RESULTS FACT SHEET SE-F-3: ACCESSIBILITY OF SITES OF CULTURAL & TOURIST INTEREST

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1 DEFINITION - OBJECTIVE Currently, the indicator records the areas of tourist interest in Zone II (prefectures crossed by the Egnatia motorway) that are accessible via an interchange of the axis and their distance (or their time distance) from the interchange. Moreover the indicator defines the changes of the tourist attendance in these areas (when published official statistic data are available). RESULTS ASSESSMENT At this stage the processing of the indicator presents a review of the tourist attendance in Impact Zone IV of the Egnatia Motorway, which consists of 5 Regions: (Epirus, West Macedonia, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia & Thrace and Thessalia) and the 25 Prefectures of these Regions. The primary data come from the Greek National Statistics Service Agency (ESYE) and are in regard to: The arrivals of foreigners in Greece based on the means of transport and the customs offices, The arrivals and the overnight stops at collective tourist accommodation establishments. The accommodation capacity, and finally The number of visitors to museums and archaeological sites. The zone of Regions crossed by Egnatia Motorway covers about 25% of the arrivals and 16% of the overnight stops of the total of Greece. Dominant within the zone are the Prefectures of Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki, Magnesia, Kavala and Pieria. Generally it has been observed that during the decade that the number of tourist accommodation establishments in the impact zone of Egnatia Motorway has increased by a percentage much higher than the respective percentage of Greece (45.7% versus 14.2%). During this period the Region of West Macedonia has doubled its accommodation capacity (96% increase, with the Prefectures of Grevena and Kastoria having the highest increase). There has been a great increase of the accommodation capacity in the Region of Central Macedonia (61.2% mainly in the Prefecture of Chalkidiki) and in Epirus (57.1% mainly in the Prefecture of Ioannina). The observed

2 increase in the accommodation occupancy in many Prefectures of the Zone at an average rate of 8.3% is characteristic. The Prefectures that presented the highest increase are: Trikala, Grevena, Preveza, Ioannina and Florina, having a change rate from 12% to 26% for the time period of During the same time, at regional level, an increase is noted in all Regions of the Zone, with Epirus having the higher increase (9.6%). ARRIVALS OF FOREIGNERS IN GREECE PER MEAN OF TRANSPORTATION AND ENTRANCE IN IMPACT ZONE IV OF THE EGNATIA MOTORWAY AIR ARRIVALS Alexandroupoli 840 2, ,531 2,590 Thessaloniki 570, , , , , , , , ,509 Ioannina Kavala 73,413 80,702 76,673 53,440 17,718 73,995 34, ,343 92,248 Preveza 98, , , , , , , , ,433 Impact Zone IV 743, , , , , , , , ,782 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 RAIL ARRIVALS Dikaia 1,098 2, ,474 7,257 3,394 4,141 Idomeni 19,542 29,593 25,490 5,623 18,343 17,098 19,465 25,900 24,113 Promachonas 1,252 1, ,378 43,924 59,180 54,040 60,036 59,983 Pythiou 6,171 3,793 4, ,682 5,318 8,492 5,232 3,369 Ν. Kafkasou Greece 28,063 36,752 31,706 38,808 63,969 86,070 89,254 94,561 91,612 COASTAL ARRIVALS Igoumenitsa 50, , , , , , , , ,413 Thessaloniki 22,124 20,436 23,513 23,078 28,703 30,489 30,658 26,178 26,985 Impact Zone IV 73, , , , , , , , ,398 Greece , , , , ,017 1,444,954 1,510,004 ROAD ARRIVALS Doirani 44,898 59,844 18,841 16,298 40,346 63,826 90, ,145 72,286 Euzonoi 249, , , , , , , , ,056 Kakkavia 146, , , , , , , , ,152 Kastania 2,200 1,562 7,088 4, ,679 19,153 16,335 22,170 Kipoi 97,879 65,752 98, , , , , , ,351 