Statistical Bulletin November 2018 1
Contents Airport Arrivals 6 International arrivals at main Greek airports 7 Domestic arrivals at main Greek airports 10 Airline Seat Scheduling 13 Road Arrivals 18 Demand for Hotel Accommodation Services 22 Hotel prices 36 Greek market 46 Travel Balance 50 Arrivals 51 Receipts 53 Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) 55 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 2
Acknowledgements The production of this bulletin is based partly on available public sources, and partly on data provided by various agencies (Civil Aviation Authority, Athens International Airport, Border Checkpoints, National Flight Coordination Authority, Association of Greek Passenger Shipping Companies), to whom we are especially grateful. The Editors Aris Ikkos Research Director SETE Institute Evangelia Lamprou Researcher Statistician SETE Institute intelligence@insete.gr Disclaimer This Bulletin publishes data obtained from other sources and not from primary INSETE surveys. Though INSETE makes every effort to ensure the sources are valid and the republished data is correct, it is not liable to third parties, nor for the use they make of the data in the Bulletin. We also note that the data presented in various tables of the Bulletin are often temporary and subject to subsequent revision. A short presentation of the key sources SETE Intelligence uses, along with information on the methods used by each source/survey and the differences between them, is available here. The different methodology used by each of the above sources as well as the variable measured in each case, require that as many sources as possible are combined to achieve a comprehensive overview of the issues under examination. For further information, clarification or suggestions, please contact the editors. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 3
Comments-Observations on the Tables and Data of the Bulletin International Tourism Arrivals: (1) The data reflect arrivals of passengers of international flights irrespective of domicile. An exception are data from the Athens airport which are related only to foreign residents. (2) The data for the last available month for the Athens International Airport are an estimate of SETE Intelligence. (3) Airports are classified as follows: Dodecanese: Rhodes - Kos - Karpathos, Crete: Heraklion - Chania, Ionian: Corfu - Zakynthos - Kefalonia - Aktio, Cyclades: Mykonos - Santorini, Peloponnese: Araxos - Kalamata, Others: Samos - Skiathos - Kavala - Lesvos. (4) Type Ι: Civil Aviation Authority final data - Type II: Civil Aviation Authority temporary data - subject to review. Domestic arrivals at main Greek airports: (1) Passengers travelling round trip are counted twice: both when arriving at their destination and when returning home. (2) The data for the last available month for the Athens International Airport are an estimate of SETE Intelligence. (3) Airports are classified as follows: Dodecanese: Rhodes - Kos - Karpathos, Crete: Heraklion - Chania, Ionian: Corfu - Zakynthos - Kefalonia - Aktio, Cyclades: Mykonos - Santorini - Paros, Others: Samos - Skiathos - Kavala - Lesvos. (4) Type Ι: Civil Aviation Authority final data - Type II: Civil Aviation Authority temporary data - subject to review. Airline Seat Scheduling The data are provided by the Hellenic Slot Coordination Authority for all airports, with the exception of the AIA. The data were exported on 31/3/2018. The data provide a snapshot for the specific point in time on 31/3/2018. Any cancellations or extra flights added immediately after data export will be seen when the data are next exported. As a result, the total number of scheduled seats may vary from month to month. The same applies for 2017, since the same snapshot was used. Road Arrivals: Road arrivals are recorded by the local police departments based on nationality, irrespective of the permanent domicile. Consequently, the data include immigrants in Greece returning from trips abroad. Countries are classified as follows: Albania: Kakavia - Krystallopigi - Sagiada - Mertzani, Bulgaria: Ormenio - Kyprinos - Nymfea - Promachonas - Exohi - Ag. Konstantinos, FYROM: Evzoni - Doirani - Niki, Turkey: Kastanies - Kipoi. Demand for Hotel Accommodation Services: data are presented related to the demand for hotel accommodation for international markets and Greece, with regard to various destinations in Greece and in competing countries. The data were Statistical Bulletin November 2018 4
provided by trivago, and are therefore more related to the market of individual travellers. Nevertheless, they give us important information on the trends in various markets and the different destinations. Consumer Confidence Index (CCI): The OECD Consumer Confidence Index measures the level of consumer confidence in each country. Given that holidays are deeply interwoven with consumer confidence, this index is a very good indication of anticipated demand for each market. The higher/lower numbers indicate higher/lower levels of consumer confidence and, thus, increased/reduced inclination to visit a given holiday destination. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 5
Airport Arrivals October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 6
International arrivals at main Greek airports INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS 1 AT MAIN GREEK AIRPORTS, OCTOBER 2018 - PROVISIONAL DATA 2018 Athens 2 Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Κarpathos Heraklion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktio Mykonos Santorini Araxos Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilene Total Type 4 January 250.039 72.250 48 0 0 5.919 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.426 36 340.718 II February 214.954 67.814 0 0 0 10.513 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242 0 0 10.372 55 304.231 II March 304.157 115.995 9.135 0 0 30.130 12.661 8.985 328 1.480 182 1.315 1.080 0 2.000 0 0 9.230 63 496.741 II April 424.237 172.272 79.717 19.615 0 160.744 72.893 49.598 8.478 7.385 2.636 9.548 21.521 487 4.569 1.108 0 2.768 952 1.038.528 II May 541.880 220.959 303.401 161.273 7.503 433.402 159.436 182.569 105.043 41.878 30.760 37.707 59.669 6.987 15.284 17.922 19.971 14.663 7.209 2.367.516 II June 659.908 263.274 403.391 207.710 18.192 548.220 201.544 276.908 160.291 62.406 51.928 74.215 89.718 20.227 23.721 26.397 37.950 24.847 11.937 3.162.784 II July 797.192 310.503 484.396 247.191 23.413 655.826 233.678 330.765 199.033 73.549 71.302 111.960 112.259 20.902 26.265 35.015 48.155 30.290 15.300 3.826.994 II August 767.548 290.652 464.983 239.912 24.349 649.196 203.482 317.449 197.552 73.582 59.606 111.925 105.763 20.697 24.781 30.928 49.960 26.879 14.978 3.674.222 II September 655.830 242.716 402.069 200.561 16.399 550.345 186.459 248.180 144.674 54.206 51.327 65.876 81.306 17.720 20.436 25.304 27.952 22.220 11.168 3.024.748 II Οctober 513.658 174.550 189.634 100.723 1.485 302.289 89.523 87.094 32.224 11.283 12.802 16.884 34.888 3.802 8.192 3.950 1.019 5.432 1.136 1.590.568 II ytd 5.129.403 1.930.985 2.336.774 1.176.985 91.341 3.346.584 1.159.957 1.501.548 847.623 325.769 280.543 429.430 506.204 90.822 125.490 140.624 185.007 159.127 62.834 19.827.050 II 2017 Athens Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Κarpathos Heraklion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktio Mykonos Santorini Araxos Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilene Total Type 4 January 205.391 84.150 2 0 0 771 1.930 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 292.405 II February 163.407 79.181 56 0 0 1.118 1.749 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 389 0 0 0 19 245.921 II March 242.291 98.744 1.476 0 0 3.794 8.312 3.156 318 170 0 0 517 0 1.507 0 0 0 112 360.397 II April 382.015 158.277 84.078 18.899 0 160.356 66.889 34.767 7.903 3.659 2.616 6.440 13.513 476 4.609 713 0 3.264 401 948.875 II May 433.515 179.094 245.501 119.567 5.581 374.022 135.465 147.104 86.603 31.308 29.211 25.558 45.481 6.826 12.642 9.727 18.883 12.406 4.773 1.923.267 II June 519.708 239.642 369.133 178.723 17.518 512.666 186.055 233.232 147.555 49.889 49.373 58.644 73.959 15.853 21.505 22.173 36.430 22.351 7.860 2.762.269 II July 675.409 280.514 461.634 221.259 19.877 637.982 228.983 298.691 183.282 62.132 68.653 93.689 101.451 17.760 25.430 28.770 46.926 28.318 11.882 3.492.642 II August 671.356 259.199 450.780 217.179 20.794 627.883 196.303 284.603 188.245 66.380 59.298 97.311 98.246 16.776 23.494 29.279 48.878 25.722 10.411 3.392.137 II September 579.835 219.229 367.991 179.663 15.969 512.853 178.649 220.053 137.154 44.671 48.068 52.702 70.553 15.001 22.748 21.705 30.088 19.149 7.774 2.743.855 II Οctober 442.337 159.703 197.564 91.605 2.073 304.883 88.618 77.446 29.780 8.471 13.485 11.713 26.897 4.239 8.278 2.893 1.254 4.509 447 1.476.195 II Νovember 250.250 82.355 606 78 0 11.049 247 809 63 94 0 0 566 0 1.007 0 0 410 36 347.570 II December 232.002 88.786 152 