Greek Tourism Confederation

Although eight in 10 tourism businesses in Greece have already implemented or intend to soon adopt at least one measure of environmental and socio-sustainability, one in two players do not engage in strategic partnerships to promote sustainability according to a survey by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE).

Tourism in 2023 will fully return to the levels of 2019 or even surpass them, if marginally, estimates the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Paraschis.

Greece needs to immediately upgrade its infrastructure, as well as the proper management of individual destinations of Greece, the new president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Giannis Paraschis, said during the presentation of Kathimerini's Reimagine Tourism in Greece initiative on Wednesday.

Greek tourism has been established as a pillar of stability and growth over the last years, despite the turmoil and difficulties it faced from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the outgoing president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Giannis Retsos, told its 31st regular general assembly on Wednesday.

The year 2023 is on track to be better than 2022 for tourism, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). 

He noted that this increase in the country's tourism figures looked set to continue in the years to come, based on international trends. 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that tourism revenues have surpassed the targets set by the Finance Ministry during a meeting with the executive committee of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) on Monday. 

"This has provided greater financial resilience to support society with targeted measures to tackle the crisis of imported inflation," he said. 

Prime Minister Mitsotakis is scheduled to have a series of meetings Monday.

At 11.30 a.m., he will hold a working meeting with the executive committee of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) at Athens International Airport.

At 1.30 p.m., Mitsotakis will receive UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Maximos Mansion.

Greek tourism authorities and businesses are expressing reserved optimism regarding the sector's course in 2023.

This optimism is based both on the first indications from bookings for this season and the number of seats to Greece planned by the airline companies.

Reservations from the UK market have abruptly "awoken", according to hotel sector analysts in Greece, after a decision by the Johnson government to less restrictive travel for UK citizens visiting countries in the "amber" level, and who are fully vaccinated.

Tourism is set for more uncertainty due to the delays in vaccinations around the world and the continuation of the pandemic, Yiannis Retsos, the head of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), warns in an interview with Kathimerini.