Krystalopigi 40,564 63, , , , , , , ,701 Niki 15,765 92,119 55,410 70, , , , , ,584 Ormenio 19,963 25,261 21,532 2,002 1,920 61,598 81,594 68,534 94,744 Promachonos 326, , , , , , , , ,938 Greece 944,541 1,319,946 1,403,983 1,366,338 1,741,477 2,322,037 2,855,818 2,827,973 2,691,982 Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 Regarding the foreigners road arrivals, it should be firstly noted that all of them take place within Impact Zone IV of the Egnatia Motorway and are connected, if not directly serviced as in Kipoi, Evros, via the Motorway. So, an increase is observed in the four main northern gates of Greece (Evzonoi, Kakavia, Krystallopigi, Promachonas), whereas the rest present no increase. More specifically for the period of 1996 to 2004, the border station of Kakavia presents the higher average rate of arrivals in the country (23.9%), followed by Promachonas (23.4%), the border station of Evzonoi (22.1%), the border station of Krystallopigi (12.9%) and the border station of Kipoi (7.3%). The other border stations that presented increased rates are: Niki in 2

3 the Prefecture of Florina (4.8%), Doirani in the Prefecture of Kilkis (3%) and Ormenio and Kastanies in the Prefecture of Evros (2.1% and 0.5% respectively). It should be noted that the above arrivals do not pertain strictly to the tourist movement, but mostly to movements due to business (economic immigrants, businessmen, e.t.c.). All the road border stations, besides Kipoi where a decrease of 7% is noted, present an increased rate of arrivals in the period of 2000 to The most impressive increases are noted in the border stations of Ormenio (384%) and Kastanies (286%) in the Prefecture of Evros, highlighting the importance of the vertical to Egnatia Motorway axis of Ardanio-Ormenio. During the same period, the other road border stations present increases ranging from 20% (Niki) to 80% (Doirani). 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 12,609,008 12,392,044 IMPACT ZONE IV 2,964,820 3,093,982 2,977,012 3,476,492 3,128,077 2,964,820 EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 536, , , , , ,610 DRAMA 32,131 37,284 38,780 40,633 37,207 32,131 KAVALA 213, , , , , ,334 EVROS 158, , , , , ,550 XANTHI 71,042 73,268 78,921 81,020 76,063 71,042 RODOPI 61,553 64,458 72,394 86,175 71,145 61,553 CENTRAL MACEDONIA 1,075,262 1,224,055 1,302,659 1,560,266 1,290,561 1,075,262 IMATHIA 48,642 55,395 49,699 53,750 51,872 48,642 THESSALONIKI 649, , , , , ,258 KILKIS 7,090 10,975 12,321 9,569 9,989 7,090 PELLA 21,585 39,022 34,202 38,161 33,243 21,585 PIERIA 120, , , , , ,096 SERRES 54,818 57,692 49,361 48,098 52,492 54,818 CHALKIDIKI 173, , , , , ,773 WEST MACEDONIA 202, , , , , ,196 GREVENA 17,996 19,763 17,954 19,899 18,903 17,996 KASTORIA 82,958 76,009 72,381 79,724 77,768 82,958 KOZANI 61,390 63,825 60,272 55,170 60,164 61,390 FLORINA 39,852 42,823 39,308 41,219 40,801 39,852 THESSALIA 729, , , , , ,616 KARDITSA 61,241 66,125 48,279 59,026 58,668 61,241 LARISA 120, ,603 93, , , ,674 MAGNISIA 338, , , , , ,934 TRIKALA 208, , , , , ,767 EPIRUS 421, , , , , ,136 ARTA 31,961 33,164 32,468 14,454 28,012 31,961 THESPROTIA 35,141 33,392 28,766 35,213 33,128 35,141 IOANNINA 263, , , , , ,680 PREVEZA 90,354 90,125 60,076 89,739 82,574 90,354 Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 Generally, at Prefecture level, Thessaloniki presents the highest number of arrivals at accommodation establishments, representing the one fourth of the total of arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments in the Impact Zone IV of the 3