3 0 4.418 0 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.805 0 338.330 II Total 4.797.516 1.928.874 2.178.973 1.026.976 81.812 3.151.795 1.093.200 1.300.027 780.903 266.774 270.704 346.057 431.183 76.931 121.609 115.260 182.459 129.095 43.715 18.323.863 II ytd 4.315.264 1.757.733 2.178.215 1.026.895 81.812 3.136.328 1.092.953 1.299.054 780.840 266.680 270.704 346.057 430.617 76.931 120.602 115.260 182.459 115.880 43.679 17.637.963 II % Changes Athens Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Κarpathos Herakleion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktio Mykonos Santorini Araxos Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilene Total January 21,7% -14,1% 2300,0% 667,7% -100,0% 7618,0% 16,5% February 31,5% -14,4% -100,0% 840,3% -83,9% -100,0% -37,8% 189,5% 23,7% March 25,5% 17,5% 518,9% 694,1% 52,3% 184,7% 3,1% 770,6% 108,9% 32,7% -43,8% 37,8% April 11,1% 8,8% -5,2% 3,8% 0,2% 9,0% 42,7% 7,3% 101,8% 0,8% 48,3% 59,3% 2,3% -0,9% 55,4% -15,2% 137,4% 9,4% May 25,0% 23,4% 23,6% 34,9% 34,4% 15,9% 17,7% 24,1% 21,3% 33,8% 5,3% 47,5% 31,2% 2,4% 20,9% 84,3% 5,8% 18,2% 51,0% 23,1% June 27,0% 9,9% 9,3% 16,2% 3,8% 6,9% 8,3% 18,7% 8,6% 25,1% 5,2% 26,6% 21,3% 27,6% 10,3% 19,1% 4,2% 11,2% 51,9% 14,5% July 18,0% 10,7% 4,9% 11,7% 17,8% 2,8% 2,1% 10,7% 8,6% 18,4% 3,9% 19,5% 10,7% 17,7% 3,3% 21,7% 2,6% 7,0% 28,8% 9,6% August 14,3% 12,1% 3,2% 10,5% 17,1% 3,4% 3,7% 11,5% 4,9% 10,8% 0,5% 15,0% 7,7% 23,4% 5,5% 5,6% 2,2% 4,5% 43,9% 8,3% September 13,1% 10,7% 9,3% 11,6% 2,7% 7,3% 4,4% 12,8% 5,5% 21,3% 6,8% 25,0% 15,2% 18,1% -10,2% 16,6% -7,1% 16,0% 43,7% 10,2% Οctober 16,1% 9,3% -4,0% 10,0% -28,4% -0,9% 1,0% 12,5% 8,2% 33,2% -5,1% 44,1% 29,7% -10,3% -1,0% 36,5% -18,7% 20,5% 154,1% 7,7% ytd 18,9% 9,9% 7,3% 14,6% 11,6% 6,7% 6,1% 15,6% 8,6% 22,2% 3,6% 24,1% 17,6% 18,1% 4,1% 22,0% 1,4% 37,3% 43,9% 12,4% Regions 3 Regional airports Dodecanese Crete Ionian islands Cyclades Peloponnese Other airports 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017Δ2018/2017 January 90.679 87.014 4,2% 48 2 2300,0% 5.919 2.701 119,1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.462 161 7640,4% February 89.277 82.514 8,2% 0 56-100,0% 10.794 2.867 276,5% 0 2-100,0% 0 0 242 389-37,8% 10.427 19 54778,9% March 192.584 118.106 63,1% 9.135 1.476 518,9% 42.791 12.106 253,5% 10.975 3.644 201,2% 2.395 517 363,2% 2.000 1.507 32,7% 9.293 112 8197,3% April 614.291 566.860 8,4% 99.332 102.977-3,5% 233.637 227.245 2,8% 68.097 48.945 39,1% 31.069 19.953 55,7% 5.056 5.085-0,6% 4.828 4.378 10,3% May 1.825.636 1.489.752 22,5% 472.177 370.649 27,4% 592.838 509.487 16,4% 360.250 294.226 22,4% 97.376 71.039 37,1% 22.271 19.468 14,4% 59.765 45.789 30,5% June 2.502.876 2.242.561 11,6% 629.293 565.374 11,3% 749.764 698.721 7,3% 551.533 480.049 14,9% 163.933 132.603 23,6% 43.948 37.358 17,6% 101.131 88.814 13,9% July 3.029.802 2.817.233 7,5% 755.000 702.770 7,4% 889.504 866.965 2,6% 674.649 612.758 10,1% 224.219 195.140 14,9% 47.167 43.190 9,2% 128.760 115.896 11,1% August 2.906.674 2.720.781 6,8% 729.244 688.753 5,9% 852.678 824.186 3,5% 648.189 598.526 8,3% 217.688 195.557 11,3% 45.478 40.270 12,9% 122.745 114.290 7,4% September 2.368.918 2.164.020 9,5% 619.029 563.623 9,8% 736.804 691.502 6,6% 498.387 449.946 10,8% 147.182 123.255 19,4% 38.156 37.749 1,1% 86.644 78.716 10,1% Οctober 1.076.910 1.033.858 4,2% 291.842 291.242 0,2% 391.812 393.501-0,4% 143.403 129.182 11,0% 51.772 38.610 34,1% 11.994 12.517-4,2% 11.537 9.103 26,7% Νovember 0 97.320-100,0% 0 684-100,0% 0 11.296-100,0% 0 966-100,0% 0 566-100,0% 0 1.007-100,0% 0 446-100,0% December 0 106.328-100,0% 0 155-100,0% 0 4.418-100,0% 0 164-100,0% 0 0 0 0 0 12.805-100,0% ytd 14.697.647 13.322.699 10,3% 3.605.100 3.286.922 9,7% 4.506.541 4.229.281 6,6% 2.955.483 2.617.278 12,9% 935.634 776.674 20,5% 216.312 197.533 9,5% 547.592 457.278 19,8% Source: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Athens International Airport (AIA) - Processing: INSETE Intelligence See comments on page 4 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 7
The rise in international airport arrivals continued across the country in October 2018 as well. Available data from Greece s main airports show that arrivals in October were up by +7.7% (+114,000), compared to October 2017. This increase is due to a greater extent to the Athens International Airport (+16.1%/+71,000) and to a lesser extent to the regional airports (+4.2%/+43,000 passengers). Thessaloniki recorded an increase of +9.3% %/+15,000 passengers. A large increase in terms of differences apart from Athens was recorded at Kos airport by +9,000/+10.0%. The largest percentage increase was recorded at Lesvos airport, with +154.1%/+689 passengers. The majority of destinations showed an increase, specifically: the Ionian by +11.0%/+14,000 passengers, the Cyclades by +34.1%/+13,000 and the Dodecanese by +0.2%/+600. A drop of -0.4%/-2,000 was recorded in Crete, and -4.2%/-523 in the Peloponnese. For the period January-October 2018, 19.8 million international airport arrivals were recorded, presenting an increase of +12.4%. Regional airports showed an increase of +10.3%/+1.4 million passengers, and Athens showed an increase of +18.9%/+814,000. A large increase in terms of differences was recorded at the airports of Heraklion +210,000/+6.7%, Corfu +202,000/+15.6%, Thessaloniki +173,000/+9.9% and Rhodes +159,000/+7.3%. The largest percentage increase was seen at Lesvos airport (+43.9%/+19,000 arrivals), followed by Kavala airport by +37.3%/+43,000, since, for a long period of time, it serviced flights for Thessaloniki airport. In terms of destinations, the Cyclades showed an increase of +20.5%/+159,000, the Ionian +12.9%/+338,000 and the Dodecanese +9.7%/+318,000. Finally, Crete was up by +6.6%/+277,000 and the Peloponnese by +9.5%/+19,000. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 8
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Domestic arrivals at main Greek airports DOMESTIC ARRIVALS 1 AT MAIN GREEK AIRPORTS, OCTOBER 2018 - PROVISIONAL DATA 2018 Athens 2 Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Karpathos Heraklion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktio Mykonos Santorini Paros Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilene Total Type4 January 211.772 75.861 30.838 8.689 1.459 44.010 21.518 9.613 1.274 872 62 1.149 15.190 1.918 359 4.934 436 3.257 9.654 442.865 II February 203.564 77.341 26.982 6.738 1.250 42.411 19.495 9.008 1.274 941 23 2.626 14.793 1.805 457 4.019 473 2.874 9.151 425.225 II March 237.847 91.337 32.329 4.134 1.633 50.181 26.288 10.437 1.677 1.285 67 4.962 25.323 2.655 607 5.107 621 2.724 11.515 510.729 II April 282.673 89.590 34.271 10.477 2.035 52.211 34.605 12.264 2.561 1.846 134 14.937 42.232 4.487 786 6.119 989 2.668 13.135 608.020 II May 351.675 94.525 34.447 11.732 2.323 50.242 34.718 14.225 4.196 3.560 113 28.918 64.892 7.420 873 6.575 1.466 2.793 13.379 728.072 II June 388.800 95.366 37.097 13.283 3.528 60.894 23.878 15.851 5.449 5.476 606 39.993 74.650 12.588 1.267 6.990 3.176 2.881 14.763 806.536 II July 459.323 109.637 46.051 17.612 5.375 71.803 31.001 21.283 7.316 10.283 1.273 48.353 76.422 19.495 1.734 9.983 4.390 3.758 20.032 965.124 II August 482.072 111.638 44.849 17.592 6.063 69.769 30.596 21.849 7.702 9.750 1.419 44.679 73.951 19.831 1.741 10.138 5.454 3.364 18.249 980.706 II September 436.333 109.054 39.658 12.697 3.278 64.982 26.203 16.315 5.381 5.244 776 37.719 77.608 12.851 1.552 7.391 2.699 3.307 15.288 878.336 II Οctober 369.517 100.367 31.839 10.053 1.804 58.698 21.058 12.720 3.534 2.526 147 15.398 55.125 5.425 638 5.989 971 3.186 14.968 713.963 II ytd 3.423.576 954.716 358.361 113.007 28.748 565.201 269.360 143.565 40.364 41.783 4.620 238.734 520.186 88.475 10.014 67.245 20.675 30.812 140.134 7.059.576 II 2017 Athens Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Karpathos Heraklion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktio Mykonos Santorini Paros Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilene Total Type4 January 217.075 92.843 29.140 5.283 1.489 37.796 32.326 7.361 1.358 808 154 4.815 14.182 1.160 602 4.905 296 2.205 9.984 463.782 II February 222.011 99.379 26.134 4.991 1.098 36.502 31.364 6.923 1.310 842 39 6.123 14.714 1.522 611 4.255 420 2.562 9.912 470.712 II March 251.064 108.683 30.926 6.476 1.502 43.881 34.590 8.773 1.379 1.007 43 8.582 21.536 1.966 660 5.018 677 2.938 11.935 541.636 II April 259.280 89.709 37.258 8.725 2.201 46.294 35.179 11.469 2.431 1.750 177 11.932 37.062 3.810 663 6.025 928 3.020 12.364 570.277 II May 317.254 88.948 37.174 9.025 2.157 43.488 36.958 12.987 3.737 2.797 95 24.253 55.431 5.679 507 6.151 1.540 3.289 13.408 664.878 II June 363.825 99.961 40.830 11.860 3.215 50.275 39.485 14.696 5.405 4.985 1.080 36.392 65.683 9.903 2.234 7.727 3.426 3.438 16.676 781.096 II July 420.455 111.753 46.794 15.437 5.460 60.404 44.715 18.059 6.781 8.827 1.710 45.410 66.968 15.603 2.956 9.939 4.973 3.988 20.407 910.639 II August 430.276 115.239 46.243 