Almost 7 million tourists in Greece in 5 months of the year

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In comparison to the same period last year, the number of tourists who came to our country during the five months of January through May increased by 20.6% to 7 million. Travel receipts in the same period increased by 16.2% to 3.8 billion euros.

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23/07/24 • 15:27

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The number of tourists who visited our country in the five months of January-May increased by 20.6% compared to the same period last year, reaching 7 million. Travel receipts in the same period increased by 16.2% to €3.8 billion.

According to data from the Bank of Greece, the increase in receipts was due to a 24.7% increase from residents of the EU-27 countries, which amounted to €2.1 billion, as well as a 6.4% increase in receipts from residents of other countries, to 1.5 billion euros. More specifically, receipts from residents of euro area countries amounted to €1.81 billion, up by 24.8%, while receipts from residents of EU-27 countries outside the euro area rose by 24.0% to €283.8 million.

In particular, receipts from Germany increased by 15.1% to €700.4 million, as did those from France by 3.4% to €281.8 million. Receipts from Italy increased by 98.4% to €184.1 million. Among the other countries, receipts from the United Kingdom fell by 3.4% to €399.7 million, while receipts from the United States increased by 23.4% to €397.0 million. Finally, receipts from Russia decreased by 75.7% to €2.7 million.

As for inbound travel traffic, it increased by 20.6% to 6,943.9 million travellers, compared to 5,759.5 million travellers in the corresponding period of 2023. In particular, travel through airports increased by 21.5% and that through road border stations by 19.9%. In the period under review, travel from the EU-27 countries amounted to 4.0 million travellers, an increase of 25.6% compared to the same period in 2023, while travel from other countries increased by 14.3% to 2.9 million travellers. Travel from euro area countries increased by 30.2%, while travel from EU-27 countries outside the euro area increased by 13.2%.

In particular, travel from Germany increased by 22.2% to 1 million travellers, while travel from France increased by 17.0% to 469.4 thousand travellers. Travel from Italy also increased by 68.3% to 353.2 thousand travellers. As regards other countries, travel from the United Kingdom increased by 4.1% to 665.8 thousand travellers, while travel from the United States increased by 23.0% to 392.5 thousand travellers. Finally, travel from Russia decreased by 65.9% to 2.6 thousand travellers.