ELSTAT: Arrivals of Non-Residents Increased 10.4%

Time for some good news:  It looks as if more foreigners (non-residents) arrived in Greece in the period January-September 2011. There is a satisfactory increase in arrivals of non-residents from abroad to Greece, reaching a +10.4% in comparison to the same period of the previous year 2010. I do hope this increase doe not have to do with the coming and going of the Troika guys, the Black Rock experts checking the Greek banks assets, the EU Task Force under Reichenbach or the various members of the several law companies and what-ever committees trying to save Greece with their know-how.

ELSTAT: Arrivals from abroad increased 10,4%

 According to the Border Statistical Survey conducted by the Bank of Greece, in the period Jan- September of 2011, arrivals of non-residents from abroad increased by 10,4%, as compared with the same period of the year 2010.
More specifically, arrivals from Europe, which account for the majority of arrivals of non-residents to Greece (90,0%), registered an increase of 11,2% in Jan-September 2011 as compared with the same period of 2010, while arrivals from the Member States of the European Union recorded an increase of 5,6%. Arrivals from Portugal (89,9%), Albania (75,9%), Russia (58,0%), Luxemburg (52,6%), France (35,9%) and Belgium (32,3%), showed a significant increase. On the other hand, a significant decrease of arrivals was observed in the cases of Cyprus (21,8%) and Austria (9,8%)
As regards to the distribution of arrivals by country of origin, the largest number of arrivals came from Germany (13,1%), the United Kingdom (10,4%) and France (7,3%).
The analysis of the data by means of transportation and by point of entry shows that most arrivals are by air, while airports with the largest proportion of traffic to be those of Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos) (17,7%), Iraklio (13,3%) and Rodos (10,7%).