Retsos

Hoteliers should move optimistically and seek "to get big increases from tour operators for 2023" stresses the president of Greek hoteliers association SETE Mr. Giannis Retsos, in order for Greek hotels to survive and face the increased energy costs and inflation.

Travel receipts for our country will reach 10 billion euros in 2021 while for 2022 the goal of 15 billion euros is achievable.

The above assessments were expressed by the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Giannis Retsos, speaking yesterday at the Conference: Greek Tourism, a national affair.

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.