ATHENS – Falling just a bit wanting setting a report in revenues spent by vacationers in 2022 throughout the waning COVID-19 pandemic, Greece did get one other report for the sector, with greater than 31 million airport arrivals.
That surpassed the earlier benchmark set in 2019, earlier than the Coronavirus struck in March, 2020 and primarily shut down most worldwide air site visitors and introduced lockdowns and slowdowns nearly halting journey.
The information got here from the administration agency operator Fraport, which operates regional airports throughout he nation since they had been privatized, key to bringing vacationers to areas apart from the foremost cities.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated the numbers confirmed campaigns to carry individuals had been working, after the New Democracy authorities ended well being measures to take care of the pandemic, opening to arrivals.
“I do know – they usually understand it, everybody – that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is making a giant effort to revive the marble of the Parthenon. I couldn’t know precisely what the discussions are, however tourism and tradition, and the individuals of tourism and tradition, are inextricably linked. And it is a nice legacy for the nation. Cultural heritage and tourism heritage collectively,” the Minister additionally famous, SchengenVisaInfo.com reported.
He stated that 2023 might be one other robust yr because the ministry is making an attempt to make the nation a year-round vacation spot and robust numbers by autumn into the primary a part of the winter too.
Tourism revenues in October 2022 reached 1.5 billion euros ($1.63 billion,) pushed by vacationers from the UK, registering a 69.2 p.c improve, Germany at 10.6 p.c extra and France with 6 p.c in comparison with 2019.
