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Impact of COVID-19 on Greek Tourism: Industry Experts’ Opinion
Gelina Kordoni | May 26, 2020
By Gelina Kordoni, Themis Trakas The Greek hotel industry is bruising, as it has been forced to a grinding halt. However, even on a dauntless note during such times, the hospitality industry is characterized by its resilience to perform and navigate itself through enhanced novel strategies. Finding itself in an advantageous position compared to other European destinations, Greece has gained positive momentum considering the proactiveness it showed in keeping the virus spread under control. Now this might give a sense of gloom and doom, but it all depends on the spectrum of external factors influencing travel down the road. After the fi...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Hotel Occupancy Levels in Athens and Thessaloniki
Pavlos Papadimitriou | April 23, 2020
By Pavlos Papadimitriou, Nana Boussia Introduction Imagine for a minute you are a hotel investor seeking after promising opportunities into developing destinations that you consider they have untapped potential. Looking back at the period 2012-19, Greek tourism was breaking one record after another. Following a nadir of 21 million that was caused to a great extent by the rumors about Greece’s potential economic default and the consequent negative publicity accompanied by political instability back in 2012, foreign tourist arrivals have been constantly growing since then at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 8.4% to reach 37 million in 2...
Greece, Google, & Good Content
Margaret Ady | July 7, 2015
by Margaret Ady Over the weekend I decided to plan a big, belated birthday trip, and the world really is my oyster. I have no one else to compromise with on destination or accommodations. My inspiration was a Travel & Leisure article about inexpensive flights, including flights from NY to Milan. This, of course, led to a lot of flitting around the internet researching the many different destinations I might enjoy, and now here I am researching a trip to Skiathos, Greece and weighing all the pro's and con's of the political situation alongside getting to check the Greek Isles off my travel bucket list. My point in telling you this st...
