European Travel Commission: Greece is very high in the preferences of Europeans

of Vicky Kourlibini

In fourth place is Greece, after Spain, France and Italy as the most popular holiday destination to the European public for a next trip abroad. This was shown by a large survey conducted by the European Travel Commission (ETC), which was conducted on a sample of 4,463 European travelers.

Neither inflation nor high energy costs are stopping Europeans’ appetite for travel this year, according to the Monitoring Sentiment For Domestic And Intra-European Travel survey.

The data are indicative:

73% of Europeans surveyed plan to travel in the next 6 months, of which 60% plan to travel more than once.

84% of travelers plan to make a trip from June to September, with great interest in Mediterranean destinations.

• The war in Ukraine did not affect holiday plans for 44% of Europeans, while it caused 31% to make some changes to the original plans, while only 4% completely canceled their trip.

• More than a third of Europeans say their travel plans are not affected by the coronavirus.

Greece is the fourth most popular destination destination for Germans with an 8% share, after Italy, Spain and Austria. It is also the fourth choice of English tourists with a share of 7%, after Spain, Italy and France and the third most popular destination for the French, Italians and Poles.

The survey also showed that 39% of Europeans will take a family vacation in the next six months and 37% will travel with their partner. 47% will take a plane to their next vacation destination, while 38% will go by road.

Holidays of 4-6 nights are the most popular (34%), followed by 7-9 nights (27%). 31% of respondents plan to invest 500-1,000 euros per person in their upcoming trip. More than half of European travelers (52%) prefer to stay in hotels, while they are interested in short-term rentals.

Finally, the most popular forms of vacation in Europe for the summer of 2022 are the sun-sea (22%), nature (15%) and city breaks city break (15%).

Vassilis Kikilias: “Greece in the first place for French travelers”

The agreements made with major tour operators in Europe are bearing fruit. Such as announced the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikiliasdata from the sales of France in tourism show that Greece is in the 1st place both in the turnover and in the average expenditure – that is, in the foreign exchange that the French tourists bring to our country – with increases of 77% and 18% respectively in comparison with 2019.