World Travel and Tourism Council

More than 10 million foreign tourists have already arrived by air in the Turkish holiday hotspot Antalya this year.

The number of foreign visitors between Jan. 1 and Aug. 22 increased by 20 percent from a year earlier, according to the provincial directorate of culture and tourism.

Tourism will bring the Greek economy an income of 39.2 billion euros this year, just 4% lower than the pre-pandemic high of €40.8 billion in 2019, according to the Economic Impact Research of the World Travel & Tourism Council.

The World Travel & Tourism Council on Friday called for governments to abandon the concept of "high-risk countries" and instead focus on how individual "high-risk travelers" are treated at borders.

The WTTC, which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, is urging governments around the world to shift their focus from whole countries toward individual travelers. 

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) highlighted on Thursday the major growth Greek tourism recorded in 2019 and praised the Greek government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, saying tourism will see the country overcome the economic crisis from the pandemic.

Nikolina Angelova held a working meeting with Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kuntura, reported NOVA TV. 

Nikolina Angelova held a working meeting with Greece's Minister of Tourism Elena Kuntura, the Bulgarian administration said. They spoke at the 19th World Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), held in Seville, Spain.

The tourism and travel sector in Greece grew 6.9 percent last year, a rate that was three-and-a-half times higher than the growth rate of the entire Greek economy, a survey by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has noted.

The survey illustrated that tourism accounted for 20.6 percent of the country's gross domestic product, against a global rate of just 10.4 percent.

By Stathis Kousounis

Greece’s travel and tourism sector will enjoy growth of 3 percent this year compared with 2013, when the sector’s contribution in the country’s gross domestic product amounted to 28.3 billion euros or 16.3 percent, according to a report by the World Travel & Tourism Council.