros in loans granted to tourist accommodations, approximately half (49.8 percent) have been recorded as non-performing (NPL). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Bank of Greece Gives Guidelines for Growth in Tourism by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 Innovative measures towards the modernization of existing structures and facilitation of travel such as simplified visa procedures, extending visiting hours at cultural and archaeological sites and extending the season can stimulate tourism demand, according to a report released by the Bank of Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail PwC: Greek Hotels Up for Sale but No Signs of Interest by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 The Greek hospitality investment market seems to be in hibernation with at least 225 hotels currently on offer but no signs of interest from potential buyers, a PwC report found. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail KEPE Report: Cultural Tourism Next Big Thing, Greece Lagging Behind by GTP editing team 26 February 2016 Cultural tourism is one of the fastest growing markets worldwide and yet Greece seems to be lagging behind, according to findings announced by the Athens-based Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Study: Τax Disincentives Discourage Tourism Investment in Greece by GTP editing team 25 February 2016 Greece has “created” a series of tax disincentives that discourage the smooth operation of tourism enterprises and the launch of investments in the sector, according to the results of a study announced by the SETE Institute (InSETE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail BoG: Greece Welcomed 23.6m Tourists in 2015 by GTP editing team 22 February 2016 The number of inbound visitors to Greece in 2015 increased by 7.1 percent to 23.6 million, according to provisional data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Monday. Travel receipts in 2015 rose by six percent to 14.1 billion euros. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Refugee Crisis Warding Off German Travelers by GTP editing team 17 February 2016 The ongoing refugee crisis in the Aegean, and Greece’s economic instability are taking a toll on bookings by German holidaymakers, according to figures released by tourism group DER Touristik during its annual meeting held in Athens on Tuesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 353 354 355 356 357 … 460 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Record February for Athens International Airport by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 In February, Athens International Airport (AIA) reached its all-time high as its passenger traffic exceeded the 1 million mark for the first time for the specific month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Passport Clout: Who’s Got it? Greece Does by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Greek passport holders have visa-free access to 171 countries, ranking the Greek travel document as one of the world’s most powerful, according to Henley & Partners’ Visa Restrictions Index, released recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
DRV: The Germans are Still Coming to Greece by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 The German Travel Association (DRV) has reported a 40 percent drop in bookings to Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey this summer due to safety concerns. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Hotel Units in the Red by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 Greek hotel owners seem to be unable to pay back the loans they’ve taken out, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) deputy governor Theodore Mitrakos. Out of a total of 7.6 billion euros in loans granted to tourist accommodations, approximately half (49.8 percent) have been recorded as non-performing (NPL). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Bank of Greece Gives Guidelines for Growth in Tourism by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 Innovative measures towards the modernization of existing structures and facilitation of travel such as simplified visa procedures, extending visiting hours at cultural and archaeological sites and extending the season can stimulate tourism demand, according to a report released by the Bank of Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
PwC: Greek Hotels Up for Sale but No Signs of Interest by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 The Greek hospitality investment market seems to be in hibernation with at least 225 hotels currently on offer but no signs of interest from potential buyers, a PwC report found. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
KEPE Report: Cultural Tourism Next Big Thing, Greece Lagging Behind by GTP editing team 26 February 2016 Cultural tourism is one of the fastest growing markets worldwide and yet Greece seems to be lagging behind, according to findings announced by the Athens-based Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Study: Τax Disincentives Discourage Tourism Investment in Greece by GTP editing team 25 February 2016 Greece has “created” a series of tax disincentives that discourage the smooth operation of tourism enterprises and the launch of investments in the sector, according to the results of a study announced by the SETE Institute (InSETE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BoG: Greece Welcomed 23.6m Tourists in 2015 by GTP editing team 22 February 2016 The number of inbound visitors to Greece in 2015 increased by 7.1 percent to 23.6 million, according to provisional data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Monday. Travel receipts in 2015 rose by six percent to 14.1 billion euros. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Refugee Crisis Warding Off German Travelers by GTP editing team 17 February 2016 The ongoing refugee crisis in the Aegean, and Greece’s economic instability are taking a toll on bookings by German holidaymakers, according to figures released by tourism group DER Touristik during its annual meeting held in Athens on Tuesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
