2024-05-07 06:43:25
The tourist season has started with positive omens – Advance bookings show increased results even from 2023 – The new goal is to extend the summer season and spread to the less prominent islands
The curtain of the new tourist season for the country’s major island destinations, Rhodes, Crete, Kos and Corfu, opened with the right hand, in a season where new trends have been formed. First, the trend to lengthen the summer season especially towards its end, second the trend to increase travel outside the August peak due to lower prices but also climatic conditions with less high temperatures and third the trend of the rise of the less exposed islanders destinations, also due to more attractive prices and less crowds.
In terms of initial estimates, the Bank of Greece points out that after last year’s historically high performance, Greek tourism, despite geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressures in key European markets, maintains its positive pace and receipts, as estimated, will record a small increase in 2024.
Similar are the precursor indicators from the tourist market itself. And while many seasonal units on the islands are already open due to the Easter holidays, the first messages of bookings for the new season, as leading hoteliers state in “THEMA”, point to a “good picture, similar to and slightly better than that of 2023 “, which was also the best year in terms of receipts for Greek tourism.
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