Yiannis Retsos

The year 2023 is on track to be better than 2022 for tourism, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). 

He noted that this increase in the country's tourism figures looked set to continue in the years to come, based on international trends. 

Tourism is set for more uncertainty due to the delays in vaccinations around the world and the continuation of the pandemic, Yiannis Retsos, the head of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), warns in an interview with Kathimerini.

The advent of the coronavirus vaccine won't be enough for Greek tourism to regain the ground it has lost this year, the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) and National Bank agreed in separate reports issued on Tuesday, stressing the need to boost the country's tourism competitiveness.

This summer for Greek tourism is proving tougher than initially estimated as the 15 billion euros that will be missing from this year's travel receipts from abroad correspond to a percentage that is close to 7.5% of GDP.

The measures announced by the government are in the right direction for the resumption of business in the tourism industry but there was still room for "significant improvements" and initiatives in labour and tax issues, the head of Greece's leading tourism association SETE said on Thursday.

Greek tourism leaders today welcomed the European Commission's announcements and recommendations on restarting tourism in Europe, and said they confirmed the importance of tourism in country economies.

The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has drafted a 10-step action plan to get Greece's main growth engine going again after the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some hotels could gradually start opening in June, though with health protocols that remain to be determined, the head of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) estimated on Tuesday.

The Athens-based E-Kyklos think tank is organizing an online public debate on Wednesday evening titled "The Pandemic and the Strength of the Greek Economy: The Day After," featuring former deputy prime minister Evangelos Venizelos, the chairman and chief executive officer of Mytilineos, Evangelos Mytilineos, Eurobank's CEO Fokion Karavias, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation, Yiann

Tourism bookings for the period up to the end of May are certain to see a slump, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, stresses in an interview with Kathimerini.