14.969 5.116 58.677 44.657 17.550 7.093 8.781 1.699 42.558 63.067 15.828 3.265 10.282 4.595 3.348 18.893 912.136 II September 399.599 108.151 42.294 9.820 3.226 54.913 36.264 13.817 4.984 4.278 1.057 33.130 64.271 10.583 2.462 6.690 2.648 3.183 14.240 815.610 II Οctober 372.622 99.624 35.575 8.335 1.660 51.478 34.360 10.010 2.935 1.880 252 14.997 49.879 4.523 800 4.726 877 3.385 12.448 710.366 II Νovember 252.617 91.691 28.491 8.024 1.411 45.975 22.875 10.149 1.237 973 58 1.366 20.919 1.992 519 4.621 488 3.242 11.388 508.036 II December 236.270 91.103 28.624 8.463 1.281 45.120 21.996 9.963 1.212 1.036 64 1.692 14.389 1.598 572 4.299 460 2.791 10.771 481.704 II Total 3.742.348 1.197.084 429.483 111.408 29.816 574.803 414.769 141.757 39.862 37.964 6.428 231.250 488.101 74.167 15.851 74.638 21.328 37.389 162.426 7.830.872 II ytd 3.253.461 1.014.290 372.368 94.921 27.124 483.708 369.898 121.645 37.413 35.955 6.306 228.192 452.793 70.577 14.760 65.718 20.380 31.356 140.267 6.841.132 II % Changes Athens Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Karpathos Herakleion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktio Mykonos Santorini Paros Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilene Total January -2,4% -18,3% 5,8% 64,5% -2,0% 16,4% -33,4% 30,6% -6,2% 7,9% -59,7% -76,1% 7,1% 65,3% -40,4% 0,6% 47,3% 47,7% -3,3% -4,5% February -8,3% -22,2% 3,2% 35,0% 13,8% 16,2% -37,8% 30,1% -2,7% 11,8% -41,0% -57,1% 0,5% 18,6% -25,2% -5,5% 12,6% 12,2% -7,7% -9,7% March -5,3% -16,0% 4,5% -36,2% 8,7% 14,4% -24,0% 19,0% 21,6% 27,6% 55,8% -42,2% 17,6% 35,0% -8,0% 1,8% -8,3% -7,3% -3,5% -5,7% April 9,0% -0,1% -8,0% 20,1% -7,5% 12,8% -1,6% 6,9% 5,3% 5,5% -24,3% 25,2% 13,9% 17,8% 18,6% 1,6% 6,6% -11,7% 6,2% 6,6% May 10,8% 6,3% -7,3% 30,0% 7,7% 15,5% -6,1% 9,5% 12,3% 27,3% 18,9% 19,2% 17,1% 30,7% 72,2% 6,9% -4,8% -15,1% -0,2% 9,5% June 6,9% -4,6% -9,1% 12,0% 9,7% 21,1% -39,5% 7,9% 0,8% 9,8% -43,9% 9,9% 13,7% 27,1% -43,3% -9,5% -7,3% -16,2% -11,5% 3,3% July 9,2% -1,9% -1,6% 14,1% -1,6% 18,9% -30,7% 17,9% 7,9% 16,5% -25,6% 6,5% 14,1% 24,9% -41,3% 0,4% -11,7% -5,8% -1,8% 6,0% August 12,0% -3,1% -3,0% 17,5% 18,5% 18,9% -31,5% 24,5% 8,6% 11,0% -16,5% 5,0% 17,3% 25,3% -46,7% -1,4% 18,7% 0,5% -3,4% 7,5% September 9,2% 0,8% -6,2% 29,3% 1,6% 18,3% -27,7% 18,1% 8,0% 22,6% -26,6% 13,9% 20,8% 21,4% -37,0% 10,5% 1,9% 3,9% 7,4% 7,7% Οctober -0,8% 0,7% -10,5% 20,6% 8,7% 14,0% -38,7% 27,1% 20,4% 34,4% -41,7% 2,7% 10,5% 19,9% -20,3% 26,7% 10,7% -5,9% 20,2% 0,5% ytd 5,2% -5,9% -3,8% 19,1% 6,0% 16,8% -27,2% 18,0% 7,9% 16,2% -26,7% 4,6% 14,9% 25,4% -32,2% 2,3% 1,4% -1,7% -0,1% 3,2% Regions 3 Regional airports Dodecanese Crete Ionian islands Cyclades Other airports 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 January 231.093 246.707-6,3% 40.986 35.912 14,1% 65.528 70.122-6,6% 11.821 9.681 22,1% 18.257 20.157-9,4% 18.640 17.992 3,6% February 221.661 248.701-10,9% 34.970 32.223 8,5% 61.906 67.866-8,8% 11.246 9.114 23,4% 19.224 22.359-14,0% 16.974 17.760-4,4% March 272.882 290.572-6,1% 38.096 38.904-2,1% 76.469 78.471-2,6% 13.466 11.202 20,2% 32.940 32.084 2,7% 20.574 21.228-3,1% April 325.347 310.997 4,6% 46.783 48.184-2,9% 86.816 81.473 6,6% 16.805 15.827 6,2% 61.656 52.804 16,8% 23.697 23.000 3,0% May 376.397 347.624 8,3% 48.502 48.356 0,3% 84.960 80.446 5,6% 22.094 19.616 12,6% 101.230 85.363 18,6% 25.086 24.895 0,8% June 417.736 417.271 0,1% 53.908 55.905-3,6% 84.772 89.760-5,6% 27.382 26.166 4,6% 127.231 111.978 13,6% 29.077 33.501-13,2% July 505.801 490.184 3,2% 69.038 67.691 2,0% 102.804 105.119-2,2% 40.155 35.377 13,5% 144.270 127.981 12,7% 39.897 42.263-5,6% August 498.634 481.860 3,5% 68.504 66.328 3,3% 100.365 103.334-2,9% 40.720 35.123 15,9% 138.461 121.453 14,0% 38.946 40.383-3,6% September 442.003 416.011 6,2% 55.633 55.340 0,5% 91.185 91.177 0,0% 27.716 24.136 14,8% 128.178 107.984 18,7% 30.237 29.223 3,5% Οctober 344.446 337.744 2,0% 43.696 45.570-4,1% 79.756 85.838-7,1% 18.927 15.077 25,5% 75.948 69.399 9,4% 25.752 22.236 15,8% Νovember 255.419-100,0% 37.926-100,0% 68.850-100,0% 12.417-100,0% 24.277-100,0% 20.258-100,0% December 245.434-100,0% 38.368-100,0% 67.116-100,0% 12.275-100,0% 17.679-100,0% 18.893-100,0% ytd 3.636.000 3.587.671 1,3% 500.116 494.413 1,2% 834.561 853.606-2,2% 230.332 201.319 14,4% 847.395 751.562 12,8% 268.880 272.481-1,3% Source: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Athens International Airport (AIA) - Processing: INSETE Intelligence See comments on page 4 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 10
The rise in domestic airport arrivals continued across the country in October 2018. Specifically, a +0.5% increase was recorded, compared to October 2017, according to the data available from the country s major airports, with 714,000 airport arrivals compared to 710,000 in October 2017. The October increase is due to the regional airports, which posted an increase by +2.0%/+7,000, while the AIA recorded a drop by -0.8%/-3,000. The largest percentage increase in October was noted at Kefalonia airport by +34.4%/+600 passengers. The largest percentage decrease was noted at Aktio airport, by -41.7% (just -105 passengers), followed by Chania airport with - 38.7%/-13,000 passengers. In terms of destinations, in October 2018, the destinations in the Cyclades saw an increase of +9.4%/+7,000, and those in the Ionian by +25.5%/+4,000. A drop of -4.1%/-2,000 was recorded in the Dodecanese, and -7.1%/-6,000 in Crete. The decrease in Crete is entirely due to Chania airport, which recorded a drop by -38.7%/-13,000 passengers, as opposed to Heraklion airport, which saw an increase of +14.0%/+7,000. During the January-October 2018 period domestic air traffic recorded an increase of +3.2%/+218,000 passengers. The Athens International Airport saw an increase of +5.2%/+170,000 passengers. Regional airports marked a marginal increase of +1.3%/+48,000 passengers. Thessaloniki recorded a drop of -5.9%/-60,000 passengers. This drop is also due to the fact that a large portion of the flights to/from Thessaloniki were directed to Kavala airport due to the reconstruction work underway at Macedonia Airport. In terms of destinations, during the January-October 2018 period, the Ionian was up by +14.4%/+29,000, the Cyclades by +9.4%/+96,000 and the Dodecanese by +1.2%/+6,000 passengers. Crete recorded a drop of -2.2%/-19,000, entirely due to Chania airport, which recorded a large drop of -27.2%/-101,000 passengers, as opposed to Heraklion airport which posted an increase of +16.8%/+81,000. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 11
Statistical Bulletin November 2018 12
Airline Seat Scheduling Statistical Bulletin November 2018 13
SCHEDULED SEATS PER AIRPORT, PROVISIONAL DATA 2018 Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Karpathos Herakleion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktion Mykonos Santorini Araxos Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilini Other Total March 47.642 8.820 516 0 21.032 12.591 9.946 360 1.878 280 1.674 2.996 0 992 0 0 849 68 0 109.644 April 208.245 89.972 22.422 555 176.424 80.419 58.858 11.133 9.511 3.974 12.421 24.868 1.296 5.398 1.317 0 3.126 1.839 2.439 714.217 May 258.205 339.014 176.594 9.420 479.414 179.046 201.139 112.533 46.405 35.035 44.919 66.773 7.923 18.302 22.648 22.254 17.435 8.985 7.676 2.053.720 June 309.508 461.105 246.596 21.562 626.121 225.531 313.021 178.561 72.262 58.568 91.323 105.708 23.102 29.007 31.853 42.891 28.613 14.478 14.203 2.894.013 July 354.582 538.799 282.179 27.318 720.350 252.382 362.119 213.303 81.728 78.633 131.582 134.213 24.728 32.948 40.005 53.871 33.005 17.747 16.964 3.396.456 August 356.784 538.996 283.179 28.886 735.625 238.759 368.118 221.349 84.643 71.187 142.035 134.928 25.250 32.443 37.182 57.634 32.276 17.894 18.024 3.425.192 September 312.714 470.481 246.964 22.006 643.198 215.610 305.006 175.962 68.792 62.307 92.402 102.635 22.022 26.879 32.095 38.143 27.757 14.852 14.763 2.894.588 October 217.306 251.599 142.182 4.353 392.004 125.560 135.917 57.618 22.693 22.335 29.761 47.784 7.350 14.151 9.406 4.987 11.646 4.300 4.382 1.505.334 Total 2.064.986 2.698.786 1.400.632 114.100 3.794.168 1.329.898 1.754.124 970.819 387.912 332.319 546.117 619.905 111.671 160.120 174.506 219.780 154.707 80.163 78.451 16.993.164 2017 Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Karpathos Herakleion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktion Mykonos Santorini Araxos Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilini Other Total March 30.815 1.321 0 0 6.477 8.137 4.065 654 180 0 0 900 0 348 0 0 0 0 0 52.897 April 186.271 92.594 20.648 933 175.841 73.326 39.362 9.019 4.294 3.054 8.210 16.174 484 5.588 944 183 3.960 1.128 2.435 644.448 May 219.488 270.955 128.434 6.591 416.166 149.094 160.518 94.409 35.583 34.295 31.248 54.200 8.228 16.012 12.950 22.073 16.143 8.662 4.545 1.689.594 June 286.110 409.956 194.986 20.389 569.469 199.479 257.584 162.702 55.448 57.252 69.214 85.424 17.802 24.735 25.805 41.068 27.520 10.860 9.696 