The surplus in the country’s travel balance increased to 18.8 billion euros in January – November 2024 compared to 18.06 billion euros in the corresponding period of 2023, according to its data on him . Specifically, during the same period of 2024 by 999.6 million euros or 4.9%, travel receipts, which were fixed at 21.3 billion euros, increased by 295.7 million euros or 13.4% and travel payments, which were set at 2.5 billion euros, as the Bank of Greece notes for Greek tourism. CORVERSE The increase in travel receipts is due to the rise in incoming travel traffic by 9.7%, as average expenditure per journey decreased by 5.4%. Net receipts from travel services accounted for 57.8% of the balance of goods deficit and contributed 84.2% to total net receipts from services. More specifically, travel receipts recorded a 4.9% rise over the corresponding period of 2023 and were set at 21.3 billion euros. This development is due to an increase in receipts from residents of EU countries – 27 by 6.3% to 11.7 billion euros, as well as receipts from residents of other countries by 0.5% to 8.4 billion euros. More specifically, receipts from residents of the euro area were set at 9.2 billion euros, increased by 3.5%, while receipts from residents of EU countries – 27 outside the euro area, which amounted to 2.4 billion euros, increased by 15.5%. CORVERSE In particular, receipts from Germany increased by 3.5% to 3.6 billion euros, while receipts from France decreased by 11.7% to 1.2 billion euros. Increased by 13.0% were receipts from Italy, which amounted to 1.2 billion euros. Of the other countries, a 3.9% reduction was made in revenues from the United Kingdom, which amounted to 3.1 billion euros, while receipts from the US increased by 13.3% to 1.5 billion euros. Finally, the proceeds from Russia fell by 53.3% and were set at EUR 14.6 million. As regards incoming travel traffic, it recorded a 9.7% rise and was set at 35.06 million travellers, compared with 31.9 million travellers in the corresponding period of 2023. In particular, airport travel increased by 10.2% and this through road border stations by 9.6%. During the period under review, travel from the EU countries – 27 was shaped as 21.3 million travelers, increasing by 10.8% compared to the corresponding period of 2023, while travel traffic from other countries increased by 8.1% and was formed by 13.7 million travelers. Travel traffic from euro area countries increased by 11.5% and travel from EU countries – 27 outside the euro area by 9.3%. In particular, travel from Germany increased by 13.8% and was formed by 5.3 million travellers, while travel from France increased by 7.8% and was formed by 1.9 million travellers. A 9.8% increase was also noted in Italy’s travel traffic, which formed 1.9 million travellers. With regard to other countries, travel from the United Kingdom decreased by 1.1% and was formed by 4.49 million travellers, while that from the US increased by 8.1% to 1.4 million travellers. Finally, the travel traffic from Russia decreased by 54.3% and was shaped as 15.2 thousand travelers. Source: RES-AE
Over 35 million tourists who visited our country in January – November 2024
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