INDICATOR RESULTS FACT SHEET SET08: ACCESSIBLE SITES OF CULTURAL AND TOURIST INTEREST

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1 INDICATOR RESULTS FACT SHEET SET08: ACCESSIBLE SITES OF CULTURAL DEFINITION - OBJECTIVE The indicator determines the important areas of tourist interest of Zone ΙV that are accessible via an interchange of the axis and in particular (a) the position, (b) time distance of the closest Egnatia Motorway axis, (c) the number of visitors they accept, for which official information is available and (d) the total tourist movement per Prefecture of Zone IV. The indicator s objective is to determine the operation effects of the Egnatia Motorway as regards the access to areas of tourist interest and consequently the acknowledgement of tourist assets in the area affected by the axis. RESULTS- ASSESSMENT In this phase, the indicator represents the tourist movement in the area of the Egnatia Motorway Impact Zone IV 1. The primary information is provided by NSSG and concerns: arrivals of foreigners per means of transport and entrance station, arrivals and overnight staying at tourist accommodation units hotel capacity, tourist visits to museums and archeological sites and finally ticket collection for entering museums and archeological sites. According to the elaboration of NSSG data for the last decade, carried out by the Observatory of Egnatia Odos, the zone crossed by the Egnatia Motorway covers a percentage of approximately 25% of the tourist arrivals seeking for accommodation and 16% of the respective number seeking for an overnight staying of the total of the country, having as main poles the Prefectures of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Magnissia, Kavala and Pieria. Generally, we observe that during the time period from 1996 to 1 The 5 Regions crossed by the Egnatia Motorway are: Epirus, Thessaly, West Macedonia, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia & Thrace.

2 2006, the tourist accommodation units number on the impact zone of the Egnatia Odos Motorway has been substantially increased, surpassing the average increase of the country (45.5% as opposed to 14.4%). During this time period, West Macedonia Region has doubled the amount of tourist accommodation capacity offered (increase by 100%, the peak noted at the Prefectures of Grevena and Kastoria). A big increase has been observed in the number of hotel units in the Region of Epirus (65.3%, the peak noted at the Prefectures of Ioannina and Arta) and Central Macedonia (57,9%, with a peak noted at the Municipality of Pella). A substantial increase has also been observed at several Prefectures of the zone during the period , with an average of positive alteration of 6.3%. The Prefectures with the highest increase are the following: Thesprotia, Arta, Pieria and Halkidiki with alterations for the time period from 7.5% to 30%. During the same time period an increase has been observed at the Regions of Central Macedonia (5.5%), East Macedonia & Thrace and Epirus (2.3%), while the Regions of Central Macedonia and Thessaly have shown a reduction of 1% and 0.3% respectively. 2

3 ARRIVALS OF FOREIGNERS IN GREECE PER MEAN OF TRANSPORTATION AND ENTRANCE IN IMPACT ZONE IV OF THE EGNATIA MOTORWAY average AIR ARRIVALS Alexandroupoli 840 2, ,531 2,590 1,053 1, Thessaloniki 570, , , , , , , , , , , ,762 Ioannina Kavala 73,413 80,702 76,673 53,440 17,718 73,995 34, ,343 92,248 68,618 74,365 67,944 Preveza 98, , , , , , , , , ,441 Impact Zone IV 743, , , , , , , , , , , ,201 Greece 7,693,607 8,147,921 8,645,841 9,961,836 10,454,089 10,841,059 10,437,910 10,417,072 9,973,822 10,915,243 11,509,127 9,908,866 RAIL ARRIVALS Dikaia 1,098 2, ,474 7,257 3,394 4,141 8,779 8,471 3,702 Idomeni 19,542 29,593 25,490 5,623 18,343 17,098 19,465 25,900 24,113 23,722 24,732 21,238 Promachonas 1,252 1, ,378 43,924 59,180 54,040 60,036 59,983 65,258 37,412 37,758 Pythiou 6,171 3,793 4, ,682 5,318 8,492 5,232 3,369 6,170 8,494 4,922 Ν, Kafkasou Impact Zone IV 28,063 36,752 31,706 38,808 63,969 86,070 89,254 94,562 91, ,929 79,109 67,621 Greece 28,063 36,752 31,706 38,808 63,969 86,070 89,254 94,561 91, ,929 79,109 67,621 COASTAL ARRIVALS Igoumenitsa 50, , , , , , , , , , , ,943 Thessaloniki 22,124 20,436 23,513 23,078 28,703 30,489 30,658 26,178 26,985 28,067 35,438 26,879 Impact Zone IV 73, , , , , , , , , , , ,822 Greece 585, , , , , , ,017 1,444,954 1,510, ,829 1,009, ,412 ROAD ARRIVALS Doirani 44,898 59,844 18,841 16,298 40,346 63,826 90, ,145 72,286 50,612 42,234 56,151 Euzonoi 249, , , , , , , , , , , ,152 Kakkavia 146, , , , , , , , , , , ,064 Kastania 2,200 1,562 7,088 4, ,679 19,153 16,335 22,170 18,669 15,860 10,813 Kipoi 97,879 65,752 98, , , , , , , , , ,994 Krystalopigi 40,564 63, , , , , , , , , , ,160 Niki 15,765 92,119 55,410 70, , , , , , , , ,559 Ormenio 19,963 25,261 21,532 2,002 1,920 61,598 81,594 68,534 94, , ,174 55,998 Promachonos 326, , , , , , , , , , , ,832 Impact Zone IV 944,541 1,319,946 1,403,983 1,366,338 1,741,477 2,322,037 2,855,818 2,826,173 2,691,982 2,986,462 3,441,204 2,172,724 Greece 944,541 1,319,946 1,403,983 1,366,338 1,741,477 2,322,037 2,855,818 2,826,173 2,691,982 2,986,462 3,441,204 2,172,724 Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 10/2007

