Tourism entrepreneurs already from the primary months of the yr appeared optimistic about this yr's income pattern, primarily seeing the dynamics of demand, but in addition the rise in availability from overseas airways.
The above was confirmed yesterday by the president of the Affiliation of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Giannis Paraschis, throughout his speech on the closed session of the affiliation's thirty second common normal meeting. As he characteristically mentioned, “in 2024 one may declare that, based mostly on the information of the primary 5 months, it’s a yr that enables reasonable optimism for the course of arrivals and revenues for our tourism”.
He based mostly his prediction on 4 achievements that Greek tourism has already achieved:
– Air arrivals in comparison with 2023 present a 12.4% improve in 5 months (Athens Worldwide Airport +16.4% and Regional +9.5%).
– Seat planning on inbound worldwide flights through the summer season season seems to be up 8.2% for the yr as an entire.
– Street tourism exhibits a rise within the first 5 months by roughly 11%.
– Whereas common spending per capita within the first quarter had elevated by 3%.
“The expansion momentum of the sturdy Greece model constructed in recent times exhibits important resilience. And this, regardless of the intensifying competitors from neighboring markets, the lowering depth of the so-called revanche journey after the pandemic, but in addition the continued geopolitical crises in our area with the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza dominating, the pure disasters that hit us, the continued pressures on incomes from persistent inflation but in addition from the broader social issues highlighted by the European elections” mentioned the president of SETE.
The temper from tourism entrepreneurs on the sidelines of the final meeting was equally optimistic, with hoteliers speaking about an excellent June and robust demand for July and August, additionally anticipating greater revenues in comparison with final yr and improved turnovers.
It’s recalled that journey receipts in 2023 amounted to twenty.6 billion euros, exhibiting a rise of 16.5% in comparison with 2022. Inbound journey visitors in 2023 elevated by 21% and amounted to 36 million vacationers, in comparison with 29 million vacationers in 2022. In a single day stays by non-resident vacationers in Greece amounted to 236,271.2 thousand in 2023, in comparison with 220,213.1 thousand in 2022, exhibiting a rise of seven.3%, whereas whole receipts from cruise passengers elevated by 84 .1% in comparison with 2022. On the identical time, tourism investments of 5.1 billion euros in 2023 have been virtually twice as a lot as in 2019, successfully contributing to the discount of the important funding hole.
Nevertheless, there was no scarcity of dissatisfaction concerning the burden on lodge companies. As famous by the president of SETE, along with the price for resilience to the local weather disaster, discussions have just lately been began by native authorities representatives to extend the price for transients or different costs on lodge turnover.
“It’s apparent that because of the weak point of the infrastructure and the dearth of efficient administration of the locations, it’s unreasonable to burden a single financial exercise once more, the advantages of that are unfold all through the financial system and society. Quite the opposite, our place is that taxes and charges from tourism must be directed to actions associated to tourism to enhance the operation and lifetime of residents and guests of the areas from which they’re collected,” he famous.
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