September in Greece is always full of sunshine and for those who are still making their way across the Greek islands, enjoying swims at the beach will need to be prepared for a hot one today as temperatures are set to rise to 40 degrees Celsius in some regions, greekcitytimes.com reports and adds:
Meteorologists are predicting the mini heat wave will reach its peak on September 18 and temperatures will remain exceptionally high for the season also on the 19th.
Areas chiefly affected by the mini heat wave are: Central Macedonia, Thessaly, Sporades islands, islands of northern Aegean Sea, central and east Peloponnese and western Crete.
At the same time, occupancy levels for September and October continue to reach even 90% in popular destinations in Greece such as Crete, Rhodes and Halkidiki since German, British, Russian, French and Dutch tourists elect to travel in the fall.
Overall, the country expects increased international air arrivals this September, and a total of 28.5 million visitors in 2017, according to the latest estimates by the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).
The tourism season is extended to autumn and this September scheduled airline seats for foreign arrivals at Greece’s regional airports are expected to grow by 310,000 seats (13%) compared to September 2016, “Kathimerini” (Daily) newspaper reported, citing a survey by SETE Intelligence, the confederation’s research body.
The trend during the summer was also positive. In July, international arrivals at the country’s major airports increased by 5.7%, and by 8.8 % from the beginning of 2017.
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