4 Egnatia Motorway, followed by the Prefectures of Magnesia and Chalkidiki. Examining each Region of the Zone separately, the prevailing Prefectures per Region in regard to the average number of arrivals in the period of 2002 to 2005 are the following: Region Prefecture Contribution in Impact Zone IV Contribution in Greece East Macedonia and Thrace Kavala 6.75% 1.68% Central Macedonia Thessaloniki 22.77% 5.65% West Macedonia Kastoria 2.49% 0.62% Epirus Ioannina 7.14% 1.77% Thessalia Magnisia 11% 2.73% During the period examined, the Prefecture of Kilkis presents the lowest contribution rate to the zone and national total of arrivals at accommodation establishments (0.3% and 0.1% respectively). The Prefectures of Drama ( 1.2% to the Zone and 0.3% to the country), Grevena (0.6% to the Zone and 0.15 to the country), Karditsa ( 1.9% to the Zone and 0.5% to the country) and Arta (0.9% to the Zone and 0.2% to the country) also present low rates. The Prefecture of Chalkidiki, where the arrivals at the accommodations establishments increased by 165%, presents the highest increase in the period of 2002 to Participation of Impact Zone IV Regions in the recorded arrivals in tourist accomodation establishments of Greece, period EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE CENTRAL MACEDONIA WEST MACEDONIA THESSALIA EPIRUS 23% 6% 12% 18% 41% Participation of certain Prefectures of each Region of Impact Zone IV in recorded arrivals in tourist accomodation establishments of Greece, period % KAVALA 41% 7% 11% 2% 23% 9% THESSALONIKI CHALKIDIKI KASTORIA MAGNISIA IOANNINA REST OF PRECECTURES 25% 75% ZONE IV REST OF THE COUNTRY Participation of Impact Zone IV in the recorded arrivals in tourist accomodation establishments of Greece, period

5 Regarding the overnight stops at the accommodation establishments, Central Macedonia represents 50% of the total of the Zone IV, a percentage higher than that of the arrivals, and 8% of the total of Greece. ACCOMMODATION IN TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS OF IMPACT ZONE IV OF THE EGNATIA MOTORWAY ( ) Change Average GREECE 62,186,313 56,268,216 54,466,309 54,502,104 52,554,021 55,264,093 55,873, % IMPACT ZONE IV 10,298,294 9,087,836 8,092,912 8,324,887 8,550,566 9,853,490 9,034, % EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 1,627,735 1,624,965 1,546,853 1,490,824 1,509,539 1,536,703 1,556, % DRAMA 60,590 52,344 55,228 65,809 69,210 72,420 62, % KAVALA 881, , , , , , , % EVROS 397, , , , , , , % XANTHI 119, , , , , , , % RODOPI 168, , , , , , , % CENTRAL MACEDONIA 5,484,418 4,452,956 3,556,211 3,824,103 4,475,094 5,246,823 4,506, % IMATHIA 88,004 73,321 85, ,698 89, ,193 89, % THESSALONIKI 1,634,968 1,599,444 1,339,548 1,506,678 1,336,392 1,632,381 1,508, % KILKIS 18,645 24,362 18,698 30,079 32,812 26,501 25, % PELLA 60,675 64,763 48,843 72,152 65,347 68,469 63, % PIERIA 661, , , , , , , % SERRES 131, , , , , , , % CHALKIDIKI 2,889,080 1,892,628 1,354,922 1,394,159 2,095,403 2,616,454 2,040, % WEST MACEDONIA 376, , , , , , , % GREVENA 31,247 25,950 33,443 38,608 35,266 39,368 33, % KASTORIA 130, , , , , , , % KOZANI 134, , , , , , , % FLORINA 79,887 75,200 74,102 78,310 68,480 72,395 74, % THESSALIA 1,752,050 1,727,389 1,735,091 1,729,936 1,540,565 1,949,851 1,739, % KARDITSA 127, , , , , , , % LARISA 268, , , , , , , % MAGNISIA 1,069,246 1,114,840 1,077,902 1,034, ,982 1,271,994 1,094, % TRIKALA 287, , , , , , , % EPIRUS 1,057, , , , , , , % ARTA 65,344 65,222 65,268 63,605 64,053 62,063 64, % THESPROTIA 178,481 83,565 56,879 74,319 83,020 38,363 85, % IOANNINA 487, , , , , , , % PREVEZA 326, , , , , , , % Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 The Prefecture of Chalkidiki presents the highest number of overnight stops, representing about 1/4 (23%) of the total of overnight stops in the Zone and 4% of the total of overnight stops in Greece, followed by the Prefectures of Thessaloniki, Magnesia, Kavala and Pieria. The Prefectures presenting the higher number of overnight stops per Region during the period of 2002 to 2005 are the following: Region Prefecture Contribution in Impact Zone IV Contribution in Greece East Macedonia & Thrace Kavala 9.22% 1.49% Central Macedonia Chalkidiki 22.58% 3.65% West Macedonia Kastoria 1.51% 0.24% 5

