The data of the receipts and the fullness in relation to 2019.
Estimates are increasing, based on fullness of hotels and flights for the coming months that move to pre-pandemic levels, that we are heading towards a reduction in travel receipts this year by up to 10% compared to 2019.
Already the second quarter of this year started with travel receipts increased by 20% in April compared to the corresponding period of 2019 and the preliminary data show that they will move in May, as well as in the current month of June, according to industry sources. The increase of the receipts during the two months of July – August is expected even more intense, which together with September typically correspond to 60% of the annual receipts.
It is also worth noting that in May the data for the hotels Athens – Attica and Argosaronikos showed only a marginal distance from the sizes in the corresponding month of 2019.
According to data from the Athens-Attica and Argosaronikos Hoteliers Association, May “significantly closed the gap between the results of 2019 and 2022 in the indicators examined and in particular slightly improved the average room price and gave 82.1% average occupancy in its hotels Athens (which, however, is 6.9% lower than in 2019) “.
Who “votes” for Greece
According to the indications that exist and first datathe US market is among the top markets for the country’s largest airport, supplying the country with tourists whose average spending reached 1,505 euros last year.
It is worth noting that the US was before the pandemic the strongest tourist market for Athens airport, recording in 2019 more arrivals than Britain or Germany. Flights from USAIn fact, they have seen a steady increase in capacity and frequency in recent years, but this has been halted by the pandemic.
Even last year, despite restrictions on the spread of Covid-19, arrivals on the other side of the Atlantic managed to accelerate rapidly, reaching second place in the El. Venizelos in just a quarter.
They are also on a good path tourist flows from the main countries of Europe, Germany, England and France.
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