Restrictions on travel, introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, are slowly being eased, allowing tourism to restart in a growing number of destinations, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said on Tuesday. Τhe fifth edition of the UNWTO’s research “COVID-19 Related Travel Restrictions: A Global Review for Tourism”, shows that the sector is slowly
Top executives worldwide are concerned about the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and fear a second wave of the virus, a study conducted by services provider PwC revealed this week. PwC surveyed 989 CFOs in 23 countries as companies worldwide resume operations and employees gradually return to their offices after coronavirus lockdowns. More specifically, […]
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 […]
Greece is among a handful of countries in the European Union that has not legislated or failed to implement regulations with regard to short-term rental practices, according to a study released by services provider Ernst & Young (EY). More specifically, according to the findings, a rise in demand for short-term rentals for tourism purposes (before […]
Photo © Acropolis Museum / Giorgos Vitsaropoulos One of the world’s leading museums, the Acropolis Museum in Athens, welcomed 1,283,125 visitors from June 2019 to May 2020 despite its forced closure on March 14 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The famed Greek museum marks its 11th anniversary over the weekend and reopened to the public after […]
The interest of potential holidaymakers for Greece has grown stronger during the last few weeks, as online searches for Greek destinations on Google has doubled worldwide, according to Maria Founta, Google Country Marketing Manager for Greece, Romania and Ukraine. Moreover, online searches by Greek users has tripled in recent weeks compared to last March.
Covid-19 is estimated at costing the Greek tourism sector some 10 billion euros in 2020, according to the latest report released this week by services firm Ernst & Young (EY). At the same time, the Greek hotel industry is expected to suffer damages to the tune of 4.46 billion euros: 3.26 billion euros for seasonal […]
Syntagma Square, Athens. Photo © GNTO/Y Skoulas Like most of the world’s economies, Greece too has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revised its previous forecast, estimating now that the country’s economy will contract at a smaller rate this year compared to the eurozone average. […]
Incoming road tourism from Greece’s neighboring countries accounted for 9.6 million arrivals, 38.2 million overnight stays and 1.8 billion euros in revenue in 2019, according to data released by INSETE, the Greek Tourism Confederation’s (SETE) research body. More specifically, inbound tourism by road accounted for 30.6 percent of all arrivals to Greece in 2019,
Photo Source: OAG Industry experts may be confident about the resumption of travel after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, but travelers appear to still be fearful of getting on planes, a recent study found. More specifically, according to findings released by UK-based global travel data provider OAG, passenger confidence is low concerning air travel but the […]


