6 Epirus Ioannina 12.12% 1.96% Thessalia Magnisia 4.7% 0.76% The Prefecture of Kilkis also presents the lowest contribution rate to Zone IV and national total of overnight stops (0.3% and 0.05% respectively) as to the arrivals total. The Prefectures of Drama, Grevena, Karditsa and Arta also present very low rates. During the period , Zone IV presented a decrease of the overnight stops by a percentage lower, however, than that of Greece (-4.3% as opposed to -11.1% of Greece). The highest decrease rate was noted in Epirus (-28.7%), while Thessalia is contrarily the only Region that presented an increase (11.3%). Among the Prefectures of Impact Zone IV presenting the higher number of overnight stops, Prefectures of Kavala and Chalkidiki presented a decrease, Prefecture of Thessaloniki presented no changes and Prefectures of Magnesia and Pieria presented an increase. Regarding the rest Prefectures, Kilkis and Grevena presented a remarkable increase rate, while Ioannina and Thesprotia presented a high increase rate. TOURIST ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS* GREECE 8,252 8,185 8,281 8,512 8,692 8,684 8,666 9,022 9,230 9,377 IMPACT ZONE IV 1,747 1,784 1,897 2,003 2,105 2,102 2,229 2,355 2,451 2,506 EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE DRAMA KAVALA EVROS XANTHI RODOPI CENTRAL MACEDONIA ,002 1,000 1,056 1,126 1,184 1,210 IMATHIA THESSALONIKI KILKIS PELLA PIERIA SERRES CHALKIDIKI WEST MACEDONIA GREVENA KASTORIA KOZANI FLORINA THESSALIA KARDITSA LARISA MAGNISIA TRIKALA EPIRUS ARTA THESPROTIA IOANNINA PREVEZA *Hotels, similar accommodation establishments, campings, Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 6

7 In regard to hotel capacity, Impact Zone IV of Egnatia Motorway represents 26% of the total of Greece in Region of Central Macedonia is prevailing, having 1,210 tourist accommodation establishments in 2005, a percentage representing 47% of the total of the Zone. The lowest number of tourist accommodation establishments is found in West Macedonia (98 in 2005, a percentage representing 1.1% of the Zone). Generally, during the decade , the number of tourist accommodation establishments in Zone IV has increased by a percentage much higher than that of Greece (45.7% as opposed to 14.2%). During this period, Region of West Macedonia has doubled its hotel capacity (96% increase rate). Regions of Central Macedonia (61.2%) and Epirus (57.1%) also presented a high increase of the hotel capacity. Among the Prefectures of tourist interest, Prefecture of Chalkidiki presented the highest increase (63%), while among the rest Prefectures, Prefectures of Pella, Grevena and Kastoria presented the highest increase rate. Regarding the accommodation occupancy rates, Zone IV presents lower rates compared to that of the total of Greece (average occupancy in the period of 2000 to 2005: 44% as opposed to 61% of Greece). At regional level, Central Macedonia presents a higher rate than the rest Regions of Zone IV, with an accommodation occupancy rate of 55% in the period , followed by the Region of Thessaly, with an accommodation occupancy rate of 43.3%. At Prefecture Level, Chalkidiki is prevailing with an average occupancy rate of 74%, followed by the Prefecture of Pieria with an average occupancy rate of 50%. West Macedonia is classificated in the last positions, with an average