The number of foreign tourists visiting Cuba since the beginning of the year has almost increased sixfold, compared to the corresponding period in 2021, but remains below the levels reached before the Covid-19 pandemic, the government announced today. Authorities hope that the number of Russian tourists will increase when flights suspended due to the pandemic […]
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Encouraging messages for the 2022-2023 tourist season for Crete
Positive and encouraging messages from the flows of tourists received by those involved in the tourism industry in Crete from this year’s tourist season. This results in starting the discussion on the preparation and prospects for the 2023 tourist season. Although the end of the season is still late, as industry representatives point out in […]
The major tour operators see an increase in tourist packages to Greece for 2023
by Vicky Kourlibini Higher prices due to rising costs and greater early booking discounts to increase tourist demand. These will be the two main trends for the 2023 summer season, as Germany’s major tour operators already estimate. Tourists in Europe’s biggest outbound travel market are already paying more this summer than before the pandemic for […]
​​​​​​​​A rally in the economy with manufacturing, trade and tourism as a vehicle
By Giorgos Lampiris The contribution of sectors such as manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and tourism in shaping the turnover of businesses in Greece is strong, as can be seen from the data of the Hellenic Statistical Authority. According to ELSTAT, in the second quarter of 2022 the turnover for all businesses and economic activities […]
Bulgaria: Estimate for a 50% increase in tourists this summer
Foreign tourists in Bulgaria this summer are expected to be 50% more than in the same period last year, said Rumen Draganov, director of the Institute for Analysis and Utilization of Tourism (IAAT). “We have not yet reached the record levels of 2019, when July and August each had more than 2 million foreign tourists. […]
Germany: Workers wanted in the tourism sector
The latest figures for Germany, which come from the Federal Labor Office (the corresponding OAED), refer to the month of June. According to them, approximately 7,600 jobs in tourism and catering remain vacant. The Institute of German Economics estimates that in 2020 alone, the first year of the pandemic, around 216,000 workers left the industry. […]
B. Kikilias: 17% increase in arrivals to the islands of the SE Aegean in the first seven days of August compared to 2019
Arrivals to the islands of the South-East Aegean increased by 17% in the first seven days of August 2022 compared to the corresponding period of 2019, announced the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, in an interview he gave to the morning show of t/s Sky and to the journalists Nikos Hypofantis and Artemis Mantis. The […]
‘Hot’ August for Athens tourism
By Vickys Kourlibini Athens’ traffic is making up for the lost ground of the pandemic and has already reached 2019 levels in arrivals. Figures from the travel data measurement company OAG show that in August scheduled air seats from abroad are 1.146 million, when last year in the same month they were 971 thousand, while […]
Smiles at the Ministry of Finance from the public funds – Up to €4 billion for the cushion
By Tasos Dasopoulos About 3.2 billion euros is the “net” excess of regular tax revenues for the seven months January-July, together with the early, one-off repayment of a refundable advance of 897 million euros in July, which fills the Ministry of Finance with optimism about the revenues until the end of the year. The total […]
Greek tourism is gaining points against its competitors
By Vickys Kourlibini The image, both of Greece as a tourist destination, and of Athens in particular, remains positive among foreign visitors, with our country maintaining its competitiveness, surpassing European averages. This is reflected in INSETE’s latest report on Greece’s overall reputation for its tourism product in the second quarter. As stated in the study, […]