4 INDICATOR RESULTS FACT SHEET SET08: ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF TOURIST INTEREST As regards the arrival of foreigners, it should be pointed out that they are recorded on the Impact Zone of the Egnatia Motorway and are connected either directly (Kipi- Prefecture of Evros), or through a perpendicular road with the motorway. It should also be pointed out that arrivals by car do not concern exclusively the tourist movement but they also serve commuting (eg immigrants, businessmen etc). An increase in the four most important northern city entrances to Greece has been observed (Evzoni, Kakavia, Krystallopigi, Promahonas), while the remaining have shown no signs of change. In particular, for the time period from , the average highest amount of arrivals in Greece is recorded at the border station of Kakavia (24.3%) followed by Promahonas (23%), Evzoni (21.8%), Krystallopigi (14.1%) and Kipi. (6.5%). The remaining increases are divided between the stations of Niki at the Prefecture of Florina (4.7%), Doirani at the Prefecture of Kilkis (2,6%), Ormenio and Kastanies at the Prefecture of Evros (2.6% και 0.5% respectively). In the majority of road border stations with the exception of Doirani, Kastanies and Krystallopigi, there has been an increase of arrivals by 16.6%, 15.1 and 6% respectively, during the years The highest increase has been recorded at Promahonas (35.7%), Kakavia (18.3%) and Kipi (18.1%). The remaining border stations have shown during the same time period an increase of 4.8% (Ormenio) up to 17.8% (Evzoni). Generally at the Prefecture level and for the year 2006, Thessaloniki comes first in the number of tourist arrivals, with a percentage of 24.1% (one fourth) of the total of arrivals, within the Impact Zone of the Egnatia Motorway, followed by the Prefectures of Halkidiki and Magnissia.

5 ARRIVALS IN TOURIST ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS OF IMPACT ZONE IV OF THE EGNATIA MOTORWAY ( ) Average Change GREECE 12,392,044 12,499,809 12,131,583 13,412,596 13,982,021 12,883,611 12,83% IMPACT ZONE IV 2,964,820 3,093,982 2,977,012 3,476,492 3,601,014 3,222,664 21,46% EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 536, , , , , ,375 5,74% DRAMA 32,131 37,284 38,780 40,633 36,888 37,143 14,81% KAVALA 213, , , , , ,725-4,47% EVROS 158, , , , , ,691 7,52% XANTHI 71,042 73,268 78,921 81,020 81,632 77,177 14,91% RODOPI 61,553 64,458 72,394 86,175 74,616 71,839 21,22% CENTRAL MACEDONIA 1,075,262 1,224,055 1,302,659 1,560,266 1,681,539 1,368,756 56,38% IMATHIA 48,642 55,395 49,699 53,750 61,691 53,835 26,83% THESSALONIKI 649, , , , , ,088 33,53% KILKIS 7,090 10,975 12,321 9,569 9,945 9,980 40,27% PELLA 21,585 39,022 34,202 38,161 35,829 33,760 65,99% PIERIA 120, , , , , ,694 20,81% SERRES 54,818 57,692 49,361 48,098 50,459 52,086-7,95% CHALKIDIKI 173, , , , , , ,38% WEST MACEDONIA 202, , , , , ,844-0,75% GREVENA 17,996 19,763 17,954 19,899 19,622 19,047 9,04% KASTORIA 82,958 76,009 72,381 79,724 83,936 79,002 1,18% KOZANI 61,390 63,825 60,272 55,170 55,599 59,251-9,43% FLORINA 39,852 42,823 39,308 41,219 41,522 40,945 4,19% THESSALIA 729, , , , , ,060 7,16% KARDITSA 61,241 66,125 48,279 59,026 59,832 58,901-2,30% LARISA 120, ,603 93, , , ,261-4,91% MAGNISIA 338, , , , , ,694 8,28% TRIKALA 208, , , , , ,205 15,09% EPIRUS 421, , , , , ,629-12,25% ARTA 31,961 33,164 32,468 35,213 42,778 35,117 33,84% THESPROTIA 35,141 33,392 28,766 14,454 18,192 25,989-48,23% IOANNINA 263, , , , , ,906-16,26% PREVEZA 90,354 90,125 60,076 89,739 87,790 83,617-2,84% Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 5

