{"id":124528,"date":"2015-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/vat-increase-in-greek-tourism-to-reduce-tourist-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:05:38","slug":"vat-increase-in-greek-tourism-to-reduce-tourist-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/vat-increase-in-greek-tourism-to-reduce-tourist-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"VAT Increase in Greek Tourism to Reduce Tourist Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Greece has submitted a new reform plan to the Eurogroup, hoping to convince international lenders to accept a bailout plan for its defaulted economy and the restructuring of its debt exceeding 320 billion EUR. The reform plan includes a VAT increase for the hospitality industry, reaching 23% for catering services and 13% for the hotel industry.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Carmen Pavel, Director of the J&#8217;Info Tours travel agency, stated that this increase will have a negative impact on the tourism sector and will lead to a decrease in the number of visitors amid rising prices.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Destinations such as Bulgaria or Turkey are catching up and could take over the tourists, while another option meeting tourists&#8217; needs is Albania, Carmen Pavel explained.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pavel also mentioned she hopes the Greeks will carefully analyze these measures, which will affect tourism.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What are the new VAT rates proposed in Greece?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reform plan includes a VAT increase to 23% for catering services and 13% for the hotel industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will the VAT increase affect the number of tourists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Experts predict a decrease in visitor numbers as the tax hike will lead to higher prices for travel packages and services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which alternative destinations might benefit from this change?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Countries like Bulgaria, Turkey, and Albania are expected to attract tourists looking for more affordable options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece has submitted a new reform plan to the Eurogroup, hoping to convince international lenders to accept a bailout plan for its defaulted economy and the restructuring of its debt exceeding 320 billion EUR. The reform plan includes a VAT increase for the hospitality industry, reaching 23% for catering services and 13% for the hotel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124528","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\/124528","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=124528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124528"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}