2023-10-02 11:03:46
The foreign tourists who visited our country this year appeared more restrained in their spending as, as the data show, they had a tighter budget compared to last year, while at the same time, they slightly reduced the length of their stay.
Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and strong inflationary pressures prevailing worldwide have partly put a brake on the spending of travelers, who are thinking more before putting their hand in their pocket.
Who spent the most?
Visitors from North America remain more gallant, who traditionally appear willing to spend a little more compared to Europeans.
In particular, the average expenditure of Americans per trip reached 1,038 euros in the second quarter of 2023 from 1,063 euros in the corresponding period last year. Canadians spent €1,127 per trip from €1,135 last year and Australians €1,588 while Russians made a strong comeback, spending €1,611 from €1,181 in the second quarter of 2022.
The average expenditure per trip of the British was 686 euros, increased by 2% compared to last year. The average expenditure of travelers from countries within the European Union was just over 600 euros, with the Austrians spending the most on average, around 921 euros, followed by the Belgians with 836 euros, the Germans with 767 euros, the French with 699 euros and the Dutch with 628 euros, while the Spanish (591 euros), the Italians (548 euros) and the Cypriots (480 euros) spent the least.
Costs per region
However, the expenditure per trip varies according to the destination visited by foreign tourists. It is indicative that Germans spent an average of 1,114 euros on their trip to Crete in the second half of this year, from 968 euros in the corresponding period last year, at the same time that they spent 884 euros on the islands of the southern Aegean, 571 euros on the Ionian and 371 euro in western Macedonia.
In general, tourists appear more open-handed in Crete with the average expenditure for the British reaching 957 euros, for the Belgians 1,051 euros, for the Swiss 1,344 euros and for the French 795 euros. In addition, the expenditure per night in Crete moved on average to 104 euros, while the corresponding expenditure in Attica was 81 euros, in the southern Aegean at 104.7 euros, in the northern Aegean at 71.6 euros and in the Ionian at 66 euros during the first half of the year.
Based on the data available from the Central Bank of Greece, the highest expenditure per trip was by Americans in the northern Aegean region, which amounted to 1,503 euros, while they spent 879 euros in the South Aegean and 513 euros in Attica.
The average duration per trip
The average length of stay in the second quarter of 2023 for travelers coming from the European Union moved closer to 5.5 days from 7 days in the corresponding period last year. Of these, the Dutch stayed the most days with 8.6 days from 12 days last year, followed by the Cypriots with 8.4 from 14 in the corresponding period of 2022, while the Germans spent approximately the same amount of time in our country with an average duration of 7, 9 days from 8.1 days last year. Among travelers from outside Europe, Americans spent the most time in Greece with an average stay of 16.2 days, up from 21.6 days in 2022. The northern Aegean came out on top with the longest average length of stay per trip at 12.5 days followed by Crete with 8.7 days, the Ionian with 8.6 days and the southern Aegean with 7.5 days.
Source capital.gr
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