The 20.6 billion revenues from tourism reached 2023 euros according to its final figures Bank of Greece showing an increase of 16.5% compared to 2022.

This development is due to the 11.6% increase in receipts from residents of the EU 27 countries, which amounted to 11,169 billion euros, representing 54.2% of all receipts, as well as the 18.3% increase of the collections from the residents of the other countries, which amounted to 8.6 billion euros.

The increased revenue reflects a 20.8% increase in inbound tourism as the number of tourists visiting our country in 2023 reached 30.08 million compared to 29,875 million travelers in 2022.

In particular, travel traffic through airports increased by 12.7% and that through road border stations by 34.9%. The EU 27 countries contributed to the formation of travel traffic, with a participation rate of 54.4%, and the other countries, with a rate of 36.3%. In 2023, travel traffic from the EU 27 countries increased by 15.6% compared to 2022. This development is due to the 11.3% increase in travel traffic from the euro area countries, which stood at 12.9 million. travelers, as well as the increase of 24.7% from EU 27 countries outside the euro area, which amounted to 6.7 million. travelers. In particular, there was a 9.5% increase in travel traffic from Germany, which reached 4.7 million travelers, but also from Italy by 30.4%, which reached 1,842.3 million travelers. A 4.2% increase was also noted in travel traffic from France, which amounted to 1.8 million travelers.

Finally, travel traffic from other countries showed an increase of 20.8% and amounted to 13 million travelers. In particular, travel traffic from the United Kingdom increased by 2.4%, reaching 4.5 million travelers. Travel traffic from the USA increased by 29.2% to 1.4 million travelers, while that from Russia decreased by 1.0% to 35.7 thousand travelers.

The overnight stays of non-resident travelers in Greece were formed at 236,271.2 million in 2023, against 220,213 million. in 2022, showing an increase of 7.3%. This fact is due to the increase in overnight stays by the residents of the EU 27 countries by 1.5%, as well as the overnight stays by the residents of the other countries by 10.8%. The increase in overnight stays by EU27 residents reflects a 2.6% increase in overnight stays from euro area countries, as overnight stays from non-euro area EU27 countries fell by 2.1%. Overnight stays from Germany did not show much change compared to 2022, while those from Italy increased by 33.3% and those from France decreased by 1.5%. Among other countries, overnight stays from the UK fell by 5.2%, while those from the US increased by 23.1%. Finally, overnight stays from Russia also increased by 8.5%.

In terms of cruise revenue in 2023, total receipts from cruise passengers increased by 84.1%, compared to 2022, and reached €908.4 million. 5,152 cruise ship arrivals were recorded (2022: 4,598 arrivals). The total overnight stays of non-cruise passengers increased in 2023 by 121.5% compared to 2022 and amounted to 9.4 million overnight stays, positively affecting the formation of cruise receipts. Total cruise passengers are estimated at 3.4 million, showing an increase of 61.1%.

The main port in terms of cruise receipts is Piraeus, with a share of 47.8% of the total. They are followed by the port of Corfu and the port of Santorini with 13.3% and 8.5% of receipts, respectively.

It is noted that according to the final data, in 2023 the surplus of the travel balance reached 18.1 billion euros, against a surplus of 15.7 billion euros in 2022, marking an increase of 15.3%. This development is due to the greater increase in travel receipts (by 2.9 billion euros or 16.5%) than that of travel payments (by 507.0 million euros or 26.3%).