Major projects worth more than 3 billion euros – without taking into account the indirect fiscal benefit of major interventions – have been launched or are on the starting line for 2023 in Attica.
REIMAGINE TOURISM IN GREECE
Next year’s tourism receipts are projected at 95% of 2022’s, which reached similar levels to those of 2019 – i.e. a little over 18 billion euros, based on the state budget forecasts.
Signs are growing that the Chinese market will open up for visitors to travel to Greece faster than many previously expected. One such sign is the start of a second weekly direct flight from China, between Athens and Shanghai.
Qualitative figures remain particularly encouraging for Greek tourism, as reflected in the comparative satisfaction indicators of foreign visitors to Greece and other Mediterranean countries.
The two main shareholders of Athens International Airport have reached an agreement in principle on the basic parameters of its listing on the Athens Stock Exchange.
Both the country’s popular winter resorts and hotels in the center of Athens and in the Athenian Riviera are showing high occupancy rates for the fortnight of the Christmas holidays.
More than four out of 10 beds available for tourist accommodation in the center of Athens at the end of 2019 concerned properties available through short-term rentals.
The government, local authorities and tourism businesses are trying to strike a balance between regulating the largely unregulated short-term rental market and maintaining tourism’s growth momentum.
Years after short-term rentals took a hold in Greece’s tourism industry, the government is seeking to legislate to impose some order on an activity that has seen explosive, largely unregulated growth.
The extremely good weather and the dynamic ranking of Greek destinations among the top positions of European travelers’ preferences resulted in one of the best, if not the best, October for Greek tourism of all time.
The Environment Ministry is paving the way for burning trash to produce electricity, with sources pointing to significant interest in such a scheme from the Public Power Corporation, particularly for its plant in Lavrio, southeast Attica.
The creation of up to four hotels within the zone of Piraeus port forms part of the master plan conditionally approved by the Council of State.
State asset utilization fund TAIPED is implementing a plan for developing the area of Fthiotida in Central Greece into one of the largest European spa tourism centers, with four such units, starting with the long-term concession of the property at the Kamena Vourla thermal springs.
The prospects for tourism in Greece in 2023 based on the first booking data from major and minor hotel groups, as well as surveys of Europeans’ intentions regarding travel in an environment of inflation and energy insecurity, are showing a two-sided picture.
The Environment Ministry has set new restrictions on the construction of hotels in off-plan areas, on plots of 0.4 to 0.8 hectares.
August 2022 was one of the top two months ever in terms of tourism takings.
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