2.525.499 July 316.646 509.542 242.497 21.549 689.667 242.284 323.881 201.907 67.325 75.821 105.168 117.471 20.305 27.978 32.167 55.479 31.296 12.791 10.891 3.104.665 August 316.264 510.378 238.961 23.881 702.082 220.392 325.694 210.964 76.119 68.177 120.758 121.976 20.543 26.888 34.772 57.797 31.664 12.207 9.942 3.129.459 September 280.448 432.499 205.426 20.461 586.333 196.275 264.552 166.681 58.123 58.893 73.072 89.474 19.327 28.839 27.446 41.046 26.489 10.853 9.163 2.595.400 October 203.018 249.880 125.929 3.578 386.856 112.486 112.898 49.243 16.062 20.195 20.913 37.607 7.057 13.717 6.341 4.879 9.768 1.994 2.659 1.385.080 Total 1.839.060 2.477.125 1.156.881 97.382 3.532.891 1.201.473 1.488.554 895.579 313.134 317.687 428.583 523.226 93.746 144.105 140.425 222.525 146.840 58.495 49.331 15.127.042 % Change Thessaloniki Rhodes Kos Karpathos Herakleion Chania Corfu Zakynthos Kefalonia Aktion Mykonos Santorini Araxos Kalamata Samos Skiathos Kavala Mytilini Other Total March 54,6% 567,7% 0,0% 0,0% 224,7% 54,7% 144,7% -45,0% 943,3% 0,0% 0,0% 232,9% 0,0% 185,1% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 107,3% April 11,8% -2,8% 8,6% -40,5% 0,3% 9,7% 49,5% 23,4% 121,5% 30,1% 51,3% 53,8% 167,8% -3,4% 39,5% -100,0% -21,1% 63,0% 0,2% 10,8% May 17,6% 25,1% 37,5% 42,9% 15,2% 20,1% 25,3% 19,2% 30,4% 2,2% 43,8% 23,2% -3,7% 14,3% 74,9% 0,8% 8,0% 3,7% 68,9% 21,6% June 8,2% 12,5% 26,5% 5,8% 9,9% 13,1% 21,5% 9,7% 30,3% 2,3% 31,9% 23,7% 29,8% 17,3% 23,4% 4,4% 4,0% 33,3% 46,5% 14,6% July 12,0% 5,7% 16,4% 26,8% 4,4% 4,2% 11,8% 5,6% 21,4% 3,7% 25,1% 14,3% 21,8% 17,8% 24,4% -2,9% 5,5% 38,7% 55,8% 9,4% August 12,8% 5,6% 18,5% 21,0% 4,8% 8,3% 13,0% 4,9% 11,2% 4,4% 17,6% 10,6% 22,9% 20,7% 6,9% -0,3% 1,9% 46,6% 81,3% 9,4% September 11,5% 8,8% 20,2% 7,6% 9,7% 9,9% 15,3% 5,6% 18,4% 5,8% 26,5% 14,7% 13,9% -6,8% 16,9% -7,1% 4,8% 36,8% 61,1% 11,5% October 7,0% 0,7% 12,9% 21,7% 1,3% 11,6% 20,4% 17,0% 41,3% 10,6% 42,3% 27,1% 4,2% 3,2% 48,3% 2,2% 19,2% 115,6% 64,8% 8,7% Total 12,3% 8,9% 21,1% 17,2% 7,4% 10,7% 17,8% 8,4% 23,9% 4,6% 27,4% 18,5% 19,1% 11,1% 24,3% -1,2% 5,4% 37,0% 59,0% 12,3% Source: HSCA - Processing: INSETE Intelligence-Data export: 31/10/2018 See commnets on page 4 Compared to the corresponding scheduling in 2017, 2018 recorded an increase of scheduled airline seats from abroad of +12.3% or nearly 1.9 million seats over the entire season. During the March-October period, all months showed an increase. In March airline seats increased by +107.3% or 57,000 seats, in April by +10.8% or 70,000 seats and in May by +21.6% or +364,000. The increase continued also during the summer months with a lower rate of change, more specifically: June by +14.6% or +369,000, July and August by +9.4% or +292,000 seats and +296,000 seats respectively. September saw an increase of +11.5% or +299,000 seats, and October saw an increase of +8.7% or +120,000. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 14
During the March-October period, all regional airports showed an increase, with the exception of Skiathos airport, where a drop was noted of -1.2%/-2,700 seats. In terms of differences, the largest increase was seen at Corfu airport with +266,000 seats/+17.8%, followed by Heraklion airport with +261,000 seats/+7.4%. Kos airport was in the third place with +244,000 /+21.1% and Rhodes airport in the fourth place with +222,000/+8.9%. Finally, last in the five airports with the largest increase in absolute number of seats was Thessaloniki airport with +226,000/+12.3%. In terms of percentage differences, the largest increase was seen at other airports with +29,000 seats/+59.0%, followed by Lesvos airport with +22,000 /+37.0%. Mykonos airport was in third place with +118,000/+27.4% and Samos airport in fourth with +34,000/+24.3%. Finally, last in the five airports with the largest percentage increase in absolute number of seats was Kefalonia airport with +75,000/+23,9%. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 15
SCHEDULED SEATS PER COUNTRY, PROVISIONAL DATA 2018 Un.Kingdom Un.Kingdom Italy Russia Netherlands France Poland Sweden Israel Czech Republic Other Total March 20.045 34.329 8.253 2.486 2.457 3.352 2.457 1.428 11.265 189 23.383 109.644 April 102.478 175.842 37.329 26.187 60.212 69.488 34.045 22.750 26.074 288 159.524 714.217 May 495.149 496.909 57.454 90.084 145.675 114.055 101.939 94.610 41.325 9.787 406.733 2.053.720 June 594.929 545.183 180.069 176.570 135.664 120.007 206.179 120.819 63.935 111.576 639.082 2.894.013 July 641.423 575.065 294.646 175.390 181.441 166.088 205.875 131.721 101.534 117.879 805.394 3.396.456 August 659.497 568.579 357.427 170.702 183.440 167.060 206.678 123.561 120.343 117.707 750.198 3.425.192 September 593.774 561.435 170.907 156.096 141.549 124.402 200.343 110.630 106.015 106.001 623.436 2.894.588 October 320.248 490.383 50.419 58.429 84.275 73.581 60.391 34.554 24.053 12.060 296.941 1.505.334 Total 3.427.543 3.447.725 1.156.504 855.944 934.713 838.033 1.017.907 640.073 494.544 475.487 3.704.691 16.993.164 2017 Un.Kingdom Un.Kingdom Italy Poland Netherlands Russia France Sweden Israel Czech Republic Other Total March 12.393 13.311 3.771 5.512 945 552 1.384 756 208 112 13.953 52.897 April 102.731 151.432 22.250 22.238 54.417 69.439 19.623 18.277 35.979 308 147.754 644.448 May 456.307 351.732 41.128 96.829 124.111 97.089 60.485 79.021 27.956 5.688 349.248 1.689.594 June 545.435 431.780 146.777 184.754 122.020 106.980 145.544 115.045 58.656 89.927 578.581 2.525.499 July 601.166 480.955 275.033 192.995 155.597 151.579 163.741 127.637 90.833 93.691 771.438 3.104.665 August 621.390 483.515 357.725 177.264 162.130 151.408 157.900 118.354 108.249 95.795 695.729 3.129.459 September 552.099 469.566 180.352 159.205 130.523 104.992 159.863 111.570 76.086 87.654 563.490 2.595.400 October 301.601 422.355 33.296 69.503 73.221 59.488 51.220 33.781 54.717 12.739 273.159 1.385.080 Total 3.193.122 2.804.646 1.060.332 908.300 822.964 741.527 759.760 604.441 452.684 385.914 3.393.352 15.127.042 % Change Germany Un.Kingdom Italy Poland Netherlands Russia France Sweden Israel Czech Republic Other Total March 61,7% 157,9% 118,9% -54,9% 160,0% 507,2% 77,5% 88,9% 5315,9% 68,8% 67,6% 107,3% April -0,2% 16,1% 67,8% 17,8% 10,6% 0,1% 73,5% 24,5% -27,5% -6,5% 8,0% 10,8% May 8,5% 41,3% 39,7% -7,0% 17,4% 17,5% 68,5% 19,7% 47,8% 72,1% 16,5% 21,6% June 9,1% 26,3% 22,7% -4,4% 11,2% 12,2% 41,7% 5,0% 9,0% 24,1% 10,5% 14,6% July 6,7% 19,6% 7,1% -9,1% 16,6% 9,6% 25,7% 3,2% 11,8% 25,8% 4,4% 9,4% August 6,1% 17,6% -0,1% -3,7% 13,1% 10,3% 30,9% 4,4% 11,2% 22,9% 7,8% 9,4% September 7,5% 19,6% -5,2% -2,0% 8,4% 18,5% 25,3% -0,8% 39,3% 20,9% 10,6% 11,5% October 6,2% 16,1% 51,4% -15,9% 15,1% 23,7% 17,9% 2,3% -56,0% -5,3% 8,7% 8,7% Total 7,3% 22,9% 9,1% -5,8% 13,6% 13,0% 34,0% 5,9% 9,2% 23,2% 9,2% 12,3% Source: HSCA - Processing: INSETE Intelligence-Data export: 31/08/2018 See commnets on page 4 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 16
During the March-October period, all the top 10 markets showed an increase, with the exception of Russia, which showed a drop of -5.8%/-52,000 seats. In terms of differences, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage, Germany was in first place, showing an increase of +22.9% and +643,000 seats. It was followed by Poland with +258,000/+34.0%, and the UK in third place with +234,000/+7.3%. The Netherlands was in fourth place, with increase of +112,000/ +13.6%, and Italy in fifth place with +96,000/+9.1%. France recorded an increase of +13.0%/+97,000, followed by the Czech Republic with +90,000 /+23.2%. The top 10 was completed by Israel with +9.2%/+42,000 and Sweden with +5.9%/+36,000. Finally, the other countries were up by +9.2% or +311,000 seats. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 17
Road Arrivals October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 18
