One in Five Greek Winter Hotels Stayed Shut in Dec-Feb Period

By admin 23 Μαρτίου 2022 No comment

One in five hotels located in remote regions in Greece remained closed in the December 2021-February 2022 period, according to research carried out by Greece’s Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP). According to the same findings, in the same three-month period, average occupancy at operating hotels came to 28.2 percent or when taking into […]

ITEP: Konstantina Svinou Re-elected President of Greece’s Tourism Research Institute

By admin 16 Μαρτίου 2022 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Greece’s Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP) has announced its new Board of Directors following its general assembly that took place on March 15. Konstantina Svinou has been re-elected as the institute’s president. An initiative of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, ITEP is a non-profit institute launched in 1996 to study the hospitality and tourism […]

Greece’s Year-round Hotels See Occupancy Levels Reach 60% During Holiday Season

By admin 25 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Hotel occupancy levels at winter destinations in Greece reached 60 percent during the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) announced on Monday. Citing figures by the Winter Hotel Observatory of the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP), HCH said that the vast majority – 97 percent – of hotels […]

Greek Hoteliers Expect Turnover to Reach 2019 Levels in 2023

By admin 24 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

The majority of Greek hoteliers are expecting turnover to reach pre-pandemic (2019) levels in 2023 or later, according to a recent survey released by the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP). The main findings of the survey showed that 32.6 percent of Greek hoteliers expect turnover to reach 2019 levels in 2023. A lower […]

Greece’s City Hotels are Waiting for Business Travel to Return

By admin 11 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Alexandros Vassilikos has expressed concern for the country’s year-round city hotels which are feeling the impact of the slow recovery of corporate travel. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, Vassilikos said despite the uptick in leisure travel during the summer and into the fall, Greece’s city hotels are preparing […]

Santorini Breaks Tourist Records Despite Covid-19

By admin 6 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

The world-famous island of Santorini broke all tourism records last month despite Covid-19, according to data released by the South Aegean Tourism Initiative. More specifically, Santorini exceeded 2019 pre-pandemic passenger figures in September by 17,000, welcoming a total of 97,038 international visitors who flew in on 815 direct flights. Top source markets were the

Tourist Arrivals to South Aegean Stay High in September

By admin 29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Tourist arrivals at the five international airports of the South Aegean stayed high throughout September, having already exceeded half a million, the South Aegean Tourism Initiative said on Wednesday. According to the released data, 4,352 direct international flights carried 565,850 passengers to the airports of

INSETE: Greek Tourism 2020 Performance in Numbers

By admin 3 Μαρτίου 2021 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

INSETE, the Greek Tourism Confederation’s (SETE) research body, recently released data which reveal the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on Greece’s tourism industry in 2020. The data focuses on air, road and cruise travel, as well as coastal shipping. More specifically, citing data of the Bank of Greece, INSETE said that the country’s travel […]

Covid-19 Kept 40% of Greece’s Hotels Closed in 2020

By admin 12 Οκτωβρίου 2020 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Only 60 percent of all hotels in Greece managed to operate during this year’s tourism season and just for a short period of time, according to a report by the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP) on the reopening of Greek hotels after the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. According to the report, presented during an […]

Over Half of Hotels on South Aegean Islands Follow Covid-19 Health Protocols

By admin 31 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Over half of the hotels on the Greek islands in the South Aegean Region are operating under health protocols, aiming to provide Greece’s guests with safe holidays amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey has found. According to the data, 64 percent – 6 out 10 – of the hotels operating in the Cyclades and […]