Greek tourism industry has apparently joined the planet’s “big league”, as recent figures show, putting the country’s travel and holiday sector up against premier European national destinations.
According to data compiled by the research arm of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), recent years’ arrival numbers now place Greece in the same category as France, Italy and the UK.
SETE head Yannis Retsos announced that 2018 closed with direct tourism-related revenues surpassing 16 billion euros, while indirect and incidental revenues reached a record 40 billion euros.
Regarding an oft-cited target of 50 million tourist arrivals annually, up from the current 30 million, Retsos pointed out that Greece does not have the necessary infrastructure to properly host so many visitors.
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