ROAD ARRIVALS - OCTOBER 2018 2018 Nymfaia Niki Krystallopigis Konstantinos Ormenio Kyprinos Kastanies Kipoi Doirani Evzonoi Kakavia Mertzani Exochi Promachonas Sagiada Total January 46.589 19.049 53.468 4.190 14.633 4.519 14.616 39.430 34.053 122.518 72.389 2.158 19.689 161.365 19.646 628.312 February 43.328 14.346 41.569 2.920 14.719 4.225 13.078 34.277 22.642 125.080 39.580 1.151 16.349 105.853 12.747 491.864 March 55.753 3.811 53.482 3.250 15.547 5.344 13.130 43.138 8.539 158.384 48.049 1.507 17.704 138.099 15.535 581.272 April 61.046 21.105 79.605 4.416 20.286 7.414 14.864 57.039 10.796 91.482 70.449 3.684 22.085 223.622 19.950 707.843 May 102.492 24.542 76.278 4.762 21.611 7.139 13.158 47.360 13.236 154.949 44.195 2.059 23.760 183.533 19.950 739.024 June 212.339 37.394 70.324 7.451 29.402 8.310 19.947 63.319 28.559 389.694 57.758 2.166 34.740 458.367 13.384 1.433.154 July 297.192 54.539 87.049 11.119 45.161 9.505 17.535 91.070 57.560 609.298 75.591 2.758 39.487 627.529 33.550 2.058.943 August 374.848 66.440 111.542 14.458 33.938 7.574 60.147 186.209 79.343 608.829 119.113 4.667 39.843 507.671 52.208 2.266.830 September 227.937 36.863 86.184 8.656 25.751 8.877 23.974 83.941 44.730 349.870 71.111 3.098 33.788 482.622 28.838 1.516.240 Οctober 86.838 27.386 74.191 3.211 19.991 6.659 12.369 50.616 37.373 151.496 62.835 2.298 19.968 270.876 28.838 854.945 ytd 1.508.362 305.475 733.692 64.433 241.039 69.566 202.818 696.399 336.831 2.761.600 661.070 25.546 267.413 3.159.537 244.646 11.278.427 2017 Nymfaia Niki Krystallopigis Konstantinos Ormenio Kyprinos Kastanies Kipoi Doirani Evzonoi Kakavia Mertzani Exochi Promachonas Sagiada Total January 26.967 13.805 60.155 2.181 32.507 4.320 10.075 26.389 33.637 177.281 5.471 1.011 53.171 57.485 20.448 524.903 February 34.133 16.126 42.607 4.381 40.615 5.783 14.149 31.478 27.734 74.794 3.453 891 50.980 56.436 16.523 420.083 March 39.105 18.823 50.919 4.545 46.655 6.677 16.038 36.698 36.550 202.092 46.385 2.394 52.191 92.070 21.291 672.433 April 54.250 22.243 72.076 5.885 29.573 7.892 16.169 48.536 36.333 225.959 9.816 1.572 33.667 110.715 25.427 700.113 May 52.181 24.712 70.945 6.756 25.040 7.311 15.461 54.019 34.312 269.063 49.692 2.177 28.721 140.958 21.388 802.736 June 198.192 39.376 63.276 8.272 36.788 9.251 15.562 65.621 59.172 437.787 53.192 2.379 37.316 272.428 23.286 1.321.898 July 281.443 47.266 78.765 18.019 56.753 10.767 20.776 97.209 101.727 711.517 69.472 2.529 55.345 516.722 34.566 2.102.876 August 368.625 64.709 101.894 17.163 39.765 7.430 70.646 194.339 94.626 759.348 118.916 2.284 52.159 538.996 48.352 2.479.252 September 217.225 39.430 82.579 12.220 33.973 6.876 44.950 94.303 52.075 571.373 66.238 2.736 45.939 437.551 25.219 1.732.687 Οctober 75.008 26.365 65.393 4.461 20.592 6.002 16.050 50.446 39.914 160.935 59.259 2.304 27.513 198.486 15.690 768.418 Νovember 60.845 17.783 65.992 3.326 19.822 4.786 13.961 43.042 32.852 117.698 53.609 1.134 18.956 162.185 15.911 631.902 December 52.554 19.409 53.468 3.692 17.862 19.230 17.275 42.592 35.965 139.678 52.516 1.961 26.415 130.260 17.943 630.820 Total 1.460.528 350.047 808.069 90.901 399.945 96.325 271.112 784.672 584.897 3.847.525 588.019 23.372 482.373 2.714.292 286.044 12.788.121 ytd 1.347.129 312.855 688.609 83.883 362.261 72.309 239.876 699.038 516.080 3.590.149 481.894 20.277 437.002 2.421.847 252.190 11.525.399 % CHANGE Nymfaia Niki Krystallopigis Konstantinos Ormenio Kyprinos Kastanies Kipoi Doirani Evzonoi Kakavia Mertzani Exochi Promachonas Sagiada Total January 72,8% 38,0% -11,1% 92,1% -55,0% 4,6% 45,1% 49,4% 1,2% -30,9% 1223,1% 113,5% -63,0% 180,7% -3,9% 19,7% February 26,9% -11,0% -2,4% -33,3% -63,8% -26,9% -7,6% 8,9% -18,4% 67,2% 1046,2% 29,2% -67,9% 87,6% -22,9% 17,1% March 42,6% -79,8% 5,0% -28,5% -66,7% -20,0% -18,1% 17,5% -76,6% -21,6% 3,6% -37,1% -66,1% 50,0% -27,0% -13,6% April 12,5% -5,1% 10,4% -25,0% -31,4% -6,1% -8,1% 17,5% -70,3% -59,5% 617,7% 134,4% -34,4% 102,0% -21,5% 1,1% May 96,4% -0,7% 7,5% -29,5% -13,7% -2,4% -14,9% -12,3% -61,4% -42,4% -11,1% -5,4% -17,3% 30,2% -6,7% -7,9% June 7,1% -5,0% 11,1% -9,9% -20,1% -10,2% 28,2% -3,5% -51,7% -11,0% 8,6% -9,0% -6,9% 68,3% -42,5% 8,4% July 5,6% 15,4% 10,5% -38,3% -20,4% -11,7% -15,6% -6,3% -43,4% -14,4% 8,8% 9,1% -28,7% 21,4% -2,9% -2,1% August 1,7% 2,7% 9,5% -15,8% -14,7% 1,9% -14,9% -4,2% -16,2% -19,8% 0,2% 104,3% -23,6% -5,8% 8,0% -8,6% September 4,9% -6,5% 4,4% -29,2% -24,2% 29,1% -46,7% -11,0% -14,1% -38,8% 7,4% 13,2% -26,5% 10,3% 14,4% -12,5% Οctober 15,8% 3,9% 13,5% -28,0% -2,9% 10,9% -22,9% 0,3% -6,4% -5,9% 6,0% -0,3% -27,4% 36,5% 83,8% 11,3% ytd 12,0% -2,4% 6,5% -23,2% -33,5% -3,8% -15,4% -0,4% -34,7% -23,1% 37,2% 26,0% -38,8% 30,5% -3,0% -2,1% Albania Bulgaria FYROM Turkey REGIONS* 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 2018 2017 Δ2018/2017 January 147.661 87.085 69,6% 250.985 176.631 42,1% 175.620 224.723-21,9% 54.046 36.464 48,2% February 95.047 63.474 49,7% 187.394 192.328-2,6% 162.068 118.654 36,6% 47.355 45.627 3,8% March 118.573 120.989-2,0% 235.697 241.243-2,3% 170.734 257.465-33,7% 56.268 52.736 6,7% April 173.688 108.891 59,5% 338.869 241.982 40,0% 123.383 284.535-56,6% 71.903 64.705 11,1% May 142.482 144.202-1,2% 343.297 260.967 31,5% 192.727 328.087-41,3% 60.518 69.480-12,9% June 143.632 142.133 1,1% 750.609 562.247 33,5% 455.647 536.335-15,0% 83.266 81.183 2,6% July 198.948 185.332 7,3% 1.029.993 939.049 9,7% 721.397 860.510-16,2% 108.605 117.985-8,0% August 287.530 271.446 5,9% 978.332 1.024.138-4,5% 754.612 918.683-17,9% 246.356 264.985-7,0% September 189.231 176.772 7,0% 787.631 753.784 4,5% 431.463 662.878-34,9% 107.915 139.253-22,5% Οctober 168.162 142.646 17,9% 407.543 332.062 22,7% 216.255 227.214-4,8% 62.985 66.496-5,3% Νovember 136.646-100,0% 269.920-100,0% 168.333-100,0% 57.003-100,0% December 125.888-100,0% 250.013-100,0% 195.052-100,0% 59.867-100,0% ytd 1.664.954 1.442.970 15,4% 5.310.350 4.724.431 12,4% 3.403.906 4.419.084-23,0% 899.217 938.914-4,2% Source: Border checkpoints - Processing: INSETE Intelligence See comments on page 4 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 19
In October 2018, a rise of 11.3% was recorded in road arrivals, as +87,000 more arrivals were recorded compared to October 2017. Specifically, the largest percentage increase was recorded at Sagiada checkpoint with +83.8%/+13,000 arrivals, and the largest drop at the Agios Konstantinos border checkpoint with -28.0%/-1,000. The largest increase in absolute numbers was seen at the Promachonas border checkpoint, up by +36.5%/+72,000, and the largest drop at the Evzoni checkpoint with -5.9%/-9,000. As regards country of origin, in October 2018, there was an increase of +17.9%/+26,000 from Albania and +22.7%/+75,000 from Bulgaria. A drop was recorded from FYROM by -4.8%/-11,000, and Turkey by -5.3%/-4,000. There was a drop of -2.1% in road arrivals during the January-October 2018 period, as -247,000 fewer arrivals were recorded. The largest increase, in absolute numbers, was seen at the Promachonas border checkpoint, up by +738,000 arrivals (+30.5%), while the largest decrease in absolute numbers was at the Evzoni border checkpoint with -829,000 arrivals (-23.1%). Please find below the graph of percentage changes and absolute numbers for each month for 2018. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 20
Road arrivals saw a drop of -2.1%/-247,000 during the period January-October 2018. Arrivals from Albania were up by +15.4%/+222,000 and arrivals from Bulgaria were up by +12.4%/+586,000, while, on the contrary, arrivals from Turkey were down by -4.2%/-40,000 and those from FYROM were down by -23.0%/-1 million arrivals. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 21
Demand for Hotel Accommodation Services (in cooperation with trivago) October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 22
Introduction - Methodological Note This unit presents the data relating to the demand for hotel accommodation for international markets and Greece, in different destinations in Greece and in competing countries. The data were provided by trivago, and are therefore more related to the market of individual travellers. Nevertheless, they give us important information on the trends in various markets and the different destinations. For the better interpretation of the information, we must take into consideration that they are derived from administrative data from the trivago records without the statistical processing for reduction to the total. They are therefore subject to the following restrictions: - The penetration of trivago differs from one market to the other. - Hotel prices as well as the ranking of destinations and markets are based on clickouts 1. - The month refers to the month of arrival at the hotel and not the month of the booking. - Hotel prices are the weighted averages of the prices. The weighing is based on the number of clickouts. - Types of trips: o Midweek: a trip shorter than 6 overnight stays, most of them days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday), o Weekend: a trip shorter than 6 overnight stays, most of them on the weekend (Friday, Saturday or Sunday), o Vacations: a trip lasting 6 overnight stays or more 1 The clickout happens when the visitor leaves the Trivago site by clicking on a partner online travel agent. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 23
Type of trip to Greece In October 2018, 43% of the bookings were for Midweek trips, 38% for Weekend trips and 20% for Vacation trips. In the same month of 2017, Midweek trips were 42%, Weekend trips 37% and Vacation trips 20%. Compared to the previous year, a decrease is noted in Midweek trips and an increase in Weekend trips. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 24
