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in the first places from those who finally came to Greece, were the Germans, followed by the French, the Poles, the Romanians and at the end of the month the British entered the game dynamically.

More than 2 million travelers arrived in Greece last month and this number may be far below those who came to the country in 2019, however it was above the pessimistic forecasts at the beginning of the month, where the bad news was what dominated by crown.

In the 7 months, the tourists who came to Greece were marginally less than 4 million and now all eyes are on August which is traditionally the best month of the year for Greek tourism and therefore will show where the plate will turn. .

In August 2019, a year in which the country broke all records, revenues amounted to 4.2 billion and arrivals reached 7 million, namely 6.8 million tourists.

Arrivals from abroad (air, ferry tickets and road arrivals) increased by 45.4% compared to July 2020, with over 2 million this year compared to 1.34 million arrivals in the same month last year.

Of course, this number in the midst of a pandemic, even if it lags behind the record of 3.7 million international arrivals in July 2019, is considered absolutely satisfactory.

Great picture in July

The positive element is that in July, when the image was excellent, always respecting the proportions, the Delta mutation was found at its peak, which dominated in most European countries, but also in Greece. As a result, the number of cases increased significantly. However, what did not happen was that the pressure on the health system increased too much.

It should also be noted that the good image in terms of arrivals has to do with those who came to Greece by air and by road.

The data available to date for August are rather auspicious. However, market participants are restrained because the epidemiological data on many islands are burdened and no one can predict with certainty how they will develop in the near future.

The good customers of Greece

Based on the volume of Google searches, in the top 3 are the two largest inbound tourism markets for Greece, namely Germany and the United Kingdom, followed by France, where this year our country is the No. 1 destination abroad, according to all data, continuing to capitalize on its good reputation from last year.

It is followed by Poland, while the Netherlands and Italy also place Greece high for the period from July 1-23 in terms of searches for accommodation in the next period. In 7th place in the searches is the very important, due to high cost and arrivals, US market, while the top ten is completed by Belgians, Ukrainians and Serbs.

Regarding Greek travelers until July 23, first in the searches for domestic travel is Thessaloniki, followed by Halkidiki, Athens, Naxos, Lefkada, Chania, Rhodes, Kos, Heraklion and Corfu.

The Germans were the first to arrive

In terms of detailed data, the Germans are the "champions" in arrivals as so far 600,000 have arrived in our country, recording an increase of 60% compared to the corresponding period of 2020. The surprise of course comes from Poland. The flow of tourists to our country from Poland is impressive and brings it to the relative ranking of arrivals in 2nd place with 280,000 travelers.

It is characteristic that Greece had welcomed so many Polish tourists during the whole of 2020, while in third place is France, with 275,000 tourists.

Then in 4th place is Romania with 185,000 travelers and an increase of more than 50% compared to 2020. Barometer for Greek tourism are the arrivals of British and Americans, as both are large reservoirs of tourists for our country.

The British are recording a significant increase, compared to previous months, in bookings for August and September 2021, as shown in the airline system.

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