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Inbound tourist traffic increased by 20.7% in the two months of January-February, with the result that the number of tourists who visited our country approached 1.5 million.
This development, according to data from the Bank of Greece, resulted in travel receipts showing an increase of 24.5% compared to the corresponding period of 2023, reaching 569.7 million euros.
This is due to a 60.2% increase in receipts from residents of EU-27 countries, which stood at €303.9 million, as receipts from residents of non-EU-27 countries decreased by 0.9% and amounted to 260.8 million euros. In detail, receipts from residents of the euro area countries amounted to 240.6 million euros, increased by 48.9%, while receipts from residents of the EU-27 countries outside the euro area increased by 125.1 % and amounted to 63.3 million euros. In particular, receipts from Germany increased by 48.7% and amounted to 58.7 million euros, while receipts from France decreased by 12.9% and amounted to 34.1 million euros. From the non-EU-27 countries, receipts from the United Kingdom were down 11.7% to €33.2 million, while receipts from the USA increased by 20.9% to €46. .0 million euros. Finally, there were no collections from Russia.
The increase in inbound travel came from a rise in travel from both EU-27 and non-EU-27 countries.
In particular, the travel traffic from the EU-27 countries amounted to 755.8 thousand travelers, showing an increase of 37.3% compared to the corresponding period of 2023, while the travel traffic from the countries outside the EU-27 increased by 6.9% and amounted to 702.8 thousand travelers. Travel traffic from euro area countries increased by 33.4%, while travel traffic from EU-27 countries outside the euro area increased by 46.4%. In particular, travel traffic from Germany increased by 25.4% and amounted to 132.7 thousand travelers, while that from France decreased by 9.1% and amounted to 69.9 thousand travelers. In relation to countries outside the EU-27, travel traffic from the United Kingdom decreased by 34.7% and amounted to 64.6 thousand travelers, while that from the USA increased by 158.4% to 95.7 thousand. travelers. Finally, there was no travel traffic from Russia.
Source: RES-EMP