Top 5 main Markets for Greece Countries 2018 J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο No. of appearances United Kingdom 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 10 Germany 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 10 Italy 5 5 3 3 5 5 3 7 Bulgaria 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 4 10 France 5 4 4 5 5 5 United States 4 1 Netherlands 5 1 Romania 4 4 5 4 4 Serbia 5 4 2 United Kingdom Germany Italy Bulgaria France United States Netherlands Romania Serbia Source: trivago processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence Comparison 2018-2017 Δ of appearances 2018/2017 ytd In October 2018 the main bookings market for Greece was the German one, conquering the top spot for the third time in 2018. The British market dropped to second place and the French reached third place. The Italian market dropped to fourth place and the US market reappeared in fifth place. The 5 top markets remained unchanged in October 2018 compared to October 2017. The following diagram depicts the development of the top 3 main markets for Greece for 2017, as well as for the current year (October 2018). Statistical Bulletin November 2018 25
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German market Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο No. of appearances Athens, Attica 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Mykonos-Town, South Aegean 7 7 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 Fira, South Aegean 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 3 10 Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 5 4 9 Georgioupolis, Crete 4 4 6 5 3 3 3 5 8 Oia, South Aegean 6 9 9 6 5 4 5 6 4 6 10 Malia, Crete 10 8 7 3 Rethymnon, Crete 9 5 10 7 9 8 7 8 8 Agios Nikolaos, Crete 9 8 9 10 9 5 Rhodes Town, South Aegean 10 6 10 6 10 5 Firostefani, South Aegean 4 10 2 Heraklion, Crete 5 8 8 3 Imerovigli, South Aegean 7 4 8 10 7 7 6 Kamari, South Aegean 8 1 Kardamena, South Aegean 9 1 Chania, Crete 8 5 6 7 4 Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands 9 1 Elounda, Crete 7 8 9 3 Faliraki, South Aegean 10 10 2 Source: trivago - Processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence In October 2018, first place in the German market s preference was held by Athens, followed by the Town of Mykonos. Fira was in third place, Thessaloniki in fourth and Georgioupoli in fifth. Oia was in sixth place, followed by 3 Cretan destinations. Specifically, Malia was in seventh place, Rethymno in eighth and Agios Nikolaos in ninth. The top ten also includes the town on Rhodes. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 27
Change 2018-2017 Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο Athens, Attica Mykonos-Town, South Aegean Fira, South Aegean Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Georgioupolis, Crete Oia, South Aegean Malia, Crete Rethymnon, Crete Agios Nikolaos, Crete Rhodes Town, South Aegean Firostefani, South Aegean Heraklion, Crete Imerovigli, South Aegean Kamari, South Aegean Kardamena, South Aegean Chania, Crete Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands Elounda, Crete Faliraki, South Aegean Source: trivago - Processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence Change in No. of appearances 2018/2017 ytd Statistical Bulletin November 2018 28
The following table reflects the development of the main destinations of the German market for 2017. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 29
UK market Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο No. of appearances Athens, Attica 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Rhodes Town, South Aegean 7 7 9 7 9 7 7 6 3 2 10 Fira, South Aegean 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 6 3 10 Mykonos-Town, South Aegean 6 5 8 9 5 2 2 2 2 4 10 Oia, South Aegean 8 9 6 3 4 5 6 8 5 5 10 Imerovigli, South Aegean 5 4 5 5 6 8 10 8 6 9 Kardamena, South Aegean 7 1 Chania, Crete 10 8 7 6 8 5 Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands 9 10 3 4 10 10 9 9 7 9 10 Faliraki, South Aegean 10 1 Agios Nikolaos, Crete 8 1 Firostefani, South Aegean 3 3 10 8 4 Elounda, Crete 10 1 Laganas, Ionian Islands 6 3 5 3 Kamari, South Aegean 3 4 4 4 4 5 Planos-Tsilivi, Ionian Islands 7 9 8 7 9 5 Rethymnon, Crete 10 1 Source: trivago - Processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence Un. Kingdom 2018 In October 2018, first place in the UK market s preference was held by Athens, followed by the town of Rhodes. Fira was in third place and the town of Mykonos in fourth. These were followed by 2 destinations in Santorini: Oia and Imerovigli. Kardamaina climbed to seventh place for the first time in 2018 and Chania was in eighth. Corfu was in the ninth place in the UK market s preferences and Faliraki in tenth place (for the first time in 2018). Statistical Bulletin November 2018 30
Change 2018-2017 Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο Athens, Attica Rhodes Town, South Aegean Fira, South Aegean Mykonos-Town, South Aegean Oia, South Aegean Imerovigli, South Aegean Kardamena, South Aegean Chania, Crete Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands Faliraki, South Aegean Agios Nikolaos, Crete Firostefani, South Aegean Elounda, Crete Laganas, Ionian Islands Kamari, South Aegean Planos-Tsilivi, Ionian Islands Rethymnon, Crete Source: trivago - Processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence Change in No. of appearances 2018/2017 ytd Statistical Bulletin November 2018 31
The following table presents the development of the main destinations of the UK market for 2017. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 32
Italian market In October 2018, first place in the Italian market s preference was held by Athens, followed by the town of Mykonos. These were followed by 2 destinations in Santorini: Fira and Kamari. Chania was in fifth place, followed by 3 Santorini destinations: Oia, Imerovigli and Perissa. Thessaloniki was in ninth place and Kryopigi in tenth. Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο No. of appearances Athens, Attica 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 12 Mykonos-Town, South Aegean 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 12 Fira, South Aegean 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 12 Kamari, South Aegean 10 4 4 3 4 3 4 9 Chania, Crete 7 4 6 9 5 7 Oia, South Aegean 6 6 9 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 12 Imerovigli, South Aegean 5 5 8 8 8 9 10 7 7 11 Perissa, South Aegean 7 5 5 5 5 8 8 Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia 4 4 5 7 9 9 8 Kriopigi,, Central Macedonia 10 3 Laganas, Ionian Islands 9 3 Firostefani, South Aegean 8 9 10 5 Heraklion, Crete 10 3 Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands 10 6 5 10 10 8 6 9 Faliraki, South Aegean 8 9 4 Zante-Town, Ionian Islands 9 8 4 Perivolos, South Aegean 10 3 Rhodes Town, South Aegean 7 7 4 9 7 6 8 8 8 Skiathos Town, Thessaly 10 1 Source: trivago - Processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence Statistical Bulletin November 2018 33
Change 2018-2017 Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο Athens, Attica Mykonos-Town, South Aegean Fira, South Aegean Kamari, South Aegean Chania, Crete Oia, South Aegean Imerovigli, South Aegean Perissa, South Aegean Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Kriopigi,, Central Macedonia Laganas, Ionian Islands Firostefani, South Aegean Heraklion, Crete Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands Faliraki, South Aegean Zante-Town, Ionian Islands Perivolos, South Aegean Rhodes Town, South Aegean Skiathos Town, Thessaly Source: trivago - Processing: ΙΝSETE Intelligence Change in No. of appearances 2018/2017 ytd The following table reflects the development of the main destinations of the Italian market for 2017. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 34
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Hotel prices Hotel prices in Athens and competing cities, October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 36
In October 2018, Athens recorded an increase in prices in all hotel categories, except for the 1-2 star category. Barcelona recorded a decrease in all categories. A decrease was noted in Rome for the 4, 3 and 1-2 star categories and an increase in Istanbul in all categories, with the exception of the 5 star. The highest booking price in 5-star hotels was in Barcelona with 320 ( 333 in 2017), whereas in Rome the price is 324 ( 320 in 2017). In Athens, the price is 222 compared to 210 in 2017, and in Istanbul it dropped to 108 ( 110 in 2017). In the 4-star category the booking price for Barcelona amounted to 161 compared to 178 in October 2017, for Athens to 122 compared to 112 in 2017, and for Rome to 152. In Istanbul, the booking price was only 64. In October 2018, Athens and Istanbul recorded an increase in prices. In the 3 star category the booking price for Barcelona amounted to 127 compared to 145 in October 2018, for Athens to 83 compared to 79 in 2017, and for Rome it dropped to 113. In Istanbul, the booking price was only 41 compared to 39 in 2017. In the 1-2 star category the booking price for Barcelona was very high at 83 (compared to 91 in 2017 ). In Rome prices dropped to 83 and in Athens to 50 (compared to 85 and 51 respectively in October 2017). In Istanbul, the booking price was just 33. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 37
