Industry Reports & Trends by elpidoforos Manolesakis International Tourism To Continue Robust Growth In 2013 by GTP editing team 29 January 2013 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 the year, with a stronger than expected fourth quarter. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Tourism Down By One Million Arrivals Last Year by GTP editing team 28 January 2013 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. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Welcomed Fewer Travelers In Jan-Sep 2012 by GTP editing team 25 January 2013 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). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Coastal Shipping Sector Counts Losses by GTP editing team 24 January 2013 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 and Adriatic Sea, according to the Hellenic Chambers Transport Association. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail IOBE Study Highlights Tourism’s Contribution To Greek Labor Force by GTP editing team 21 January 2013 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). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Makes Comeback As Top Destination For Austrians by GTP editing team 7 January 2013 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 Agents Association (OERV) told the press recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail VAT Cut For Restaurants Planned For Next Year by GTP editing team 28 December 2012 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 actions to boost the competitiveness of Greece’s tourism product, the country’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni told the local media recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Tourism Revenue Drops In Jan-Oct Period by GTP editing team 26 December 2012 Greece’s tourism revenue dropped four percent during the January-October 2012 period, according to data released recently by the Bank of Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Hotels In Winter Destinations Drop Prices by GTP editing team 10 December 2012 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 Trivago. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail ITB Study On Eurozone Crisis Consequences For Destinations In Southern Europe by GTP editing team 13 November 2012 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 as part of a travel trend assessment by the World Travel Monitor. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 412 413 414 415 416 … 460 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
International Tourism To Continue Robust Growth In 2013 by GTP editing team 29 January 2013 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 the year, with a stronger than expected fourth quarter. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Tourism Down By One Million Arrivals Last Year by GTP editing team 28 January 2013 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. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Welcomed Fewer Travelers In Jan-Sep 2012 by GTP editing team 25 January 2013 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). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Coastal Shipping Sector Counts Losses by GTP editing team 24 January 2013 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 and Adriatic Sea, according to the Hellenic Chambers Transport Association. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
IOBE Study Highlights Tourism’s Contribution To Greek Labor Force by GTP editing team 21 January 2013 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). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Makes Comeback As Top Destination For Austrians by GTP editing team 7 January 2013 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 Agents Association (OERV) told the press recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
VAT Cut For Restaurants Planned For Next Year by GTP editing team 28 December 2012 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 actions to boost the competitiveness of Greece’s tourism product, the country’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni told the local media recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Tourism Revenue Drops In Jan-Oct Period by GTP editing team 26 December 2012 Greece’s tourism revenue dropped four percent during the January-October 2012 period, according to data released recently by the Bank of Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Hotels In Winter Destinations Drop Prices by GTP editing team 10 December 2012 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 Trivago. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
ITB Study On Eurozone Crisis Consequences For Destinations In Southern Europe by GTP editing team 13 November 2012 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 as part of a travel trend assessment by the World Travel Monitor. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
