At 17.676 billion euros, they finally formed last year. travel receiptsshowing a growth of 68.3% compared to 2021, but remaining about 500 million lower than in 2019 (18.2 billion), a record year for the Greek tourism and the last one before the pandemic.

Growth in travel revenue in 2022 was the result of a 96.0% increase in the number of non-residents entering the country to 29.875 million. travelers as well as higher average spending per night by €1.8 or 2.2% (2022: €80.3, 2021: €78.5).

However, average travel expenses showed a decrease of 14.1% compared to 2021 (2022: 591.7 euros, 2021: 688.9 euros), as well as the average length of stay, which decreased by 16% and amounted to 7. 4 nights (2021). : 8.8 nights). The South Aegean region recorded the largest participation in total admissions, visits and overnight stays in 2022. Compared to 2019, in 2022 travel receipts decreased by 2.8% and travel expenses by 29.9%, while the travel balance surplus increased by 316.6 million euros.

In more detail, compared to 2019, average travel expenses increased by 10.7% (2022: €591.7, 2019: €534.6) and by 4.4% average overnight expenses (2022: €80, €3, 2019: €76.9), with an increase in average length of stay of 6.0% (2022: 7.4 nights, 2019: 7.0 nights). The total number of nights in 2022 decreased by 6.9% compared to 2019 (2022: 220,213.1 nights, 2019: 236,547.4 nights), while inbound passenger traffic decreased by 12.1%.

Leisure travel in 2022 decreased by 5.1% compared to 2019, while business travel saw a 6.1% increase in revenue (2022: €950.0m, 2019: 895.0 million euros). In terms of total receipts from cruise passengers, they decreased by 11.2% in 2022 compared to 2019. In terms of countries of higher origin of travelers, receipts from Germany recorded an increase of 40.6% compared to 2021. and formed at the level of 3.255 billion euros, while receipts from France increased by 28.8% to 1.277 billion euros.

From countries outside the EU-27, receipts from the United Kingdom rose by 113.3% compared to 2021 to $3.127 billion. Receipts from the United States increased by 101.3% to 1.2 billion, while from Russia they decreased even more and almost disappeared, as for the whole of 2022 they amounted to only 41.4 million euros.