EL STAT Hellenic Statistical Authority : Non-resident arrivals from abroad

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HELLENIC REPUBLIC

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY

Piraeus, 11 January 2016

PRESS RELEASE

NON-RESIDENTS ARRIVALS FROM ABROAD: January - September 2015

According to the Frontier Statistical Survey conducted by the Bank of Greece, in the period January-September of 2015, arrivals of non-residents from abroad increased by 8.6%, compared with the corresponding period of the year 2014.

More specifically, arrivals from Europe, which accounts for the majority of arrivals of non-residents to Greece (88.4%), recorded an increase of 7.9% in January-September 2015 compared with the corresponding period of 2014, while arrivals from EU Member States recorded an increase of 17.1%. As regards European countries a significant increase,in absolute values, is observed in arrivals from Bulgaria (56.8%), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) (26.1%), Germany (17.8%), United Kingdom (17.5%), Italy (26.1%) and Poland (27.1%), while a decrease in absolute values, is recorded in arrivals from Russia (-62.1%) and Serbia (-26.5%). An increase of arrivals was also recorded from the other continents. A significant increase of arrivals, in absolute values, is recorded from America, with a large contribution of arrivals from USA (3.2%) and from Asia, with a large contribution of arrivals from Turkey (4.5%) (Table 1).

The largest contribution regarding the total of arrivals from the European countries, has FYROM (13.2%), Germany (11.6%), United Kingdom (10.3%), Bulgaria (7.8%), France (6.5%) and Italy (6.0%) (Table 1).

As regards the means of transport and the point of entry, during the aforementioned time period, it is observed that most of the arrivals are by air and by road. As far as the arrivals by air are concerned, the airport of Athens holds the first place with (16.1%), followed by the airports of Iraklio (10.8%) and Rodos (8.2%). The main points of entry which account for the biggest percentage of traffic, by road, are Evzoni (10.3%) and Promahonas (6.9%) (Table 3).

Detailed data for the period January-September of the years 2015 and 2014, respectively, are provided in the attached tables and graphs and these can also be found on the portal of ELSTAT (http://www.statistics.gr, Statistics - Industry, Commerce, Services, Transport -Tourism).

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Arrivals of non-residents to Greece: January - September 2014-2015

20000000

18000000

16000000

14000000

12000000

10000000

8000000

6000000

4000000

2000000

0

Jan-Sept 2014

Jan-Sept 2015

EUROPE

ASIA

AFRICA

AMERICA

OCEANIA

Arrivals of non-residents to Greece by means of transport: January - September 2014-2015

14000000

12000000

10000000

8000000

6000000

4000000

2000000

0

Jan-Sept 2014

Jan-Sept 2015

AIR

TRAIN

SEA

ROAD

Table 1: Arrivals of non-residents from abroad by country of residence: January-September 2015