6 After examination of each Region of the Zone separately, the Prefectures order from the point of view average number of arrivals for the time period has as follows: DOMINANT PREFECTURES PER REGION AVERAGE NUMBER OF ARRIVALS IN TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS Region Prefecture Contribution in Contribution in Impact Zone IV Greece East Macedonia and Thrace Kavala 6.51% 1.63% Central Macedonia Thessaloniki 23.06% 5.77% West Macedonia Kastoria 2.45% 0.61% Epirus Ioannina 6.92% 1.73% Thessalia Magnisia 10.82% 2.71% Arrivals in tourist accomodation establishments per region of Impact Zone IV, Central Macedonia Thessaly East Macedonia and Thrace Epirus West Macedonia

7 Participation of impact Zone IV regions in accomodations in tourist establishments for the total of years % 17% Participation of specific prefectures on Impact Zone IV in accomodations in tourist establishments of Greece in the total of the period % 9% 17% ΚΑVΑLΑ THESSALONIKI CHALKIDIKI EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 19% KASTORIA CENTRAL MACEDONIA MAGNISIA WEST MACEDONIA THESSALY EPIRUS 4% 51% 5% 12% 1% 24% IOANNINA 16% 84% IMPACT ZONE IV REST OF GREECE Participation of Impact Zone IV in Greece's tourist establishments for the total of ages For this time period, the Prefecture of Kilkis has the highest percentage of tourist arrivals both at the zone and country levels (0.31% and 0.08% respectively). A low percentage has been observed at the Prefectures of Grevena, (0.59% for the zone and 0.15% for the country), Thesprotia (0.81% for the zone and 0.20% for the country), Pella (1.05% for the zone and 0.26% for the country), Arta (1.09% for the zone and 0.27% for the country). The highest increase for the time period has been observed at the Prefecture of Halkidiki, where tourist arrivals have increased by 194%. As regards providing accommodation for the night at tourist areas, Central Macedonia represents 51% of the total of the zone, a percentage which is higher than the percentage of arrivals and 8.4% of the total of the country. 7

8 ACCOMMODATION IN TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS OF IMPACT ZONE IV OF THE EGNATIA MOTORWAY ( ) Change Average GREECE ,06% IMPACT ZONE IV 10,298,294 9,087,836 8,092,912 8,324,887 8,550,566 9,853,490 10,498,235 9,243,746 1,94% EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 1,627,735 1,624,965 1,546,853 1,490,824 1,509,539 1,536,703 1,543,865 1,554,355-5,15% DRAMA 60,590 52,344 55,228 65,809 69,210 72,420 75,365 64,424 24,39% KAVALA 881, , , , , , , ,175-12,72% EVROS 397, , , , , , , ,215-3,90% XANTHI 119, , , , , , , ,036 19,60% RODOPI 168, , , , , , , ,506 3,22% CENTRAL MACEDONIA 5,484,418 4,452,956 3,556,211 3,824,103 4,475,094 5,246,823 5,966,191 4,715,114 8,78% IMATHIA 88,004 73,321 85, ,698 89, , ,832 94,887 42,98% THESSALONIKI 1,634,968 1,599,444 1,339,548 1,506,678 1,336,392 1,632,381 1,721,490 1,538,700 5,29% KILKIS 18,645 24,362 18,698 30,079 32,812 26,501 25,875 25,282 38,78% PELLA 60,675 64,763 48,843 72,152 65,347 68,469 66,662 63,844 9,87% PIERIA 661, , , , , , , ,433 4,28% SERRES 131, , , , , , , ,383-20,03% CHALKIDIKI 2,889,080 1,892,628 1,354,922 1,394,159 2,095,403 2,616,454 3,231,444 2,210,584 11,85% WEST MACEDONIA 376, , , , , , , ,733-0,17% GREVENA 31,247 25,950 33,443 38,608 35,266 39,368 40,243 34,875 28,79% KASTORIA 130, , , , , , , ,522 16,72% KOZANI 134, , , , , , , ,738-13,58% FLORINA 79,887 75,200 74,102 78,310 68,480 72,395 66,811 73,598-16,37% THESSALIA 1,752,050 1,727,389 1,735,091 1,729,936 1,540,565 1,949,851 1,828,356 1,751,891 4,36% KARDITSA 127, , , , , , , ,884-0,81% LARISA 268, , , , , , , ,992-18,41% MAGNISIA 1,069,246 1,114,840 1,077,902 1,034, ,982 1,271,994 1,146,684 1,102,071 7,24% TRIKALA 287, , , , , , , ,944 17,17% EPIRUS 1,057, , , , , , , ,653-25,87% ARTA 65,344 65,222 65,268 63,605 64,053 62,063 79,668 66,460 21,92% THESPROTIA 178,481 83,565 56,879 74,319 83,020 38,363 48,361 80,427-72,90% IOANNINA 487, , , , , , , ,442-18,71% PREVEZA 326, , , , , , , ,323-20,40% Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 The Prefecture of Halkidiki has the highest percentage of overnight staying, averagely covering the years , which represents 1/4 (23.9%) of the total amount of the Zone and 3.9% of the country followed by the Prefectures of Thessaloniki, Magnissia, Kavala and Pieria, The Prefectures presenting the highest average number of overnight staying are the following: 8

