Greek Tourism Arrivals and Revenue Plummet Due to Covid-19

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The coronavirus pandemic and ongoing travel restrictions are sending Greek tourism figures to nearly nil with the latest Bank of Greece data revealing a 93.8 percent drop in the number of inbound travelers in June to 256 thousand with revenue nosediving by 97.5 percent to 64 million euros in the same month. According to the […]

Greece Still Resilient to Covid-19, says Gov’t Spokesman

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Greece is still resilient to Covid-19 compared to other countries despite the rise in positive cases, said Government Spokesman Stelios Petsas speaking to the press on Thursday. “Our country was and remains in a better epidemiological range, compared to other countries, despite the increase observed again in recent weeks worldwide,” said Petsas during the press […]

Greece: Highest Positive Covid-19 Arrivals from 5 Countries

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Photo source: Greek National Public Health Organization (EODY) In efforts to identify the trend and curb the spread of Covid-19, Greek health authorities have been introducing additional measures particularly after the country opened its borders to incoming tourism. Based on General Secretariat for Civil Protection data presented during this week’s Covid-19 briefing by

ForwardKeys: Interest for Travel to Greece Picking Up in Q4

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Corfu, Greece. On the back of its previous forecasts, demand for Greece, Spain, and Portugal increased in Q3 after they lifted Covid-19 restrictions and opened their borders to tourism, with ticket sales to Athens and Lisbon rebounding quicker than the European average, travel analytics firm ForwardKeys said on Tuesday. For Q4, tickets have been issued […]

European Tourism Showing Very Slow Recovery, Says ETC

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ETC calls for harmonised European approach to travel restrictions Despite most Covid-19 travel restrictions in Europe being lifted in mid-June, European tourism is showing a very slow recovery, according to the European Travel Commission (ETC). Citing data from Sojern, which collects and analyses travel intent data from thousands of airline and hotel partners from around

Tourism is Not to Blame for Rise in Greece‘s Covid-19 Cases, Says Deputy Minister

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Tourism is not responsible for the recent rise in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases recorded in Greece, according to Greek Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias. Speaking during his weekly briefing to the media, Hardalias clarified that – at the moment – 83 percent of Greece’s confirmed Covid-19 cases are domestic (due to lax observation of health […]

ELSTAT: Q2 Turnover Down 94.3% for Greek Accommodation Services

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Hit hard by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Greece’s accommodation services providers recorded a 94.3 percent drop in revenues in the second quarter of 2020 to 104,682,448 euros against 1,846,435,467 euros in the same period in 2019, according to data released on Friday, by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Crete’s Lassithi region marked the largest Q2 […]

Greece Air Passenger Traffic Down by 74.3% in Jan-July 2020

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Traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 74.3 percent disrupted by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the first seven months of the year to 9 million passengers against 34.7 million in 2019, according to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) this week. In terms of flights for the January-July 2020 period, Greek airports […]

Air Passenger Numbers in Europe Expected to Drop by 60% in 2020, Says IATA

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Air passenger numbers in Europe are forecast to fall by around 60 percent in 2020, due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The 60 percent drop will represent some 705 million passenger journeys. According to IATA, although the European market has seen an increase in […]

Covid-19: Greek Regional Airport Passenger Numbers Take a Dive

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Skiathos Airport. Greece’s regional airports are feeling the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic as they handled 75.1 percent fewer passengers in July compared to the same month in 2019, Fraport Greece, the managing company said recently. More specifically, according to Fraport Greece, when the first international flights came to Greece (from June 15) passenger