Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers President Grigoris Tasios. Just 15 days ahead of the country’s official opening to tourists, Greece’s hoteliers are calling on the government to take immediate action and support the Covid-19-hit sector, which it says, is lacking the necessary liquidity to restart operations. “Fifteen days before the official opening of tourism and we […]
Aegean Airlines Airbus A320 at Santorini International Airport in Greece on Aug. 19, 2020. Photo: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com Arrivals in Greece and travel receipts took a massive blow in 2020 hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing measures to curb the spread of the deadly virus, the Bank of Greece reports. More specifically, […]
The world’s leading tourism ministers on Monday joined together and urged the public and private sectors to work together in partnership to save travel and tourism. The plea came at the Global Leaders Dialogue session held during the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) annual Global Summit 2021, which is being held in Cancun Mexico […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects the losses of airlines to decrease in 2021 compared to 2020, but estimates that “the pain of the crisis will continue to increase”. In its latest outlook, the association predicts that in 2021, the net airline industry losses will reach $47.7 billion (net profit margin of -10.4 percent) […]
Tourism revenue in Greece for the first two months of the year nosedived by 90 percent, while travel payments also decreased by 294 million euros or 88.3 percent to 39 million euros as a result of ongoing travel restrictions to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, according to provisional data released recently by the Bank of Greece. […]
Photo source: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas Only a fifth of Austrians – 21 percent – are making plans to go on a holiday out of the country this summer, according to a survey conducted by the Unique research institute. Published on Monday by Austrian weekly news magazine Profil, the survey also found that 27 […]
Passenger traffic at all of Greece’s airports continued its downward trend in March due to the coronavirus (Covid-19). “Passenger traffic has recorded a decrease for the 13th consecutive month, as restrictions for air travel are still in force,” the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said on Thursday. According to March data, a total of 402,536 passengers […]
Photo source: TIF-Helexpo Following the cancellation of prominent conferences and exhibitions since March 2020, due to government efforts to slow the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus), the Greek MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) industry is counting losses that exceed 200 million euros. A number of Greek conference/exhibition organizers and
Total demand for air passenger traffic fell in February 2021, both compared to pre-COVID levels (February 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (January 2021), according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). “February showed no indication of a recovery in demand for international air travel. In fact, most indicators went in the wrong […]
The collapse of the Greek Travel & Tourism sector has wiped out 23 billion euros from the nation’s economy, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) said on Friday. According to the WTTC’s annual Economic Impact Report (EIR), the Greek tourism sector’s contribution to GDP dropped a staggering 61.1 percent. “Following three consecutive successful years […]


















