International tourist arrivals in Greece increased 5.7 pct in 2015 compared to 2014, the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) said on Thursday, announcing its official data collected from the country’s airports.
According to the report, 843,000 more tourists came to Greece in 2015, with the total number of airport arrivals reaching 15.5 million. In December, Athens maintained its robust numbers with a 15.5 pct rise in arrivals compared to the same period of 2014, while for the entire year the Greek capital achieved an impressive 22.6 pct jump.
The lion΄s share
For the rest of the country, the Ionian and Cycladic islands secured the lion΄s share of tourists in 2015 recording a 3.7 pct and 15 pct boost in international arrivals respectively, while the Dodecanese, Crete and the Peloponnese showed a drop of 2 pct, 0.8 pct and 12.3 pct respectively for the same period.
Excluding Athens, the country as a whole recorded a slight drop in arrivals (about 1,000 less) in December of 2015, compared to the same period in 2014, but an increase (about 77,000 more passengers) for the full year.
Source: ANA-MPA
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