rate of 37.2%, while at Prefecture level the Prefectures of Grevena, Pella and Kilkis, with occupancy rates below 25%, are positioned last. The progress is positive in the last examined year (2005), when an increase of the occupancy in many Prefectures of the Zone is noted. Specifically in 2005, 15 out of the 24 Prefectures of Zone IV presented an increase of the tourist accommodation establishments occupancy, at an average rate of 8.3%. The Prefectures that presented the higher increase are: Trikala, Preveza, Kavala, Ioannina and Florina with a percentage ranging from 12% to 26% in the period of During the same period, at Prefecture level, an increase of the occupancy is observed in all the Regions of the Zone, with Epirus presenting the higher increase (9.6%). The number of visitors to museums and archaeological sites in the Impact Zone of Egnatia Motorway represents 6% of the tickets sold by archaeological sites and museums of the country on average. This percentage is shared by the Regions as follows: in Central Macedonia tickets out of the 513,248 of the Zone are sold per year on average (70% of the Zone and 4.2% of the total of Greece). At Prefecture level, Thessaloniki presents the highest rate of tickets sold by museums and at archaeological sites on average (23% of the Zone IV and 1.4% of the country). 7

8 OCCUPANCY OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS ( %) Average GREECE 64.83% 63.37% 61.81% 60.71% 55.59% 58.57% 60.81% IMPACT ZONE IV 48.03% 46.97% 44.40% 43.48% 38.71% 40.69% 43.71% EAST MACEDONIA AND THRACE 46.20% 46.15% 42.74% 41.20% 37.86% 39.76% 42.32% DRAMA 48.03% 46.61% 39.00% 37.22% 36.11% 33.58% 40.09% KAVALA 35.85% 35.16% 34.45% 39.71% 35.28% 35.55% 36.00% EVROS 41.00% 38.00% 33.50% 30.41% 33.23% 33.34% 34.91% XANTHI 40.07% 31.67% 27.92% 29.41% 31.83% 32.28% 32.20% RODOPI 49.19% 51.95% 50.64% 47.87% 41.22% 47.70% 48.10% CENTRAL MACEDONIA 59.86% 58.33% 55.81% 53.25% 49.77% 50.43% 54.58% IMATHIA 40.57% 38.59% 35.62% 36.27% 31.78% 34.16% 36.16% THESSALONIKI 52.30% 51.24% 49.02% 47.84% 43.10% 42.84% 47.72% KILKIS 19.67% 24.99% 19.77% 22.04% 23.83% 19.32% 21.60% PELLA 23.97% 28.01% 23.26% 23.04% 21.32% 20.03% 23.27% PIERIA 46.44% 52.04% 55.91% 52.01% 46.91% 49.34% 50.44% SERRES 40.97% 37.19% 39.59% 34.96% 33.79% 33.16% 36.61% CHALKIDIKI 77.18% 79.94% 79.36% 77.47% 65.25% 64.73% 73.99% WEST MACEDONIA 42.18% 38.79% 37.78% 39.16% 31.66% 33.12% 37.11% GREVENA 27.47% 22.37% 24.57% 24.38% 20.62% 21.19% 23.43% KASTORIA 47.73% 45.45% 44.71% 46.17% 36.81% 38.22% 43.18% KOZANI 40.27% 35.37% 36.04% 41.10% 33.85% 34.81% 36.91% FLORINA 46.86% 44.93% 38.61% 37.51% 28.79% 32.21% 38.15% THESSALIA 46.14% 47.26% 44.50% 43.12% 38.29% 40.69% 43.33% KARDITSA 51.27% 49.80% 43.37% 41.53% 39.72% 40.65% 44.39% LARISA 39.48% 37.11% 39.32% 37.32% 35.51% 33.17% 36.99% MAGNISIA 51.36% 53.58% 50.32% 48.55% 42.03% 43.93% 48.30% TRIKALA 35.69% 36.19% 33.77% 34.79% 28.63% 36.17% 34.21% EPIRUS 45.78% 44.30% 41.18% 40.67% 35.99% 39.46% 41.23% ARTA 53.39% 53.29% 54.80% 51.96% 47.73% 38.69% 49.98% THESPROTIA 52.68% 31.10% 32.19% 32.37% 35.43% 24.40% 34.70% IOANNINA 45.98% 47.10% 46.03% 43.63% 40.12% 45.10% 44.66% PREVEZA 41.28% 42.85% 34.12% 36.45% 27.92% 35.22% 36.31% Source: National Statistics Service Agency, 07/2006 In general the direct improvement of the accessibility to areas of tourist interest, due to Egnatia Motorway, will have as a result the simplification of many different tourist routes along Northern Greece. More specifically the areas of tourist interest that will benefit from the operation of Egnatia Motorway can be concisely presented per Region as follows: 8