9 DOMINANT PREFECTURES PER REGION AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACCOMMODATIONS IN TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS Region Prefecture Contribution in Impact Zone IV Contribution in Greece East Macedonia and Thrace Kavala 8.92% 1.47% Central Macedonia Thessaloniki 23.91% 3.94% West Macedonia Kastoria 1.50% 0.25% Epirus Ioannina 4.55% 0.75% Thessalia Magnisia 11.92% 1.96% Same as for the arrivals, the overnight staying percentage in the Prefecture of Kilkis has the lowest participation percentage both in the Zone and the Country totals (0.27% and 0.05% respectively), The Prefectures of Grevena, Pella, Drama and Arta show lower percentages Accomodations in tourist establishments of Impact Zone IV per region, CENTRAL MACEDONIA THESSALY EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE EPIRUS WEST MACEDONIA For the time period , the Zone presents an increase of overnight staying percentage, as opposed to the rest of the country, where the percentage has been reduced (1.94% as opposed to -7.06% of the country), A highest reduction percentage is observed at Epirus (-25.87%), while on the other hand Central Macedonia and Thessaly are the only Regions that presented an increase (8.78% and 4.36% respectively), Out of the Municipalities of the Zone presenting the highest number of overnight staying, the Prefectures of Ioannina and Kavala showed a reduction, while the Prefectures of Halkidiki, Magnissia, Thessaloniki and Pieria showed an increase. Out of the remaining Municipalities, a remarkable percentage increase has been the case of the 9

10 Municipalities of Thesprotia and Drama, while on the contrary, a high percentage increase has been observed in the Prefecures of Imathia and Kilkis. ACCOMMODATION IN TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS OF IMPACT ZONE IV OF THE EGNATIA MOTORWAY, GREECE 8,252 8,185 8,281 8,512 8,692 8,684 8,666 9,022 9,230 9,377 9,444 14,44% IMPACT ZONE IV 1,747 1,784 1,897 2,003 2,105 2,102 2,229 2,355 2,451 2,506 2,541 45,45% EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE ,62% DRAMA ,14% KAVALA ,36% EVROS ,67% XANTHI ,29% RODOPI ,06% CENTRAL MACEDONIA ,002 1,000 1,056 1,126 1,184 1,210 1,211 57,89% IMATHIA ,67% THESSALONIKI ,57% KILKIS ,18% PELLA ,73% PIERIA ,69% SERRES ,92% CHALKIDIKI ,23% WEST MACEDONIA ,00% GREVENA ,00% KASTORIA ,77% KOZANI ,00% FLORINA ,31% THESSALIA ,48% KARDITSA ,71% LARISA ,90% MAGNISIA ,88% TRIKALA ,15% EPIRUS ,34% ARTA ,00% THESPROTIA ,33% IOANNINA ,09% PREVEZA ,94% *Hotels, similar accommodation establishments, campings. Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/

11 As regards the availability of hotel rooms, the Impact Zone of Egnatia Odos presents a percentage of 26.9% of the country s total for the year 2006, Central Macedonia Region prevails with a number of 1,211 tourist accommodation units for the year 2006, with 47.7% of the total of the Zone, The least tourist accommodation units are located in West Macedonia (102 for the same year, 4.01% of the Zone). We generally observe that during the time period , the number of tourist accommodation units in the Zone has increased, reaching a percentage which exceeds the number of the Country average (45.5% instead of 14.4%), During this time period, West Macedonia Region has doubled its number of tourist accommodation units (increase of 100%), A higher increase has been observed in the hotel units in Epirus (65.34%) and Central Macedonia (57.89%), As regards the Prefectures of the Impact Zone of the Egnatia Motorway, a surprising percentage increase has been observed in the Prefectures of Pella and Grevena (373% and 300% respectively), while the Prefectures of Imathia, Karditsa, Kastoria, Drama, Ioannina and Florina have overdoubled the number of tourist accommodation units. As regards the completeness, the Zone presents a lower percentage in relation to the Country s total (average percentage for the period : 43.4% as opposed to the Country s 60.7%), At a regional level, Central Macedonia comes first with a percentage of 54.4% for the time period , The Prefecture of Thessaly follows with a percentage of 42.9%, At a prefecture level, Halkidiki prevails with an average percentage of approximately 50%, Further below we find West Macedonia with an average percentage of 36.5%, while the list of Municipalities involves Grevena, Pella and Kilkis, with a percentage not surpassing 25%. There has been a positive progress during the year in question (2006), which shows an increase in more than half the Prefectures of the Zone, In particular, during the year 2006, 13 out of 24 Prefectures of the Zone showed an average increase in the amount of tourist accommodation availability of 6.3%, The Prefectures showing the highest increase are: Thesprotia, Arta, Pieria and Halkidiki, with variations for the time period from 7.5% to 29.1%, For the same time period at a regional level, there has been an increase of the respective amount in Central Macedonia Region (5.5%), East Macedonia & Thrace and Epirus (2.3%), while West Macedonia Region and Thessaly had a limit decrease of 0.1% and 0.3% respectively. OCCUPANCY OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS ( %) Average GREECE 64.83% 63,37% 61,81% 60,71% 55,59% 58,57% 59,76% 60,66% IMPACT ZONE IV 48.03% 46,97% 44,40% 43,48% 38,71% 40,69% 41,52% 43,40% EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 46.20% 46.15% 42.74% 41.20% 37.86% 39.76% 40.68% 42.08% 11

