Greece: Fall in Tourist Numbers from UK and Russia

From Start TV - Ελληνικός τουρισμός: Ανησυχία από την πτώση των εσόδων από Βρετανία και την κατάρρευση της Ρωσίας

"According to the official figures of the Bank of Greece, travel receipts from Britain in 2018 dropped even lower than in 2016. In particular, receipts from British tourists dropped 5.9% last year to 1.94 billion. compared with € 2.06 billion in 2017 and € 1.94 billion in 2016. Also, the number of British tourists decreased by 2% last year, falling below 3 million. For 2019, the evolution of arrivals from the British market is linked to a great extent to the final form of the British exit procedures from the EU. A substantial decrease of 19.2% was recorded last year in travel receipts from Russia, reaching historically low levels of 337.8 million euros in recent years. In 2017, travel receipts amounted to € 418.1 million and € 206 million to € 436.1 million. Similarly, arrivals of Russian tourists decreased last year by 11.6%, reaching 520.2 thousand from 588.7 thousand in 2017 and 595.5 thousand in 2016".