The travel receipts They increased by 0.5% in February 2025, according to the provisional data announced today (22.4.2025) by the Bank of Greece (BCT) and by 3.9% in January – February 2025. Inbound travel traffic decreased by 0.8% in February 2025 and increased by 5.4% in two months.
Specifically, according to the BoG, travel receipts from Germany and France declined, while it was increased by Italy, the United Kingdom and the US. Indeed, in February, US travel receipts rose 94% (while they were zero from Russia). In January – February two months, incoming travel traffic increased by 5.4%and stood at 1.5 million travelers, compared to 1.45 million travelers in the corresponding period of 2024. In particular, airport travel increased by 12.3%, while it was reduced by 12.3%, while by road stations.
During the review, travel traffic from EU-27 countries stood at 741.9 thousand travelers, down 1.8% compared to the corresponding period of 2024, while travel traffic from other countries increased by 13.2% and stood at 795.6 mm. Travel traffic from euro area countries increased by 13.6%, while travel traffic from EU-27 countries outside the euro zone decreased by 34.5%.
In particular, travel from Germany increased by 21.4% and stood at 161.2 thousand travelers, while France decreased by 44.6% and stood at 38.7 thousand travelers. Travel traffic from Italy rose by 28.8%, which stood at 80.8 thousand travelers. With regard to countries outside the EU 27, travel from the United Kingdom increased by 62.2% and stood at 104.8 thousand travelers, while the US increased by 13.6% to 108.8 thousand travelers. Finally, travel from Russia was 0.6 thousand travelers.
The increase in tourist traffic was accompanied by an increase in receipts by 3.9% compared to the corresponding period of 2024, with the result that tourism revenue was EUR 599.3 million. This development is due to the increase in receipts by residents of other countries by 16.7%, which stood at EUR 310.9 million, as revenue from EU-27 residents decreased by 7.3% and stood at EUR 282.2 million. More specifically, receipts from residents of the euro area countries stood at € 240.9 million, down 2.1%, and revenue from EU-27 residents outside the euro zone declined by 29.4% and stood at EUR 41.3 million.
In particular, receipts from Germany decreased by 4.0% and stood at € 61.1 million, as did France revenue by 44.9% and stood at € 18.0 million. Italy was increased by 37.8%, which stood at € 43.8 million. Of the other countries, 34.3% rose from the United Kingdom, which stood at € 45.5 million, while US revenue increased by 51.2% and stood at € 88.1 million. Finally, the receipts from Russia stood at € 1.6 million.