Greek hotel turnover in 2021 came to 3.8 billion euros demonstrating the hospitality sector’s contribution to the economy despite Covid-19, a report released by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) found. According to IOBE data presented on the sidelines of the “#stirizo_HoReCa alliance” (Support HoReCa Alliance) event, the hospitality and F&B
Athens, Greece. Photo © Y. Skoulas. Source: Visit Greece Tourism activity in Greece picked up in the last months of 2021, with November revenues exceeding 2020 figures and coming very close to pre-Covid-19 levels and 11-month revenues reaching 10.4 billion euros, said the Bank of Greece on Thursday. More specifically, tourism revenues in November 2021 […]
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, […]
Greece welcomed fewer tourists in 2020 down by 76.5 percent after the coronavirus pandemic brought global travel to a virtual halt, according to data released this week by the Bank of Greece. More specifically, inbound traffic in 2020 dropped by 76.5 percent to 7,375 thousand against 31,348 thousand in 2019. The number of travelers through […]
Covid-19 and ongoing measures and travel bans have cost the Greek tourism sector 13.89 billion euros in 2020 with tourism receipts for the year amounting to 4.28 billion euros compared to 18.17 billion euros in 2019, according to the Bank of Greece. More specifically, travel receipts in 2020 decreased by 76.5 percent against the previous […]
Spain, Canada and Austria were the three source markets to Greece that recorded the highest increases in the 2017-2019 period, according to the latest report released this week by SETE Intelligence (INSETE), the research department of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). More specifically, according to INSETE findings, inbound travelers from Spain recorded a 72
Despite picking up at the start of July when Greece reopened to tourism after Covid-19 lockdowns, arrivals to the country by road have nearly come to a grinding halt after mandatory testing requirements were put into place at the borders. Accord to data, 580,000 travelers came to Greece by road in Q3 2020 accounting for […]
The majority of international arrivals to Greece in 2018 and 2019 was recorded in the April to October period for both years, according to a study released this week by SETE Intelligence (INSETE), the research department of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). More specifically, the seven-month period in both years accounted for 87 percent of all arrivals […]
The South Aegean Region won over Greece’s highest spending travelers in 2019 marking a 12.7 percent increase against the previous year, according to a study released this week by SETE Intelligence (INSETE), the research department of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). The region, which includes the popular islands of Paros, Mykonos and Rhodes, recorded an
archive photo The significant role of the tourism sector on growth and employment in Greece in 2019 before the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis are revealed in two studies released this week by SETE Intelligence (INSETE), the research department of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). More specifically according to the studies, Greek tourism marked its best […]

















