Covid-19 Resurgence Forces Europeans to Put Travel Plans on Hold

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Europeans are reluctant about traveling during the holiday period this year, which has been marred by health expert warnings, renewed lockdowns, and increasing Covid-19 cases and deaths, a European Travel Commission (ETC) study found this week. According to the ETC’s latest report “Monitoring Sentiment for Domestic and Intra-European Trave – Wave 3”, less than

Greece’s 11-month Air Passenger Traffic Nosedives

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Global lockdown and quarantine measures ordered to contain the spread of Covid-19 have hit Greece’s incoming air traffic hard driving it downward by 68.7 percent in the 11-month, January-November period, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said this week. More specifically, passenger traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 68.7 percent in the January-November

AIA, Fraport Greece Airports Passenger Traffic Hits Low in November

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Photo: GTP November passenger traffic all but halted at Greece’s major airports impacted by the ongoing containment measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. More specifically, Athens International Airport (AIA) announced that its passenger traffic in November was down by 84.2 percent compared to 2019 levels to approximately 263 thousand passengers. Both

Intra-European Travel Interest Strong for 2021, Says ETC

By admin 27 Νοεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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Europeans are still interested in traveling and appear to be planning trips in 2021 despite the resurgence in Covid-19 but more are postponing trips this year, according to a European Travel Commission (ETC) study released recently. More specifically, according to the second “Monitoring Sentiment for Domestic and Intra-European Travel: Wave 2” survey of nearly 6,000

Greece a Top 5 Choice for 2020 H2 Intra-European Travel

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Greece ranks fourth among the Top 5 destination choices for Europeans seeking to travel in the next six months, according to a European Travel Commission (ETC) study released this week. More specifically, according to findings of the “Monitoring Sentiment for Domestic and Intra-European Travel – Wave 1” report – Greece is among the Top 5 destinations […]

Covid-19 Drives Athens Hotel Prices Downward

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The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is putting pressure on Athens hoteliers to lower their prices as all the more travelers from Greece’s main source markets prefer to cancel their holiday plans rather face Covid-19 measures. According to a study carried out by YouGov on July 13-23, half of vacationers from Germany, the UK and France – […]

Greece’s Tourism Receipts in May Suffer Covid-19 Blow

By admin 22 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

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Greek tourism revenue suffered a massive blow in May 2020 – the first month of the tourism season – due to the outbreak of Covid-19 with travel receipts plummeting by 99.2 percent to 13 million euros from 1.56 billion euros in May last year, according to tentative data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) […]

Airlines Exclude Some Greek Islands from Flight Schedules

By admin 24 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Already suffering a massive blow due to Covid-19, European airline companies appear to have excluded a number of Greek islands from their updated flight schedules, which according to analytics firm GlobalData could impact local economies reliant on tourism. Greece is set to open to international travel on July 1 implementing strict health protocols and regulations […]

Greek Tourism Receipts Plunge After Covid-19 Lockdowns

By admin 22 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Greek tourism receipts and incoming traffic took a hard hit in April after Covid-19 brought global travel to a standstill sinking the number of traveler arrivals in Greece by 96.2 percent and incoming revenue by 98.7 percent. According to provisional data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) this week, travel receipts in April slid […]

Study: Greek Tourism Professionals Expect Drop in Demand for Travel

By admin 3 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Greek tourism professionals are pessimistic about the incoming flows of travelers in the months ahead, expecting a decline in demand of up to 51 percent in June and July, according to a second study examining the coronavirus impact carried out by the OpenTourism network in collaboration with the Piraeus University Tourism Department. The study was […]