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Greek Tourism Basic Figures: Tei of Thessaly FEB 2016 Prof. Dr. Efstathios Velissariou
Greek Tourism Basic Figures: Tei of Thessaly FEB 2016 Prof. Dr. Efstathios Velissariou
Basic Figures
TEI of THESSALY
FEB 2016
Prof. Dr. Efstathios Velissariou
Greek Tourism - Basic Figures 2012
Contribution to GDP 16,4% [WTTC]
Contribution to Employment 18,3% of total employment [WTTC]
Total Employment 688.800 [WTTC]
International Tourism Receipts 10,4 bn. € (including cruise receipts) [BoG]
International Tourist Arrivals 16,9 mi. (including cruise passenger arrivals)
Average per capita tourism expenditure 616 € (including cruise data)
Market Share 1,5% World, 2,9% Europe
56% of international tourist arrivals are recorded
Seasonality
in July - August - September
66% of hotel beds are concentrated in 4 areas of
Concentration of Supply
Greece [HCH]
Hotel Capacity 9.670 hotels / 771.271 beds [HCH]
Germany (2.108.787), U.K. (1.920.794), FYROM
Top 5 markets (1.300.000), France (977.376), Russia (874.787)
[H.ST. & BoG]
Αthens (2.651.062), Heraklion (2.067.475),
Top 5 airports (in international tourist arrivals) Rhodes (1.593.298), Thessaloniki (901.573), Corfu
(824.000) [HELL.STAT.]
Competitors
2012 Performance Indexes Spain Cyprus Turkey Egypt Croatia
Ranking - International Tourist Arrivals 4th below 50th 6th 22nd 26th
Ranking - International Tourism Receipts 2nd below 50th 12th 32nd 33rd
April 255382 115864 58295 23677 108996 49548 27118 4119 3965 663656
May 334468 144834 236951 121974 325142 124555 121307 64838 31988 1638469
June 403813 196397 348554 179351 440258 158291 191334 113116 52445 2324540
July 469466 239596 419790 225588 534601 198064 254687 140273 78353 2879102
August 458426 224016 411285 225576 557826 180087 247054 144441 82207 2864855
September 381506 172737 310024 167296 420303 145618 176082 94970 49159 2126489
Οctober 316589 123164 137703 67466 202633 69465 55354 13054 12123 1034737
Νovember 179706 72331 336 433 4228 3489 659 56 174 271138
Total 3388647 1569814 1926675 1011367 2595702 935615 1074289 575009 310416 14689276