{"id":122142,"date":"2017-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/greece-6-5-decrease-in-tourism-revenue-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:47:50","slug":"greece-6-5-decrease-in-tourism-revenue-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/greece-6-5-decrease-in-tourism-revenue-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece: 6.5% decrease in tourism revenue in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Last year, Greece&#8217;s tourism revenue decreased by 6.5% to EUR 13.207 billion, even though the number of tourists increased by 7.5%, according to data published by the Bank of Greece, BoG.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Revenue obtained from non-EU visitors decreased in 2016 by 14.6% to EUR 3.652 billion, while revenue obtained from EU residents recorded a decline of 3.3% to EUR 9.097 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Regarding revenue recorded from German visitors, it decreased by 5.2% to EUR 2.128 billion. In the case of France and the UK, the decline was 25.6% to EUR 889 million and 3.7% to EUR 1.944 billion, respectively.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Outside the EU, revenue obtained from Russian visitors increased by 3.5% to EUR 436 million, and in the case of the USA, a decrease of 22.8% to EUR 728 million was recorded.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last year, Greece was visited by 28.071 million foreign tourists, 7.5% more than the previous year, when there were 26.114 million foreign visitors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The number of EU tourists increased by 15% in 2016, representing 61.3% of total foreign visitors, while the number of non-EU tourists decreased by 12.1%, representing 27% of total foreign visitors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Germany is the main country of origin for foreign tourists in Greece, with 3.139 million visitors, an increase of 11.7% compared to 2015, followed by the UK with 2.895 million tourists and a 20.8% increase compared to the previous year, and France with 1.314 million tourists, a decrease of 13.7% compared to the previous year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Outside the EU, the number of tourists from Russia increased by 16.1% to 596,000, and the number of visitors from the USA increased by 3.8% to 779,000.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How much did Greece&#8217;s tourism revenue decrease in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greece&#8217;s tourism revenue fell by 6.5% in 2016, totaling 13.207 billion EUR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did the number of visitors to Greece increase in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, the number of foreign tourists grew by 7.5%, reaching a total of 28.071 million visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which country provided the most tourists to Greece in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany was the leading country of origin, with 3.139 million tourists visiting Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Greece&#8217;s tourism revenue decreased by 6.5% to EUR 13.207 billion, even though the number of tourists increased by 7.5%, according to data published by the Bank of Greece, BoG. Revenue obtained from non-EU visitors decreased in 2016 by 14.6% to EUR 3.652 billion, while revenue obtained from EU residents recorded a decline of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122142"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}