More recorded this year the Northern Hellads preparing suitcases For Easter holidays And it is not excluded that they will finally reach 10,000, against 7,000 to 8,000 in the same period last year. This is evident from what the president of the Macedonia-Thrace Tourism Agents, Theologian Byron, said.
There are excursions to all the bars, Mr Byron said, pointing out that continental Greece and islands prevail over excursion preferences by 60%. He also stressed that road trips may “break” because they are more economical, but exhausted for a long time, the city’s direct airline connections are also exhausted, and the cruise is also very dynamic.
‘The accuracy in various areas, as is geopolitical instability, are two factors that have led to a change in excursion’s travel behavior, However, no deterrent to being released, “Mr Byron noted, adding that the tourist packages offered have been adapted to meet the requirements of the excursors and their desire to experience the devastating climate of Easter.
Of course, he acknowledged that new conditions also create new facts, explaining: “Demand, especially to the Holy Land, which once caught” red “, is now reduced by up to 40% and with the tendency to go down because of the disinterested situation in Gaza.”
Where did the Northern Hellenic holidaymakers go?
Tourist destinations that are high on the list of preferences of Easter excursions, Corfu and Rhodes remain, while increasing interest in Cephalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada, Aegina and Syros, for which “this year there is a mess this year, as Mr Byron typically said. Regarding the destination of the island of Patmos, he noted that while the Northern Hellenic Troops want to visit it during the Easter holidays, the absence of airline connection is suspended in choosing it.
Particular mobility is recorded for excursions In Nafplio -Tolo, in the wider area of Mani -with the relevant tourist package It has borrowed its name from the popular “Olive Land” series-while high on Easter excursions are the destinations for Zagorohoria and the Peloponnese, “the round of which is gaining more and more” fans “.
Of course, as Mr Byron pointed out, with intense dynamics, Easter holidaymakers They still “vote” the Meteora region and Tinos, where the festive climate is special and “deeply devastating”, while thousands are rushing to Mount Athos, which can be flooded throughout the year, “but especially during Easter and Easter, Russians. “
A significant diversification, this year, in the travel behavior of the excursions, is the North Hellenic preference for the Scandinavian countries, while in a strong upward orbit remains their interest in Constantinople and the tour – tour of Pontus, where they are loaded with memories and history. With the first stop in Smyrna and an internal flight to Trabzon, the hikers will visit a series of cities and areas (Alatsata, Fountain, Argyroupoli, Panagia Sumela, Kromni, Sourmena).
With reference to organized excursions abroad, High on the list of preferences remain Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia, but also Budapest. Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Barcelona and London also continue to attract a large number of travelers from Northern Greece.
Also stable in their preference for Italy remain the Northern Hellenic Foursi, mainly choosing Rome, Tuscany, Naples and Milan, and their interest in Paris may decline, but more and more points, the French Riviera is gaining.
For the entrance of Thessaloniki On the map of the living of foreign tourists, Mr Byron stressed that the actions and actions promoted and implemented in the last year to increase visitors to the city “are really decisive to increase mobility”, while – among other things – he said that bookings for summer holidays have already begun, with Northern Greece, with the Crucifixion of Greece. excursions.