9 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% 9% 21% 6% 20% Kavala Imathia Thessaloniki East Macedonia and Thrace Central Macedonia West Macedonia Thessalia Epirus 70% 6% 9% 15% 23% Pieria Kastoria Kozani Larisa 6.02% Impact Zone IV REST OF THE COUNTRY 93.98% Participation of Impact Zone IV in number of museum and archeological site tickets of Greece, period In Region of East Macedonia and Thrace, already exist tourism saturated areas, such as the Prefecture of Kavala, on the coasts of which the holiday residence, legally or illegally built, is prevalent. Similar conditions are also found on the coasts of the other Prefectures. There are also a number of important wetlands (The deltas of the two big rivers, Nestos and Evros, Vistonida Lake and Mitriko Lake), while in some locations important archaeological sites are found. The main feature of the spatial distribution of Central Macedonia s hotel capacity is the fact that it is mostly clustered in the coastal areas of the Prefectures of Chalkidiki, Pieria and Thessaloniki. Many of those areas are saturated by tourism. The wetlands of the deltas of Axios, Loudias, and Aliakmonas, the environmental formations of Sithonia and Kassandra and an extremely significant reserve of history, culture and natural resources are encountered in Central Macedonia. Nowadays tourist movement in the Region of West Macedonia is found at: the furriery axis, Kastoria-Argos Orestiko-Siatista, the ski centers of Pisoderi- Vasilitsa, the National Forest of Prespes (ecotourism), the National Forest of Pindos (Valia Kalda) and the mountain communities of the Prefecture of Grevena, where during the last years some small accommodation units have been developed, at Aiani due to its archaeological interest, at the settlement of Nymfaio at Vitsi, where the facilities of the noted ecological group 9

10 Arktouros, that takes care of rehabilitates and returns bears to their natural environment, are located. In Epirus, areas of tourism and holiday resorts uses are developed along the coasts of the Prefecture of Preveza up to Parga and in the Prefecture of Thesprotia in the areas of Perdika, Syvota and Plataria. Recently, forms of soft tourism have developed in the internal semi mountainous and mountainous areas, specifically in Zagorochoria and less in Tzoumerka and dispersedly in the areas along the borders. Finally in Thessalia there are two wider zones that have a natural reserve of important size and significance and important renowned mountainous or sea tourism destinations. The first zone is located along the arch of Olympus- Ossa-Mavrovouni-Sporades and the second one is located on the west and is a part of the mountain range of Pindos, including Meteora, Koziaka, the lakes of Plastiras and Smokovo, e.t.c. METADATA Sources The raw data come from Greek National Statistics Service Agency (ESYE). The data and the results presented should be considered as temporary. For some of the above elements the data are insufficient for the years before Those data are expected to be presented soon and after an overall processing of all the data concerning tourist movement a special Report will be issued. This special Report will be on the development of tourism in the Impact Zone IV of the Egnatia Motorway, in order to investigate in detail the specific effects of the motorway. The data presented comply with the standard data categories recorded by GNSA. The arrival and overnight stops tables at tourism accommodation establishments refer to hotels and also to camping sites. Therefore the arrivals and the overnight stops include both business and commercial visitors. Methodology The data of Greek National Statistics Service Agency (ESYE) were recorded on the Geographical Database of the Observatory, where the statistic and spatial processing was carried out. 10