12 OCCUPANCY OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS ( %) Average DRAMA 48.03% 46.61% 39.00% 37.22% 36.11% 33.58% 34.94% 39.36% KAVALA 35.85% 35.16% 34.45% 39.71% 35.28% 35.55% 34.11% 35.73% EVROS 41.00% 38.00% 33.50% 30.41% 33.23% 33.34% 33.91% 34.77% XANTHI 40.07% 31.67% 27.92% 29.41% 31.83% 32.28% 31.15% 32.05% RODOPI 49.19% 51.95% 50.64% 47.87% 41.22% 47.70% 50.07% 48.38% CENTRAL MACEDONIA 59.86% 58.33% 55.81% 53.25% 49.77% 50.43% 53.20% 54.38% IMATHIA 40.57% 38.59% 35.62% 36.27% 31.78% 34.16% 33.43% 35.77% THESSALONIKI 52.30% 51.24% 49.02% 47.84% 43.10% 42.84% 43.02% 47.05% KILKIS 19.67% 24.99% 19.77% 22.04% 23.83% 19.32% 19.26% 21.27% PELLA 23.97% 28.01% 23.26% 23.04% 21.32% 20.03% 18.64% 22.61% PIERIA 46.44% 52.04% 55.91% 52.01% 46.91% 49.34% 53.28% 50.85% SERRES 40.97% 37.19% 39.59% 34.96% 33.79% 33.16% 31.77% 35.92% CHALKIDIKI 77.18% 79.94% 79.36% 77.47% 65.25% 64.73% 69.57% 73.36% WEST MACEDONIA 42.18% 38.79% 37.78% 39.16% 31.66% 33.12% 32.79% 36.50% GREVENA 27.47% 22.37% 24.57% 24.38% 20.62% 21.19% 21.59% 23.17% KASTORIA 47.73% 45.45% 44.71% 46.17% 36.81% 38.22% 40.05% 42.73% KOZANI 40.27% 35.37% 36.04% 41.10% 33.85% 34.81% 32.36% 36.26% FLORINA 46.86% 44.93% 38.61% 37.51% 28.79% 32.21% 30.46% 37.05% THESSALIA 46.14% 47.26% 44.50% 43.12% 38.29% 40.69% 40.57% 42.94% KARDITSA 51.27% 49.80% 43.37% 41.53% 39.72% 40.65% 36.89% 43.32% LARISA 39.48% 37.11% 39.32% 37.32% 35.51% 33.17% 31.01% 36.13% MAGNISIA 51.36% 53.58% 50.32% 48.55% 42.03% 43.93% 45.02% 47.83% TRIKALA 35.69% 36.19% 33.77% 34.79% 28.63% 36.17% 36.95% 34.60% EPIRUS 45.78% 44.30% 41.18% 40.67% 35.99% 39.46% 40.36% 41.11% ARTA 53.39% 53.29% 54.80% 51.96% 47.73% 38.69% 43.31% 49.02% THESPROTIA 52.68% 31.10% 32.19% 32.37% 35.43% 24.40% 31.51% 34.24% IOANNINA 45.98% 47.10% 46.03% 43.63% 40.12% 45.10% 46.21% 44.88% PREVEZA 41.28% 42.85% 34.12% 36.45% 27.92% 35.22% 33.27% 35.87% Source: National Statistics Service Agency. 10/2007 The number of visitors to museums and archeological sites of the Egnatia Motorway Impact Zone represents an average 6% of the tickets sold at the archeological site entrances and museums. The Regions share the percentage as follows: In Central Macedonia an average of tickets per year are sold. out of the tickets of the Zone (70% of the Zone and 4.2% of the country as a whole). At a Prefecture level. Thessaloniki has the highest average annual number of tickets sold at museums and archeological sites (21.6% of the Zone and 1.3% of the Country). 12

13 Museum & and archaeological site tickets East Macedonia and Thrace 43,163 33,052 34,007 51,555 58,917 49,788 51,370 62,188 72,985 Drama ,256 1,846 2,018 2,054 2,170 Kavala 25,012 13,791 12,688 31,690 37,375 31,165 34,129 42,557 54,015 Evros 18,151 19,261 20,760 19,241 19,286 16,777 15,223 17,577 16,800 Central Macedonia 349, , , , , , , , ,658 Imathia 96,962 89,544 89,370 95, ,150 84, , , ,689 Thessaloniki 146,638 56,760 64,007 64, ,968 97, , , ,676 Pella 36,800 44,400 24,000 22,960 38,670 25,890 24,710 29,200 29,700 Pieria 59,397 51,036 63,193 67,253 76,561 87, , , ,269 Serres 4,009 3,277 4,193 3,289 6,936 11,731 8,700 9,520 9,695 Chalkidiki 6,192 8,778 10,002 11,207 33,966 33,696 37,414 29,428 36,629 West Macedonia ,503 5,369 11,225 20,970 19,512 Kastoria ,612 1,018 4,193 4,102 4,132 Kozani ,721 3,116 5,834 15,809 13,957 Florina ,170 1,235 1,198 1,059 1,423 Thessalia 12,127 12,208 13,522 12,865 37,314 21,410 21,094 42,358 34,108 Larisa 6,107 6,063 6,795 5,717 17,558 14,433 12,448 12,064 11,386 Μαγνησία 6,020 6,145 6,727 7,148 19,756 6,977 8,646 30,294 22,722 Epirus 80,598 71,741 73,480 79, ,587 85,101 80,697 82,964 77,615 Arta 4,801 3,712 4,304 3,707 6,297 4,255 4,162 2,389 0 Ioannina 44,179 40,199 41,030 39,678 69,203 54,237 49,326 51,200 52,368 Preveza 31,618 27,830 28,146 35,911 37,087 26,609 27,209 29,375 25,247 Impact Zone IV 485, , , , , , , , ,878 Greece 8,844,542 7,647,468 8,478,326 8,104,265 9,362,459 7,914,975 8,290,256 9,585,674 10,312,120 A remarkable increase has been observed during the period , as regards the tickets of visitors to museums and archeological sites at Halkidiki, due to the opening of new museums, At most prefectures, the number has overdoubled and in some cases even overtripled, as regards the tickets sold at museums during their functioning, A negative alteration is observed only at Thessaloniki, Pella and Evros with a percentage ranging from 16-27%, Both Zone IV and the country as a whole presented an increase of 15.3% and 25% respectively, As regards museums, there has been a remarkable increase for the museum of Polygyros and Prosforiou Tower of the Municipality of Halkidiki, as well as the museum of Volos (Magnissia) and the White Tower (Thessaloniki), A reduction of 63% has been observed for the Byzantine Museum of Thessloniki, As regards the money collected from the tickets sold at museums, there has been a remarkable increase during the period at the Prefecture of Halkidiki, The Prefecture of Kavala reached a remarkable percentage (550.51%) and was followed by the Municipality of Pella, A reduction has been observed only at the Prefectures of Thessaloniki, Larissa and Magnissia, with respective percentages of 65.07%, 30.03% and 9.13%, The Egnatia Motorway Impact Zone presents a reduction by 42,27%, as opposed 13

14 to the respective country percentage, which presents an increase by 12,92%, During the last year, which has been examined, the Prefectures of Kavala, Drama and Halkidiki showed an increase of money collection from the tickets sold (602.9%, 24.5% and 24.3% respectively), A higher reduction has been observed at the Prefectures of Preveza and Thessaloniki, with a percentage of 22.25% and 18.71% respectively. MUSEUMS INCOME (in euros) Prefecture/Museum Drama , ,186 Drama , ,186 Evros 12,811 13,874 14,676 12,863 16,239 16,293 16,603 17,717 15,525 Samothrakis 12,811 13,874 14,676 12,863 16,237 16,293 16,603 17,717 15,525 Imathia ,140 2,226 1,292 1,930 1,789 Verias' Byzantine ,190 1, ,187 1,296 Verias' Archaelogical Thessaloniki 644, , , , ,083 45, , , ,949 Archaelogical 282, , , , ,550 4,734 56, , ,331 Byzantine culture 338,857 19,325 21,269 23,425 28,926 41,099 53,915 51,103 51,556 White Tower 22, ,620 13, ,574 97,224 26,062 Ioannina 16,327 18,208 20,743 20,528 27,471 26,224 21,971 18,230 18,623 Archaelogical 3,609 2,696 2,420 3,256 3, Byzantine culture 12,718 15,512 18,323 17,272 24,207 26,150 21,900 18,230 18,623 Konitsa (photo exhibition) Kavala 2,936 2,573 2,536 2,337 2,549 2,645 2,563 2,717 19,099 Thasos ,657 Kavala 2,936 2,573 2,536 2,337 2,549 2,645 2,563 2,717 2,442 Fillipoi Kastoria Byzantine culture Larissa 8,556 8,496 9,403 7,924 11,050 9,097 7,811 7,194 5,987 Archontiko G. Svarts 8,556 8,496 9,403 7,924 11,050 9,097 7,811 7,194 5,987 Magnisia 8,152 7,837 8,464 8,759 19, ,169 6,668 7,408 Almyrou Volou 8,152 7,708 8,331 8,585 18, ,172 6,336 7,319 Pellis 27,322 18,313 18,412 21,191 41,303 41,130 28,170 49,440 45,060 Pellis 27,322 18,313 18,412 21,191 41,303 41,130 28,170 49,440 45,060 Piera 43,007 29,325 35,107 36,205 41,472 48,938 37,157 63,945 56,358 Dion 43,007 29,325 35,107 36,205 41,472 48,938 37,157 63,945 56,358 Preveza 8,998 7,310 7,574 11,439 20,607 16,100 13,566 15,332 11,920 Nikopolis 8,998 7,310 7,574 11,439 20,607 16,100 13,566 15,332 11,920 Serres 5,520 4,503 5,728 4,342 6,941 6,310 6,210 6,000 6,213 Amfipolis 5,520 4,503 5,728 4,342 6,941 6,310 6,210 6,000 6,213 Florina ,000 1,038 1,041 1, Florina ,000 1,038 1,041 1, Chalkidiki 339 2,615 2,337 2,530 3,484 3,368 3,213 27,785 34,539 Poligiros 339 2,615 2,337 2,530 3,484 3,368 3,213 3,335 3,289 Prosforiou Tower ,450 31,250 Impact Zone IV 778, , , , , , , , ,627 Greece 7,810,353 6,631,144 7,834,536 7,060,785 7,574,993 4,458,687 6,304,409 8,277,065 8,819,315 Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 2007 (*) For years drachmas were converted to Euros 14

