tourism

Santorini attracted 1.27 million visitors, showing an increase of 155.9%, while Mykonos, in turn, attracted 961.647 visitors, recording an increase of 153.4%

Already for September the Greek hoteliers recorded a satisfactory occupancy of 63% on average, while for October the reservations have exceeded all expectations

The more optimistic scenario, one now considered by the finance ministry and cited by National Bank economists in a new commissioned study, is a “V type” recovery for the year, with GDP increase in 2020 touching on 7.5 percent

The traffic from the direct international flights at the airports of Cyclades and Dodecanese exceeds by more than 500,000 the arrivals of the whole tourist season of 2020

According to a study by the National Bank, in June this year 1/3 of the air passengers of 2019 were recovered (compared to 3% in June 2020), while in July 2021 the 2/3 of the passengers of 2019 were recovered (compared to 29% in July 2020 )

Greece ranked first in the “Favorite Country” category for the second consecutive year, while Santorini emerged as the “Best Island in Europe”

“If we maintain our good course in August and September, we will have achieved the budget target,” said the Minister of Development

The sharp increase in cases in Mykonos has led to the imposition of a series of measures that can be a “model” for other tourist destinations.

German tourists tp the list of travelers, followed by Poland, while there is an increase from Great Britain, France, Italy and Austria

Greece officially opened the all-important 2021 summer holiday season on Friday, with tourists from a variety of countries allowed to vacation with a recent negative Covid-19 test to show, or with a vaccination certificate

Tsipras’ talks with Putin and Medvedev were the first step in patching up relations without papering over geopolitical differences rooted in the intense US-Russia competition for influence in the Balkans.