Price of hotels in Thessaloniki and competing cities, October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 38
In October 2018, Thessaloniki and Izmir exhibited a drop in all hotel categories. Bologna showed a decrease for the 5 and 1-2 star categories and an increase in the 3 and 4 star. In October 2018, the highest booking price in 5 star hotels was found in Bologna at 428 (compared to 439 in October 2017), followed by Thessaloniki at 155 (compared to 166 in October 2017). In Izmir, the booking price was estimated at only 79. In the 4 star category, the booking price for Thessaloniki was estimated at 82 compared to 85 in October 2017, in Bologna at 106 compared to 96, and in Izmir it amounted to only 41 compared to 49. In the 3-star category, the booking price for Bologna was estimated at 81 and for Thessaloniki at 62. Finally, in Izmir, the price amounted to only 27. In the 1-2 star category, the booking price for Bologna was 67. In Thessaloniki, the booking price was estimated at 43, and in Izmir only at 20. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 39
Hotel prices in Mykonos, Santorini and competitive premium destinations, October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 40
In October 2018, the picture for the destinations in the individual categories was mixed. Specifically, Mykonos showed an increase in all categories with the exception of the 1-2 star category, Santorini showed an increase in the 4, 3 and 1-2 star categories, Ibiza showed an increase in all categories with the exception of the 4 star, while Sardinia showed a drop in the 5 and 4 star categories. The highest booking price in 5 star hotels was found in Santorini at 327, compared to 353 in October 2017. This is followed by Mykonos at 261 (compared to 231 in 2017) and Ibiza at 279 (compared to 228 in October 2017). Sardinia recorded a drop and the price was estimated at 223. In the 4 star category, the booking price for Santorini amounted to 204 from 203 in October 2017, for Mykonos to 136 (compared to 122) and for Ibiza to 117, compared to 131 in 2017. In the 4 star category, Sardinia was estimated at 134. In the 3 star category, the booking price for Santorini amounted to 95 compared to 93 in 2017 and for Mykonos to 89 compared to 85 in October 2017. The price was estimated at 76 both for Ibiza and Sardinia, however, Ibiza presented an increase, while the price in Sardinia remained unchanged compared to October 2017. In the 1-2-star category, the booking price for Santorini was 75, and for Mykonos 61 (compared to 65 and 68 respectively in October 2017). In Ibiza, the price was estimated at 61 and in Sardinia at 70. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 41
Price of hotels in mass Sun & Beach destinations, October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 42
In September 2018, the destinations of the Ionian Islands and the Dodecanese were the only ones to have shown an increase in all categories of hotel accommodation. On the other hand, there was a drop in all categories for Bodrum and Rimini. The picture is mixed for the other destinations. The highest booking price for 5 star hotels in Greece was found in the Cyclades at 313, followed by Halkidiki at 172 and Crete at 169. Amongst competing destinations, Istria was estimated at 157, Rimini at 192 and Majorca at 246 (recording a decrease). In the Dodecanese the price ranged at 141 and in the Ionian Islands at 137. The lowest prices were seen in Turkey, with Bodrum at 119 and Antalya at 104. Among 4-star hotels, the highest booking price for 4-star hotels was in the Cyclades at 190. Markedly lower prices were recorded at the other destinations, with Majorca at 123, Crete at 97, Istria at 96, the Ionian Islands at 93, the Dodecanese at 84, Halkidiki at 83 and Rimini at 64. The lowest prices were seen in Turkey, with Bodrum at 53 and Antalya at 52. Among 3-star hotels, the highest price was seen in the Cyclades at 91. Majorca followed at 77, Istria at 69 and Crete at 63. The other destinations ranged below 60. The lowest prices were noted in Turkey, with Bodrum at 24 and Antalya at 25. Among 1-2 star hotels, the highest price was seen in the Cyclades at 69 and in Majorca at 58. This was followed by Istria at 51, while other destinations were estimated at below 50, with the lowest price found in Antalya at 22. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 43
Prices of hotels in Greece, per Region, October 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 44
In October 2018, the picture is mixed in all categories and in terms of destinations. Specifically in the 5-star category, the majority of the destinations exhibited an increase. A drop was recorded in Epirus, Central Greece, Crete and Southern Aegean. The picture was similar in the rest of the categories. Especially in the 4 star category, there was a drop in Western Macedonia, Central Greece and Southern Aegean, and in the 3 star category in Central Greece, Central Macedonia, the Peloponnese and the Sporades. In the 1-2 star category most destinations posted an increase, with the exception of Western Macedonia and Central Greece. The highest booking price for 5 star hotels was found in the Southern Aegean at 218, followed by the Peloponnese at 172, Crete at 169 and Central Macedonia at 164. The other destinations ranged under 160, with the lowest price found in Epirus at 118. Among 4-star hotels, the highest price was seen in the Southern Aegean at 144. This was followed by the Sporades at 104, Crete at 97, and the Ionian Islands and the Peloponnese at 93 respectively. The lowest price was found in Western Macedonia at 73. In 3 star hotels, the highest prices were noted in the Southern Aegean at 77, followed by Epirus at 73. The other destinations ranged between 59 and 63, with the lowest price found in Western Macedonia at 56. In 1-2 star hotels, the highest prices were noted in the Southern Aegean at 58 and in Epirus at 53. The lowest prices were found in Western Macedonia at 47 and in Central Greece at 42. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 45
Greek market Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο No. of appearances Athens, Attica 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 10 1 1 10 Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia 2 1 2 2 2 2 10 2 2 9 Nafplio, Peloponnese 8 3 3 3 3 5 8 3 3 9 Ioannina, Epirus 6 6 5 5 6 4 6 Loutraki, Central Macedonia 5 4 4 5 4 Chania, Crete 6 4 4 5 3 5 6 7 Heraklion, Crete 7 1 Rhodes Town, South Aegean 9 6 8 8 4 Tinos - Chora, South Aegean 9 9 4 9 4 Kastoria, West Macedonia 10 1 Adamas, South Aegean 9 7 2 Arachova, Central Greece 3 5 9 3 Metsovo, Epirus 9 2 Monemvasia, Peloponnese 8 1 Mykonos-Town, South Aegean 5 3 2 Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands 4 1 Fira, South Aegean 7 1 Ios - Chora, South Aegean 3 1 Kalamata, Peloponnese 9 8 6 7 4 Kalambaka, Thessaly 10 7 2 Kalavrita, Peloponnese 4 8 6 3 Trikala Korinthias, Peloponnese 7 10 7 3 Volos, Thessaly 8 10 7 3 Skala, Attica 10 8 9 3 Skiathos Town, Thessaly 10 1 1 3 Skopelos Town, Thessaly 8 5 2 Naoussa, South Aegean 4 1 Naxos - Chora, South Aegean 6 4 2 Paleos Agios Athanassios, Central Macedonia 10 1 Parga, Epirus 7 2 6 3 Patra, Peloponnese 7 1 Porto Cheli 10 1 Source: trivago - Processing: INSETE Intelligence Greece 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 46
Cities J F Μ Α Μ J J Α S Ο Athens, Attica Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Nafplio, Peloponnese Ioannina, Epirus Loutraki, Central Macedonia Chania, Crete Heraklion, Crete Rhodes Town, South Aegean Tinos - Chora, South Aegean Kastoria, West Macedonia Adamas, South Aegean Arachova, Central Greece Metsovo, Epirus Monemvasia, Peloponnese Mykonos-Town, South Aegean Corfu-Town, Ionian Islands Fira, South Aegean Ios - Chora, South Aegean Kalamata, Peloponnese Kalambaka, Thessaly Kalavrita, Peloponnese Trikala Korinthias, Peloponnese Volos, Thessaly Skala, Attica Skiathos Town, Thessaly Skopelos Town, Thessaly Naoussa, South Aegean Naxos - Chora, South Aegean Paleos Agios Athanassios, Central Macedonia Parga, Epirus Patra, Peloponnese Porto Cheli Source: trivago - Processing: INSETE Intelligence Change in No. of appearances 2018/2017 ytd Statistical Bulletin November 2018 47
In October 2018, Athens was in the lead for the Greek market s preference, followed by Thessaloniki. Nafplio was in third place and Ioannina in fourth place. Loutraki was in fifth place, Parga in sixth, Heraklion in seventh and Rhodes in eighth. The top ten also includes the town on Tinos and Kastoria. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 48
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Travel Balance September 2018 Statistical Bulletin November 2018 50
