40 million approached the number of tourists
40 million approached the number of tourist (39.5 million) who visited our country in 2024.
Incoming tourist traffic last year, according to data from the Bank of Greece, recorded 9.8% compared to 2023. , € 7 billion, recording an increase of 5.4% compared to 2023.
More specifically, from the European Union (27) the increase in receipts reached 7% to € 11.9 billion. Revenue from residents of the euro area countries stood at € 9.4 billion, up 4.2%, while revenue from residents of EU-27s out of the euro zone rose by 18.8%. , which stood at 2.5 billion euros.
In particular, receipts from Germany increased by 3.5%to € 3.7 billion, while receipts from France decreased by 11.4%to € 1.2 billion. Italy was increased by 13.6%, which stood at € 1.2 billion. Of the other countries, the United Kingdom revenue declined by 3.7%, which stood at 3.1 billion euros, while US revenue increased by 15.1% to € 1.6 billion. . Finally, the receipts from Russia fell by 50.8% and stood at € 15.9m, reported in the EIA.
In terms of travel traffic, airports increased by 10.7% and 8.9% through road border roads. In 2024 travel traffic from EU-27 countries stood at 21.8 million travelers, up 11.0% compared to 2023, while travel traffic from other countries increased by 8.1% and increased by 8.1% and It was 14.1 million travelers. Travel traffic from euro area countries increased by 12.1% and travel from EU-27 countries outside the euro area by 8.9%.
In particular, travel from Germany increased by 13.4% and stood at 5.4 million travelers, while travel from France increased by 8.8% and stood at 1.2 million travelers. Travel traffic from Italy rose by 10.0%, which was 2,025.9 million travelers. Regarding the other countries, travel from the United Kingdom declined by 1.0% and stood at 4.5 million travelers, while the US increased by 10.0% to 1,547.4 million travelers. Finally, Russia’s travel traffic decreased by 54.9% and stood at 16.1 thousand travelers.
The travel balance showed a surplus of 18.9 billion euros, against a surplus of 18.1 billion euros in 2023. Travel receipts rose by € 1.1 billion or 5.4%, which stood at 21.7 billion. Euro, while an increase of EUR 352.2 million or 14.5% was also observed in travel payments, which stood at € 2.8 billion. The increase in travel receipts is due to the rise of incoming travel traffic by 9.8%, as average expenditure per trip decreased by 5.1%. Net receipts from travel services offset 53.0% of the balance of goods deficit and contributed 83.2% to all net receipts from services.
