Greek tourism sector: recent trends, outlook and challenges
Greek tourism sector: recent trends, outlook and challenges
Global & Regional Focus Notes
04 Ιουνίου 2015
This report presents a brief overview of the Greek tourism sector. To this end it assesses its performance in 2014 and the first three months of 2015, discusses the sector’s importance to the Greek economy based on its total contribution to GDP and employment and presents the sector’s competitive position, on the basis of a number of criteria that affect global competitiveness. The key findings of the report regarding the Greek tourism sector are: • Strong 2014 performance • Good start in Q1 2015 mixed with worrying signs at the beginning of Q2 • Significant contribution to the economy in 2014 • Good competitive position but action is needed to maintain it