Inbound tourist traffic increased by 74.7% in the first quarter of the year, with the result that the number of tourists who visited our country reached 1.072 million. This development, according to the data of the Bank of Greece, resulted in tourism revenues recording an increase of 63.8% in the same period to 732.9 million euros.
In more detail, travel traffic through airports increased by 64.6%, while that through road stations by 104.7%. During the reviewed period, travel traffic from EU-27 countries amounted to 898.7 thousand travelers, showing an increase of 51.7% compared to the corresponding period of 2022, while travel traffic from non-EU countries -27 increased by 103% and amounted to 975.5 thousand travelers. Travel traffic from euro area countries increased by 40.2%, while travel traffic from EU-27 countries outside the euro area increased by 80.4%.
In particular, travel traffic from Germany increased by 4.4% and reached 158 thousand travelers, while that from France increased by 72.7% and reached 92.8 thousand travelers. In relation to countries outside the EU-27, travel traffic from the United Kingdom increased by 61.9% to 148.3 thousand travelers and that from the USA increased by 129.6% to 86.5 thousand travelers . Finally, travel traffic from Russia decreased by 48.4% and amounted to 4.5 thousand travelers.
In terms of receipts, an increase was recorded in receipts from residents of the EU-27 countries by 31.8%, which amounted to 318.7 million euros, as well as in receipts from residents of countries outside the EU-27 by 102.2 %, which amounted to 409.6 million euros. In more detail, receipts from residents of the euro zone countries amounted to 266.9 million euros, increased by 35.8%, while receipts from residents of the EU-27 countries outside the euro zone showed an increase of 14.5 % and amounted to 51.8 million euros.
In particular, receipts from Germany decreased by 3.5% and amounted to 63.3 million euros, while receipts from France increased by 136.8% and amounted to 57.9 million euros. From the countries outside the EU-27, receipts from the United Kingdom showed an increase of 35.9%, which amounted to 54.9 million euros. Collections from the USA increased by 98.4% to 67 million euros, while those from Russia decreased by 46.6% to 3.2 million euros.
As a result of the above, the travel balance showed a surplus of 233.2 million euros, compared to a surplus of 150.1 million euros in the corresponding period of 2022.
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