×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Thursday
26
Feb 2026
weather symbol
Athens 13°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Travel

Average tourist spending down, SETE study shows

Refugee crisis hit Greek tourism

Newsroom November 1 01:51

Data released by the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) revealed the negative impact the refugee crisis in Greece and the terrorist attacks in Turkey had on the tourism industry in both countries. According to the details of the study, tourist arrivals, as well as the aggregate revenue generated were adversely affected over the past 7 months in 7 countries in the Mediterranean basin. The statistics demonstrate that per capita median spending was down in all seven countries, irrespective of the change in arrivals, with Greece being on the average of the other countries. The numbers showed that there was an inverse relation between migration flows and tourist arrivals, meaning the higher the number of incoming migrants and refugees into a country, the lower tourist arrivals were. Greece saw a 1.6% fall in arrivals and a 4.9% drop in revenues. The median per capital spending of tourists in Greece over t6he 7-month period was down by 3.3%. Turkey recorded the highest drop in arrivals (29.1%), with revenue also falling by 30.1%, while Italy registered a 4.4% rise in arrivals, a 1.2% increase in revenues and a 3.1% drop in median per capita spending. Spain and Croatia recorded an 11.2% and 9.7% increase in arrivals, respectively, while also seeing a drop in median per capital spending by 4.1% and 2.7%. The study attributes the drop in spending to the economic recession and general financial instability in Europe.

 

Δαπάνη 2 Δαπάνη

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#arrivals#data#greece#mediterranean#refugee crisis#study#tourism
> More Travel

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Prosecutor launches investigation into sabotage on Athens–Thessaloniki railway signaling system

February 26, 2026

Two Greek islands make the list of top European destinations for 2026 – See the full top 20

February 26, 2026

CIA urges Iranian citizens in Farsi to “contact it securely”

February 26, 2026

Surging waters from Ardas dam flow from Bulgaria into Greece, reaching Evros

February 26, 2026

Pierrakakis’s fires over the “greedy bankers” and the bill (that can’t be hidden), the €2.5 million for Brad Pitt, Fessas’s move on Fourlis

February 26, 2026

Brad Pitt’s “injured daughter” and the peak of the film’s production

February 26, 2026

Up to €800,000 in fines, automatic website shutdowns and 10-year prison terms under new illegal gambling bill

February 26, 2026

James Bond: Announcement for the next 007 approaches – Filming of the new movie to begin this year

February 26, 2026
All News

> Greece

Prosecutor launches investigation into sabotage on Athens–Thessaloniki railway signaling system

The head of the Thessaloniki Appeals Prosecutor’s Office, Leonidas Nikolopoulos, has ordered a preliminary investigation into an act of sabotage recorded yesterday afternoon on the central Athens–Thessaloniki railway line, just before Platy in Imathia

February 26, 2026

Two Greek islands make the list of top European destinations for 2026 – See the full top 20

February 26, 2026

Surging waters from Ardas dam flow from Bulgaria into Greece, reaching Evros

February 26, 2026

Up to €800,000 in fines, automatic website shutdowns and 10-year prison terms under new illegal gambling bill

February 26, 2026

Time change 2026 – March: When we turn our clocks forward one hour

February 26, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα