Greece 2017 – A very promising tourist season

Thu 03 Feb 2022
Greece 2017 – A very promising tourist season

Which places have the biggest increase

About 23% more reservations from Germany to Greece are recorded by TUI, the world's largest tourism organization, compared to last year and it is on a new record, according to a recent press release. Crete has an increase of 14%, Rhodes 26%, Kos 14% and Corfu 6%, while Western Peloponnese has an increase of 32%.

Chalkidhiki holds 44% of the inbound tourism. Samos and Lesvos also recorded an increase in reservations despite last year's decrease due to the refuge crisis, and this is also the case for the islands of Santorini, Skiathos and Kefalonia.

 Despite the bigger increase in reservations from Germany to Greece in relation to its competitors, TUI Director Marek Andryszak sees room for further growth of the tourist flow to the country. "We have been investing in good hotel partnerships and cooperation for years and we have constantly been improving our programs. This works. We have long-term plans for Greece and we want to grow in the years to come. At the center of our campaigns are the large Greek islands, the mainland and smaller destinations. Demand for Greece will remain unaltered in the future" he stresses.

Despite the high percentage of bookings, TUI customers' satisfaction has risen to 8.7% on the scale with an excellent of 10.

"The quality of hotels and the level of service has never been better than today," Marek Andryszak said in the TUI statement. Greek hotels have made great progress especially in the areas of "services", "hotel facilities" and "hospitality".

Overall, Greece is ranked among TUI's most popular air travel destinations worldwide and now occupies second place after Spain.

These are the numbers, what we can state here is that we have seen an increased number of transfers from Thessaloniki airport and the flow does not seem to stop, destinations like Chalkidiki, Kavala or Katerini are among the most popular. We are going to keep up and try to offer only the best services to our customers.