The number of visits to museums and archaeological sites, and the subsequent revenue was up for the month of June throughout Greece. The total revenue for the month amounted to €13.6 million from €11.47 million in June of 2017, a 18.8% rise. The overall traffic for the first month of summer stood at 1.82 million visitors from 1.5 million in June 2016.
The data, from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), showed that for the period January-June 2017 the total number of visitors reached 6.9 million, from 5.8 million in the first half of 2016, while in terms of total proceeds they were €38.5 million from €31.6 million in the first half of 2016 (+ 21.8%).
ΕΣΤΑΤ recorded an increase of 19.9% in the museum visitors compared to the corresponding month of 2016, while the was also a rise in free admissions by 56.2% and an increase of revenues by 26.1%.
There was a 20.9% increase in visitors for June 2017 compared to the corresponding month of 2016, a 29.3% increase in visitors’ free admissions and a 17.7% increase in revenues.
For the 6-month period of January-June 2017, there is an increase of 18.2% for museum visitors and an increase of 16.6% for free-entry visitors compared to the corresponding period of 2016, while the respective revenue was up by 24, 5%
In archaeological sites, during the January-June 2017 period compared to the corresponding period of 2016, there was an increase of 20% in visitors and an increase of 21.1% of visitors, while the corresponding revenues rose by 21.3%.