New tourism markets are bringing more revenue to the Greek economy, Kikilias says

New tourism markets are bringing more revenue to the Greek economy, Kikilias says

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The high performance but also the very good prospects of the current tourist season were confirmed by the data released by the Civil Aviation Service (CAA) on passenger traffic at the country's airports in the first quarter of 2023, with Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias underlining in a tweet on Thursday that "New target-markets are bringing additional revenue to the Greek economy." Cereport reports citing Athens-Macedonian

According to the CAA, a total of 6,877,069 international and domestic passengers passed through the airports in the January-March period. This number corresponds to a +52.8% increase compared to the same period in 2022 and a 2.9% increase compared to the corresponding quarter of 2019.

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