Industry Reports & Trends by elpidoforos Manolesakis TUI To Bring More Tourists To Greece Next Year by GTP editing team 17 September 2013 TUI tour operators will bring an additional 300,000 tourists to Greece next year, thus exceeding two million visitors, the CEO of TUI Travel PLC, Peter Long, was reported to have said during his recent visit to the country. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece is Sixth European Country With Cheap Hotel Rates This Month by GTP editing team 9 September 2013 Greece was found to have cheaper online hotel prices for the month of September when compared to its competitors such as Turkey, Spain and Cyprus, according to online hotel search engine Trivago. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail ELSTAT: Tourism Helps Ease Greek Recession by GTP editing team 7 September 2013 Greece’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 3.8 percent in the second quarter, the least in three years, due to an improved performance in tourism and trade, the country’s national statistics office ELSTAT announced on 6 September. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece On Pace For Record Year In Tourism by GTP editing team 6 September 2013 International arrivals increased by 10.5 percent this September compared with the same month last year, according to data released on 6 August by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens Airport Sees Rise In International Arrivals This Summer by GTP editing team 5 September 2013 Athens International Airport saw a 6.5 percent rise in international arrivals (destination and transfer passengers) during the May-August 2013 period compared to last year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece’s Competitiveness Improves, Still Lowest-Ranked E.U. Country by GTP editing team 4 September 2013 This year Greece, after falling over the past several years, improves in the rankings of 148 countries from 96th place to the 91st in the Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, released on 4 September by the World Economic Forum. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Most Popular Things Greeks Forget In Hotel Rooms by GTP editing team 3 September 2013 A recent study shows that clothes, shoes and mobile phone chargers top the list of the most commonly forgotten belongings by Greeks in hotel rooms. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Summer Passenger Traffic At Greek Ports Slightly Reduced This Year by GTP editing team 29 August 2013 Passenger traffic during July and August at the ports of Piraeus and Lavrio dropped slightly compared to last year, while the port of Rafina reported an increase, according to figures provided by the Greek Coast Guard that run up until 26 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Foreign Tourist Arrivals To Greece Expected To Surge This Fall by GTP editing team 27 August 2013 More foreign tourists are said to visit Greece this fall and the country is expected to “collect” three times the amount of tourism revenue it gained during the April-May period, the Greek press said Tuesday, 27 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail More Complaints On Greek Tourism Services This Year by GTP editing team 27 August 2013 Consumer complaints in regards to Greek tourism services amounted to 72 reports from 1 July-15 August 2013 compared to 56 complaints filed last year for the same period, the Consumers’ Protection Center (KEPKA) said recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 405 406 407 408 409 … 460 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
TUI To Bring More Tourists To Greece Next Year by GTP editing team 17 September 2013 TUI tour operators will bring an additional 300,000 tourists to Greece next year, thus exceeding two million visitors, the CEO of TUI Travel PLC, Peter Long, was reported to have said during his recent visit to the country. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece is Sixth European Country With Cheap Hotel Rates This Month by GTP editing team 9 September 2013 Greece was found to have cheaper online hotel prices for the month of September when compared to its competitors such as Turkey, Spain and Cyprus, according to online hotel search engine Trivago. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
ELSTAT: Tourism Helps Ease Greek Recession by GTP editing team 7 September 2013 Greece’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 3.8 percent in the second quarter, the least in three years, due to an improved performance in tourism and trade, the country’s national statistics office ELSTAT announced on 6 September. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece On Pace For Record Year In Tourism by GTP editing team 6 September 2013 International arrivals increased by 10.5 percent this September compared with the same month last year, according to data released on 6 August by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens Airport Sees Rise In International Arrivals This Summer by GTP editing team 5 September 2013 Athens International Airport saw a 6.5 percent rise in international arrivals (destination and transfer passengers) during the May-August 2013 period compared to last year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece’s Competitiveness Improves, Still Lowest-Ranked E.U. Country by GTP editing team 4 September 2013 This year Greece, after falling over the past several years, improves in the rankings of 148 countries from 96th place to the 91st in the Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, released on 4 September by the World Economic Forum. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Most Popular Things Greeks Forget In Hotel Rooms by GTP editing team 3 September 2013 A recent study shows that clothes, shoes and mobile phone chargers top the list of the most commonly forgotten belongings by Greeks in hotel rooms. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Summer Passenger Traffic At Greek Ports Slightly Reduced This Year by GTP editing team 29 August 2013 Passenger traffic during July and August at the ports of Piraeus and Lavrio dropped slightly compared to last year, while the port of Rafina reported an increase, according to figures provided by the Greek Coast Guard that run up until 26 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Foreign Tourist Arrivals To Greece Expected To Surge This Fall by GTP editing team 27 August 2013 More foreign tourists are said to visit Greece this fall and the country is expected to “collect” three times the amount of tourism revenue it gained during the April-May period, the Greek press said Tuesday, 27 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
More Complaints On Greek Tourism Services This Year by GTP editing team 27 August 2013 Consumer complaints in regards to Greek tourism services amounted to 72 reports from 1 July-15 August 2013 compared to 56 complaints filed last year for the same period, the Consumers’ Protection Center (KEPKA) said recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
