International air arrivals in Greece increased by 0.8% compared to 2019

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Our country recorded approximately 170,000 more arrivals for the period January-October 2022, compared to the corresponding period of 2019

They marginally exceeded the levels of the corresponding period of 2019 international air arrivals January-October 2022 throughout the country, as highlighted in INSETET’s monthly statistical bulletin. Specifically, in the period January – October 2022, 20.3 million international air arrivals were recorded, marginally exceeding the levels of January – October 2019, showing a slight increase of 0.8%/+169 thousand arrivals.

It is characteristic that all major holiday destinations had an increase in air arrivals in the nine months of 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2019, while AIA showed a 2% increase for the first time in October. In the same period of January – October 2022, international road arrivals showed a decrease of 36% compared to the corresponding period in 2019.

During January – September 2022 revenues showed a decrease of 503 million euros / -3.1% compared to the corresponding period of 2019. Of the 503 million euros shortfall in revenues compared to 2019, 81 million euros are due to a decrease in cruise revenues and 341 million euros are due to the loss of the Russian market. That is, excluding the Russian market and cruises, revenues are down by just 82 million euros (-0.5%).

Britain (+21.3%) and France (+17.6%) presented the largest revenue increases in the period January – September 2022 compared to the corresponding period of 2019. In fact, with this increase, after many years, revenues from the British market exceeded those from the German market. More broadly, receipts from residents of EU-27 countries increased by 3.1% while receipts from residents of non-EU-27 countries fell by 9.9%. Finally, Greece in October 2022 ranks first in the general satisfaction index (GRI) of hotels with 86.4%.

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