15 (**) Prefectures' totals and not the sum of the selected archaelogical sites As regards the archeological sites, the Prefecture of Magnissia presents a significant increase of the tickets sold during the period , with an alteration percentage of 665%, This is followed by the Prefectures of Pieria, Halkidiki, Imathia and Kavala with percentages of 111%, 87%, 83% and 71% respectively, A reduction has been observed at the Prefectures of Pella and Preveza, with percentages of 20% and 29% respectively, In detail, the archaeological sites of Messimvria of the Prefecture of Evros and Dimigi of the Prefecture of Magnissia present the highest percentage increase for the aforementioned time period, which amounts to 735% and 664% respectively, The highest negative alteration of visitors has been recorded in the archeological area of Kassiopi in the prefecture of Preveza, the Vergina Palace of Imathia and the archeological site of the Sacred Edifice of the Gods at Samothraki, with percentages ranging approximately from 40-65%, The Egnatia Odos Impact Zone presented a far greater increase of visitors at the archaeological sites, in relation to the country s percentage, with percentages of 62.3% and 13.75% respectively. As regards the collection of money at the archeological sites during the period , there has been a remarkable increase in the Prefecture of Magnissia with 881%, while the money collection in the Prefecture of Halkidiki has overdoubled with 166%, The Egnatia Motorway Impact Zone presents an increase of 73.6%, a percentage which is higher than the country s percentage (22.5%), The percentage has been reduced only at the Prefectures of Preveza (-18.54%) and Ioannina (-12.34%), During the last year, which has been examined, an increase has been recorded in the Prefecture of Pella (4.84%), Halkidiki (3.42%) and Evros (3%), A higher increase has been recorded in the Municipality of Preveza, (-18.64%) and Ioannina (-7.96%), Both the Impact Zone and the country as a whole present a reduction of -2,51% and % respectively, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES TICKETS Evros Prefecture 9,278 9,473 10,378 10,108 10,354 8,821 8,235 9,576 9,388 1,19% Mesimbria zoni ,004 2,881 3,414 4,435 3, ,29% Iero Megaron Theon Samothrakis 8,802 9,473 9,855 9,481 6,350 5,940 4,821 5,143 5,412-38,51% Imathia Prefecture 96,350 89,026 88,752 95, ,416 80, , , ,401 83,08% Anaktoro Verginas 24,488 21,221 27,009 19,488 12,771 6,762 11,722 13,458 12,971-47,03% Vergina Royal Tomb 71,862 67,805 61,743 75, ,645 73,854 97, , , ,42% Ioannina Prefecture 32,895 27,552 26,686 25,435 46,871 37,678 33,244 38,201 39,350 19,62% Dodoni 32,895 27,552 26,686 25,435 46,871 37,678 33,244 38,201 39,350 19,62% Kavala Prefecture 22,900 11,950 10,900 30,038 33,500 27,800 31,000 39,700 39,200 71,18% Filipi 22,900 11,950 10,900 30,038 33,500 37,800 31,000 39,700 39,200 71,18% Kozani Prefecture ,721 3,116 5,834 15,809 13,957 - Eani ,721 3,116 5,834 15,809 13,957 - Magnisia Prefecture ,674 5,053 1,339 7, ,06% Dimini ,674 5,053 1,339 7, ,06% 15

