Industry Reports & Trends by elpidoforos Manolesakis Complaints On Greek Tourism Services On The Up by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 The Tourist Protection Office of the General Consumers Federation of Greece (INKA) recorded a 36 percent increase of questions and complaints that concerned tourism services and prices during the 1 January-18 August period. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Falls Out Of Favor With Gay Tourists by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “Gay and lesbian tourists, who for years flocked to the islands of Mykonos and Lesbos, have removed Greece from their list of favorite destinations because of discrimination,” a survey by … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Lacks In Medical Tourism Despite Potential by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 Medical tourism has been a fast growing sector worldwide over the last 15 years and while Greece has potential to compete in the rapidly growing ‘middle market’ of medical tourism, the country lacks a comprehensive national sector growth strategy, according to a recent study by the Mckinsey and Company consulting firm. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Mckinsey Study: New National Growth Model For Greece by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 The Greek tourism sector contributed (directly and indirectly) some 27 billion euros to the Greek GDP in 2010 and could increase that contribution to 45 billion euros annually by 2021 through a series of initiatives and investments, according to the study “Greece 10 Years Ahead” conducted by the Mckinsey and Company consulting firm and presented last month in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens’ Bookings Satisfactory Despite Disruptions by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “The winter season is expected to be extremely difficult, not only for Athens but for all Greek destinations that operate year round,” Yiannis Retsos, president of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association, said last month in regards to the Greek capital’s summer bookings. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Tourism Arrivals/Revenue Up, Travel Agency Revenue Down by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 The recent data released by the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) seems in complete contrast with statements and figures that refer to this year’s increases in the Greek tourism sector, according to the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail UNWTO Optimistic On Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “Greece has returned. Greece is making a dynamic comeback and we can confirm this,” UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai said while citing official data during the first International Congress on Ethics and Tourism that took place in Madrid, Spain, 15-16 September. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Record Foreign Arrivals Expected In Greece This Year by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 Foreign arrivals to Greece this year are expected to reach, if not surpass, some 16.5 million, the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, informed Prime … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Spa Tourism Analyzed In Report by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 The Greek spa industry is expected to generate 15 million euros (some $22 million) in revenue in 2011, according to the first-ever Spa Industry Report for Greece released last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GNTO Releases Internet Advertising Results by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) recently announced the initial results of its targeted advertising campaign carried out for the first time over the Internet for the month of June. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 420 421 422 423 424 … 460 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Complaints On Greek Tourism Services On The Up by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 The Tourist Protection Office of the General Consumers Federation of Greece (INKA) recorded a 36 percent increase of questions and complaints that concerned tourism services and prices during the 1 January-18 August period. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Falls Out Of Favor With Gay Tourists by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “Gay and lesbian tourists, who for years flocked to the islands of Mykonos and Lesbos, have removed Greece from their list of favorite destinations because of discrimination,” a survey by … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Lacks In Medical Tourism Despite Potential by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 Medical tourism has been a fast growing sector worldwide over the last 15 years and while Greece has potential to compete in the rapidly growing ‘middle market’ of medical tourism, the country lacks a comprehensive national sector growth strategy, according to a recent study by the Mckinsey and Company consulting firm. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Mckinsey Study: New National Growth Model For Greece by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 The Greek tourism sector contributed (directly and indirectly) some 27 billion euros to the Greek GDP in 2010 and could increase that contribution to 45 billion euros annually by 2021 through a series of initiatives and investments, according to the study “Greece 10 Years Ahead” conducted by the Mckinsey and Company consulting firm and presented last month in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens’ Bookings Satisfactory Despite Disruptions by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “The winter season is expected to be extremely difficult, not only for Athens but for all Greek destinations that operate year round,” Yiannis Retsos, president of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association, said last month in regards to the Greek capital’s summer bookings. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Tourism Arrivals/Revenue Up, Travel Agency Revenue Down by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 The recent data released by the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) seems in complete contrast with statements and figures that refer to this year’s increases in the Greek tourism sector, according to the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
UNWTO Optimistic On Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “Greece has returned. Greece is making a dynamic comeback and we can confirm this,” UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai said while citing official data during the first International Congress on Ethics and Tourism that took place in Madrid, Spain, 15-16 September. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Record Foreign Arrivals Expected In Greece This Year by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 Foreign arrivals to Greece this year are expected to reach, if not surpass, some 16.5 million, the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, informed Prime … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Spa Tourism Analyzed In Report by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 The Greek spa industry is expected to generate 15 million euros (some $22 million) in revenue in 2011, according to the first-ever Spa Industry Report for Greece released last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GNTO Releases Internet Advertising Results by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) recently announced the initial results of its targeted advertising campaign carried out for the first time over the Internet for the month of June. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
