{"id":124182,"date":"2015-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/greece-20-8-increase-in-foreign-tourists-in-h1\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:12:10","slug":"greece-20-8-increase-in-foreign-tourists-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/greece-20-8-increase-in-foreign-tourists-in-h1\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece: 20.8% Increase in Foreign Tourists in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In the first half of this year, Greece was visited by over 7.5 million tourists, an increase of 20.8% compared to the same period in 2014, according to data published by the Central Bank of Greece, citing a report from the Hellenic Statistical Authority, ELSTAT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Arrivals from Europe, which represent the majority of foreign visitors to Greece, specifically 86.1%, recorded an advance of 21.8% in the first six months of 2015.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Among European states, significant increases were recorded for tourists from Bulgaria &#8211; 149.5%, Germany &#8211; 23.5%, the United Kingdom &#8211; 18%, Italy &#8211; 64.6%, Romania &#8211; 62.3%, and Poland, while the number of tourists from Russia decreased by over 60%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From outside Europe, important increases in the number of foreign visitors came from the USA &#8211; 41.6% and Turkey &#8211; 21%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In 2014, Greece reported a current account surplus of EUR 1.66 billion, up from EUR 1.09 billion in 2013, due to tourism revenues, which grew in 2014 by 10.6% to a record level of EUR 13.44 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In 2014, foreign visitor arrivals in Greece increased by 23%, reaching a record level of 22 million.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capital.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Capital<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How much did tourism grow in Greece in the first half of 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foreign tourist arrivals in Greece increased by 20.8% in the first half of 2015, reaching over 7.5 million visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which European countries showed the highest increase in visitors to Greece?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria saw the highest growth at 149.5%, followed by Italy at 64.6% and Romania at 62.3%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was Greece&#8217;s record for tourism revenue in 2014?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Greece&#8217;s tourism revenue reached a record level of 13.44 billion EUR, contributing to a current account surplus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first half of this year, Greece was visited by over 7.5 million tourists, an increase of 20.8% compared to the same period in 2014, according to data published by the Central Bank of Greece, citing a report from the Hellenic Statistical Authority, ELSTAT. Arrivals from Europe, which represent the majority of foreign visitors&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124182","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\/124182","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=124182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124182"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}