Arrivals ΑRRIVALS in thousands 2018 Countries of which of which of which Eurozone non Eurozone Other ΕΕ-28 France Germany U.K. USA Russia Total Januray 371 164 8 62 207 35 233 22 2 603 Februray 275 134 11 47 141 25 209 12 10 484 March 425 226 20 88 198 42 283 36 4 708 April 728 384 61 141 345 82 379 50 14 1.107 May 1.917 1.171 173 551 746 297 533 76 24 2.450 June 3.010 1.425 186 568 1.584 578 1.094 150 99 4.104 July 3.857 2.011 297 677 1.846 497 1.683 213 125 5.539 August 4.416 2.526 354 773 1.890 529 1.677 148 97 6.093 September 3.633 1.799 218 740 1.834 528 1.236 142 75 4.869 ytd 18.631 9.839 1.327 3.647 8.792 2.612 7.326 851 449 25.957 2017 Countries of which of which of which Eurozone non Eurozone Other ΕΕ-28 France Germany U.K. USA Russia Total Januray 304 158 6 51 145 36 217 20 11 520 Februray 272 128 11 47 144 34 173 21 6 444 March 381 167 12 57 214 21 247 40 8 628 April 618 348 91 92 270 81 392 36 13 1.010 May 1.436 839 144 345 597 284 546 57 40 1.982 June 2.321 1.225 150 457 1.096 502 1.035 124 109 3.356 July 3.417 1.737 274 514 1.679 560 1.725 117 126 5.142 August 4.064 2.223 384 738 1.841 567 1.749 131 143 5.813 September 3.235 1.603 219 615 1.633 539 1.404 168 75 4.640 Οctober 1.761 1.083 104 664 679 291 595 92 42 2.356 Νovember 474 212 17 89 262 42 267 32 7 741 December 301 142 8 38 159 44 262 26 9 562 Total 18.583 9.863 1.420 3.706 8.720 3.002 8.611 865 589 27.194 ytd 16.047 8.427 1.290 2.915 7.620 2.625 7.488 715 531 23.535 %Changes Countries of which of which of which Eurozone non Eurozone Other ΕΕ-28 France Germany U.K. USA Russia Total Januray 22,1% 3,4% 22,1% 21,7% 42,5% -4,2% 7,3% 9,4% -84,8% 16,0% Februray 1,3% 5,2% 1,9% -2,0% -2,1% -27,0% 20,9% -41,5% 52,8% 8,9% March 11,6% 35,5% 73,9% 55,6% -7,1% 98,2% 14,8% -9,1% -43,9% 12,8% April 17,9% 10,3% -32,4% 53,4% 27,6% 0,9% -3,4% 41,4% 3,2% 9,6% May 33,5% 39,6% 20,4% 59,9% 24,9% 4,7% -2,4% 32,3% -40,8% 23,6% June 29,7% 16,4% 23,6% 24,3% 44,5% 15,2% 5,7% 21,4% -9,2% 22,3% July 12,9% 15,7% 8,6% 31,7% 9,9% -11,2% -2,5% 81,3% -0,8% 7,7% August 8,7% 13,6% -8,0% 4,8% 2,7% -6,7% -4,2% 13,3% -32,2% 4,8% September 12,3% 12,2% -0,6% 20,3% 12,3% -2,2% -12,0% -15,7% -0,4% 4,9% ytd 16,1% 16,8% 2,9% 25,1% 15,4% -0,5% -2,2% 19,0% -15,5% 10,3% Source:BoG - Processing: INSETE Intelligence Provisonal data Statistical Bulletin November 2018 51
The number of inbound visitors in September 2018 rose by +4.9% year-on-year to 4,869 thousand. This increase in flows was due to higher visitor flows from within the EU28 (up +12.3%), as visitor flows from outside the EU28 declined by -12.0%. In greater detail, the number of visitors from within the euro area increased by +12.2% to 1,799 thousand, while visitors from the non-euro area EU28 countries also rose, by +12.3% (September 2018: 1,834 thousand, September 2017: 1,633 thousand). Specifically, the number of visitors from Germany increased by +20.3% to 740 thousand, while visitors from France fell by -0.6% to 218 thousand. The number of visitors from the United Kingdom also decreased by -2.2% to 528 thousand. Turning to non-eu28 countries, the number of visitors from Russia fell by -0.4% to 75 thousand and the number of visitors from the United States dropped by -15.7% to 142 thousand. In January-September 2018, the number of inbound visitors rose by 10.3% to 25,957 thousand (January-September 2017: 23,535 thousand). Specifically, visitor flows through airports increased by +13.6%, while visitor flows through road border-crossing points increased by +5.0%. In the period under review, the number of visitors from within the EU28 rose by +16.1% year-on-year to 18,631 thousand, while visitors from outside the EU28 fell by -2.2% to 7,326 thousand. Visitors from within the euro area rose by +16.8%, while visitors from the non-euro area EU28 countries increased by +15.4%. Specifically, the number of visitors from Germany increased by +25.1% to 3,647 thousand, as did the number of visitors from France, by +2.9% to 1,327 thousand. The number of visitors from the United Kingdom decreased slightly, by -0.5% to 2,612 thousand. Finally, turning to non-eu28 countries, the number of visitors from Russia fell by -15.5% to 449 thousand, whereas the number of visitors from the United States rose by +19.0% to 851 thousand. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 52
Receipts Receipts in mil. 2018 Countries of which of which of which Total Eurozone non Eurozone Other ΕΕ-28 France Germany U.K. USA Russia Boarder Cruises Total Januray 86 51 3 19 35 11 66 11 0 152 1 153 Februray 80 49 5 15 31 10 72 5 7 151 1 152 March 152 104 9 37 48 21 94 18 2 246 6 252 April 292 199 42 76 93 46 171 39 8 463 27 490 May 1.116 769 95 411 347 205 312 83 19 1.428 47 1.475 June 1.688 944 122 406 744 414 583 131 63 2.271 59 2.330 July 2.249 1.376 189 495 874 345 1.060 215 98 3.310 74 3.384 August 2.605 1.775 272 578 830 404 937 149 59 3.542 62 3.604 September 1.725 1.055 113 494 669 301 650 136 50 2.374 67 2.441 ytd 9.900 6.270 845 2.513 3.629 1.750 3.951 812 311 13.851 354 14.205 2017 Countries of which of which of which Eurozone non Eurozone Other ΕΕ-28 France Germany U.K. USA Russia Total Cruises Total Januray 86 60 3 21 26 11 71 14 6 157 1 158 Februray 78 53 6 17 25 11 56 14 3 134 1 135 March 103 66 6 19 37 12 87 24 5 190 7 197 April 292 211 55 66 81 49 163 27 8 456 29 485 May 725 463 75 219 262 190 318 76 33 1.044 51 1.095 June 1.355 786 101 330 570 389 594 118 74 1.950 58 2.008 July 1.956 1.223 205 413 733 378 926 123 112 2.882 75 2.957 August 2.549 1.691 347 609 858 476 941 134 98 3.490 63 3.553 September 1.676 1.028 134 457 648 364 689 162 48 2.365 69 2.434 Οctober 782 551 51 353 232 146 333 82 22 1.115 52 1.167 Νovember 130 79 6 35 50 19 78 17 4 208 17 225 December 96 58 4 13 37 17 84 12 4 180 2 182 Total 9.843 6.270 992 2.553 3.573 2.061 4.327 803 418 14.170 425 14.596 ytd 8.821 5.581 932 2.151 3.240 1.879 3.846 692 387 12.667 354 13.021 %Changes Countries of which of which of which Eurozone non Eurozone Other ΕΕ-28 France Germany U.K. USA Russia Total Cruises Total Januray 0,3% -15,6% 5,9% -9,2% 37,7% -1,8% -7,0% -22,1% -93,7% -3,0% -1,2% -3,0% Februray 1,9% -8,3% -22,2% -7,7% 23,7% -2,2% 27,6% -61,9% 116,7% 12,7% 2,2% 12,6% March 47,3% 56,4% 40,2% 92,1% 30,8% 73,0% 8,6% -27,5% -58,2% 29,6% -12,0% 28,2% April 0,0% -5,5% -24,7% 15,9% 14,4% -5,8% 4,4% 47,8% -2,3% 1,6% -8,5% 1,0% May 53,8% 66,0% 27,0% 87,6% 32,4% 8,2% -2,0% 8,8% -43,1% 36,8% -9,2% 34,7% June 24,5% 20,1% 19,9% 23,1% 30,6% 6,5% -1,9% 10,8% -14,9% 16,5% 1,7% 16,0% July 15,0% 12,5% -8,0% 20,1% 19,2% -8,8% 14,5% 75,1% -12,2% 14,8% -1,1% 14,4% August 2,2% 5,0% -21,5% -5,0% -3,3% -15,1% -0,4% 10,9% -39,5% 1,5% -1,4% 1,4% September 2,9% 2,7% -15,4% 8,1% 3,2% -17,4% -5,7% -16,0% 4,1% 0,4% -3,2% 0,3% ytd 12,2% 12,3% -9,3% 16,9% 12,0% -6,8% 2,7% 17,4% -19,7% 9,3% 0,1% 9,1% Source:BoG - Processing: INSETE Intelligence Provisonal data Statistical Bulletin November 2018 53
In September 2018, as mentioned previously, travel receipts rose by +0.3% year-on-year. In more detail, receipts from residents of the EU28 increased by +2.9% to 1,725 million, while receipts from outside the EU28 fell by -5.7% (September 2018: 650 million, September 2017: 689 million). The higher receipts from within the EU28 were due to increases in receipts from euro area residents by +2.7% to 1,055 million and in receipts from residents of non-euro area EU28 countries by +3.2% to 669 million (September 2017: 648 million). Among major countries of origin, receipts from Germany rose by +8.1% to 494 million, whereas receipts from France fell by -15.4% to 113 million. Receipts from the United Kingdom decreased by -17.4% to 301 million. Turning to non-eu28 countries, receipts from Russia rose by +4.1% to 50 million, whereas receipts from the United States dropped by -16.0% to 136 million. In January-September 2018, travel receipts totalled 14,205 million, up +9.1% relative to the same period of 2017. This development was driven by a +12.2% increase in receipts from residents of the EU28, which came to 9,900 million, and by a +2.7% rise in receipts from residents outside the EU28 to 3,951 million. In particular, receipts from euro area residents increased by +12.3% year-on-year to 6,270 million, while receipts from residents of non-euro area EU28 countries rose by +12.0% to 3,629 million. Specifically, receipts from Germany rose by +16.9% to 2,513 million, while receipts from France dropped by - 9.3% to 845 million. Receipts from the United Kingdom also decreased by -6.8% to 1,750 million. Turning to non-eu28 countries, receipts from Russia decreased by -19.7% to 311 million, while receipts from the United States increased by +17.4% to 812 million. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 54
Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) This section has not been updated yet because up until 21/11/2018, the OECD average had not been published for September and October 2018. Statistical Bulletin November 2018 55
This research is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) through the Operational Programme Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020 in the context of the project Strengthening the Institutional and the Operational Capability of SETE (MIS 5000993). Statistical Bulletin November 2018 56