16 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES TICKETS Sesklo Pella Prefecture 17,500 32,500 13,370 11,900 19,220 12,400 12,500 13,220 13,980-20,11% Pella Prefecture 17,500 32,500 13,370 11,900 19,220 12,400 12,500 13,220 13,980-20,11% Pieria Prefecture 39,035 36,806 46,472 50,132 57,676 71,443 79,137 76,697 82, ,76% Dion 39,035 36,806 46,472 50,132 57,676 43,685 44,625 43,924 46,165 18,27% Platamonas Castle ,758 34,509 32,773 36,105 - Preveza Prefecture 25,298 22,660 22,716 27,811 29,782 20,336 21,433 21,431 18,057-28,62% Kassopi 5,248 4,431 3,779 3,881 2,573 2,355 3,578 1,490 1,917-63,47% Acheron's Necromanncy 20,050 18,229 18,937 23,930 27,209 17,981 17,855 19,941 16,140-19,50% Chalkidiki Prefecture 5,948 6,860 8,515 9,430 12,032 14,628 12,206 10,708 11,093 86,50% Olinthos 5,948 6,860 8,515 9,430 12,032 14,628 12,206 10,708 11,093 86,50% Impact Zone IV 249, , , , , , , , ,674 62,30% Greece 6,608,240 5,832,645 6,416,439 6,218,029 6,674,810 6,155,328 5,788,289 6,893,546 7,516,665 13,75% Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 2007 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES INCOME Evros Prefecture 13,339 14,638 14,845 14,409 14,162 15,369 12,162 13,068 13,460 Mesimbria zoni ,535 1,344 1,770 1,403 1,355 1,349 Iero Megaron Theon Samothrakis 12,627 14,093 14,097 6,874 12,815 13,599 10,759 11,713 12,111 Imathia Prefecture 264, , , , , , , , ,356 Anaktoro Verginas 34,002 29,684 29,046 27,502 40,934 34,544 40,964 52,380 45,144 Vergina Royal Tomb 230, , , , , , , , ,212 Ioannina Prefecture 46,811 39,332 37,480 35,922 45,810 46,396 35,981 44,583 41,033 Dodoni 46,811 39,332 37,480 35,922 45,810 46,396 35,981 44,583 41,033 Kavala Prefecture 50, ,952 63,361 89,009 79,300 49,600 97,600 94,600 Filipi 50, ,952 63,361 89,009 79,300 49,600 97,600 94,600 Kozani Prefecture Eani Magnisia Prefecture ,329 2,570 2,518 1,786 Dimini ,329 2,570 2,518 1,786 Sesklo Pella Prefecture 24, ,325 26,638 24,044 42,546 38,610 30,990 34,710 36,390 Pella Prefecture 24, ,325 26,638 24,044 42,546 38,610 30,990 34,710 36,390 Pieria Prefecture 84,678 78, , , , , , , ,932 Dion 84,678 78, , , , , , , ,731 Platamonas Castle ,622 37,808 35,653 38,201 Preveza Prefecture 35,355 31,431 31,515 38,966 51,210 37,001 34,330 35,400 28,800 Kassopi 7,243 6,196 9,290 5,619 4,734 4,570 4,750 2,700 3,080 Acheron's Necromanncy 28,112 25,235 22,225 33,347 46,475 32,431 29,580 32,700 25,720 Chalkidiki Prefecture 8,590 9,915 12,218 13,543 25,820 26,585 24,220 22,117 22,874 Olinthos 8,590 9,915 12,218 13,543 25,820 26,585 24,220 22,117 22,874 Impact Zone IV 528, , , , , , , , ,231 Greece 24,160,968 21,235,806 23,795,406 22,422,333 32,493,017 31,032,076 29,640,429 36,995,484 29,591,162 Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 2007 (*) For years drachmas were converted to Euros (**) Prefectures' totals and not the sum of the selected archaelogical sites 16

17 Participation of each region (of Zone IV) in number of museums and archeological site tickets, period Participation of certain Prefectures of each Region of Impact Zone IV in number of tickets in museums and archeological sites, period % 1% 16% 10% 21% 6% 21% Kavala Imathia Thessaloniki East Macedonia and Thrace Central Macedonia West Macedonia Thes salia Epirus 69% 6% 9% 15% 22% Pieria Kastoria Kozani Larisa 6,08% Impact Zone IV REST OF THE COUNTRY 93,92% Participation of Impact Zone IV in number of museum and archeological site tickets of Greece, period METADATA Sources The primary information has been provided by National Statistics Service Agency. It should be noted that there has been lack of information for certain denominators for the year before The information presented, comply with the data categories recorded by GNSSG, The tables of arrivals and overnight staying at tourist accommodation units refer both to hotel and camping sites. Consequently, both arrivals and overnight staying involve people visiting for commercial or business purposes. The tables presenting the money collected at the most important museums and archeological sites represent the current values in euros, while the values from 1998 until 2001 have been transformed from drachmas into euros. 17