More flights, arrivals from US

It is becoming increasingly likely that visitors from North America in 2023 will exceed last year's 1 million arrivals, with receipts also topping 1 billion euros (estimated for 2022), as major US airlines are increasing their flight schedule to Greece.

This summer season direct flights between the US and Greece are expected to outnumber last year's. More than 56 weekly direct flights have already been planned from the US and Canada, with both the Tourism Ministry and industry bodies are pressing on with efforts to improve this number further.

According to sources involved in the relevant negotiations with the US carriers, their predisposition is to actually proceed with an increase in routes in relation to the historic high of 2022.

Besides, the return last year of US arrivals to pre-crisis levels and close to their historic highs is obviously the result of...