With an increase of approximately 30%, turnover in branches accommodation And her focus in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the corresponding period last year, indicating that this year will be even better in terms of tourist flow. Part, of course, of the above increase inflationary, as the cost of living and food tags have increased significantly compared to last year. It is noted that according to the Hellenic Statistical Office (ELSTAT), prices in catering in March 2023 increased by 7.6% compared to last year, and in hotels by 8.4%, also compared to last year.

In particular, according to the data published yesterday by ELSTAT, for all enterprises in the accommodation sector, the turnover in the first quarter of 2023 amounted to 375,267,348 euros, an increase of 28.6% compared to the first quarter of 2022, where it is 291,894,609 euros. For enterprises of regional divisions with a contribution to the total turnover of 2022 of more than 1%, the largest increase in turnover in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022 was observed in the regional branch of Thessaloniki (70.9%), and the smallest increase ( 6.9%) was recorded in the Kos regional unit.

Eventually enterprises The turnover of the catering sector in the first quarter of 2023 amounted to 1.52 billion euros, an increase of 27% compared to the first quarter of 2022, when it reached 1.20 billion euros. For companies in regional divisions with a contribution to the total turnover of 2022 of more than 1%, the largest increase in turnover in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022 was observed in Santorini (42.4%) and the smallest increase (12.5%) was recorded on Mykonos.

New encouraging data on the course of tourism this year.

The performance of both branches in the first quarter of 2023 is much better than in the first quarter of 2019, i.e. before the pandemic. In particular, in the first quarter of 2019, the turnover in the accommodation sector amounted to 271.85 million euros, and in the field of catering – 1.01 billion euros.

For hospitality businesses with a double-entry bookkeeping obligation, for which data is available on a monthly basis, turnover in March 2023 was 129.55 million euros, an increase of 36.1% compared to March 2022.

For catering companies with a double-entry bookkeeping obligation, for which data is available on a monthly basis, turnover in March 2023 was 162.25 million euros, up 23.6% on March 2022.