“Karfitsa” will not fall in winter this year destinations of the country, with Greek visitors enjoying 100% occupancy in almost all mountain destinations with a particular preference for those with theme parks, but also of course those characterized by their proximity to urban centers.
One such example is the Peloponneseas noted by the vice-president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers in APE-MPE Konstantinos Marinakos. And as president of the Peloponnese tourism organization, he emphasizes that Mountainous Achaia, Mountainous Corinthia, Kalavryta since the end of November they had locked in the accommodation 50% occupancy so that visitors benefit from better prices. This year the costsexplains the vice-president of POX, are up to 15% higher than last year, a development that does nothing to mitigate the losses of tourism businesses due to increased energy costs. It is characteristic, as he explains, that the cost of running a room increased by 40%with companies absorbing 20% and not passing it on to the customer, as this would make the product uncompetitive.
Now, as he says, occupancy rate is 100% in all major destinations, always for the 15th festive day, with fluctuations on intermediate dates. The current situation results in a “stimulating injection” for the sustainability of accommodation but also of the local community, which however does not address the problem of winter destinations, since since January 10 there are no more visitor reservations, says Mr. Marinakos.
Where do Greeks go on vacation during the holiday season
Areas which traditionally play during the holiday season, in addition to these with theme parks they are also the ones they have Ski stationsas is Arachova and the wider region of Parnassos, Drama, Kalavryta etc. In any case, as the president of the Federation of Travel Agencies of Greece points out in APE-MBE Lysandros Tsilidis, Epirus, Zagorochoria, Tzoumerka, Xanthi, Kavala, Alexandroupoli, Arcadia, Trikala Corinthia and Peloponnese Typically, they will see heavy traffic during the holiday season, as he points out.
Pelion is back on the domestic tourism map
Pelion is back on the domestic tourism map because it has largely healed the wounds left by bad weather, underlines the president of the Association of Hoteliers of Magnesia in the APE-MPE Georges Zafeiris and speaks of the reversal of the negative climate that existed. Most of them, winter accommodations are all open and some damaged ones open this week and at very competitive prices, from 60 to 150 euros
100% occupancy of the flight to Rovaniemi
Regarding the preferences of Greek passengers, based on data already made public by Aegean, the main foreign destinations are: from the Athens base, Prague, Paris, Vienna, London, Zurich, Barcelona, Geneva and from the base in Thessaloniki, Paris, Larnaca, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Barcelona, Stuttgart. However, in foreign destinations, they also prefer to book packages through travel agencies. In the top destinations and on the preference lists, in addition to classic destinations, we also find distant destinations, such as Cuba, Brazil and New York.
For last minute opportunities, it’s Istanbul in the foreign network, but and Corfu, in the domestic network. It should be noted that AEGEAN will also operate charter flights during the holiday period, which record an occupancy rate of almost 100%. Specifically, from Athens to Rovaniemi, while from Thessaloniki it operates charter flights to Prague, Budapest, Basel, Vienna and Bratislava.