Analysis by country of residence		January-September		% change	% share
		2014	2015	2015/2014	2014	2015
Ι. EUROPE		16,896,305	18,227,445	7.9	89.0%	88.4%
EUROPEAN UNION		11,205,393	13,120,656	17.1	59.0%	63.6%
Austria	252,321	302,350	19.8	1.3%	1.5%
Belgium	379,301	436,653	15.1	2.0%	2.1%
Bulgaria	1,031,126	1,617,081	56.8	5.4%	7.8%
France	1,315,563	1,342,262	2.0	6.9%	6.5%
Germany	2,025,542	2,386,963	17.8	10.7%	11.6%
Denmark	212,984	203,209	-4.6	1.1%	1.0%
Estonia	26,612	21,142	-20.6	0.1%	0.1%
United Kingdom	1,807,368	2,123,822	17.5	9.5%	10.3%
Ireland	62,391	65,052	4.3	0.3%	0.3%
Spain	108,053	81,827	-24.3	0.6%	0.4%
Italy	986,904	1,244,836	26.1	5.2%	6.0%
Croatia	16,341	14,849	-9.1	0.1%	0.1%
Cyprus	361,234	373,446	3.4	1.9%	1.8%
Latvia	27,218	29,485	8.3	0.1%	0.1%
Lithuania	53,811	54,479	1.2	0.3%	0.3%
Luxemburg	16,719	19,825	18.6	0.1%	0.1%
Malta	3,567	9,245	159.2	0.0%	0.0%
Netherlands	569,748	570,330	0.1	3.0%	2.8%
Hungary	79,543	130,848	64.5	0.4%	0.6%
Poland	547,689	696,234	27.1	2.9%	3.4%
Portugal	10,572	16,375	54.9	0.1%	0.1%
Romania	456,791	468,782	2.6	2.4%	2.3%
Slovakia	59,974	73,201	22.1	0.3%	0.4%
Slovenia	26,603	23,792	-10.6	0.1%	0.1%
Sweden	307,360	301,388	-1.9	1.6%	1.5%
Czech Republic	321,630	388,621	20.8	1.7%	1.9%
Finland	138,431	124,560	-10.0	0.7%	0.6%
Albania		383,885	378,176	-1.5	2.0%	1.8%
Switzerland		302,861	338,343	11.7	1.6%	1.6%
Norway		235,900	213,188	-9.6	1.2%	1.0%
Iceland		3,528	1,705	-51.7	0.0%	0.0%
FYROM		2,151,751	2,712,295	26.1	11.3%	13.2%
Russia		1,163,687	441,350	-62.1	6.1%	2.1%
Serbia		955,538	702,218	-26.5	5.0%	3.4%
Other European countries		493,762	319,515	-35.3	2.6%	1.5%
ΙΙ. ASIA		1,142,203	1,203,484	5.4	6.0%	5.8%
Japan		17,878	7,397	-58.6	0.1%	0.0%
Iran		560	9,396	1578.6	0.0%	0.0%
Israel		157,440	95,894	-39.1	0.8%	0.5%
China		37,196	39,137	5.2	0.2%	0.2%
Lebanon-Syria		24,990	24,752	-1.0	0.1%	0.1%
S.Korea		11,949	8,689	-27.3	0.1%	0.0%
Turkey		789,544	919,908	16.5	4.2%	4.5%
Other Middle East countries		35,686	44,762	25.4	0.2%	0.2%
Other Asian countries		66,960	53,549	-20.0	0.4%	0.3%
ΙΙΙ. AFRICA		37,916	48,169	27.0	0.2%	0.2%
Egypt-Sudan		5,302	19,352	265.0	0.0%	0.1%
South Africa		21,161	22,404	5.9	0.1%	0.1%
Other African countries		11,454	6,414	-44.0	0.1%	0.0%
ΙV. AMERICA		732,074	958,783	31.0	3.9%	4.7%
Argentina		28,493	29,290	2.8	0.2%	0.1%
Brazil		42,532	56,132	32.0	0.2%	0.3%
Mexico		17,521	11,842	-32.4	0.1%	0.1%
United States		486,783	658,592	35.3	2.6%	3.2%
Canada		120,419	164,545	36.6	0.6%	0.8%
Other American countries		36,327	38,383	5.7	0.2%	0.2%
V. OCEANIA		178,463	179,536	0.6	0.9%	0.9%
Australia		160,529	155,742	-3.0	0.8%	0.8%
Other Oceanian countries		17,933	23,795	32.7	0.1%	0.1%
VI. Arrivals of non-residents		18,986,961	20,617,417	8.6	100.0%	100.0%
ARRIVALS		18,986,961	20,617,417	8.6	100.0%	100.0%

Source: Frontier Survey of the Bank of Greece.

Table 2: Arrivals of non-residents from abroad by country of residence and means of transport: January-September 2015

Analysis by country of residence		AIR	RAILWAY (1)	SEA	ROAD	TOTAL
Ι. EUROPE		11,535,743	5,036	495,717	6,190,949	18,227,445
EUROPEAN UNION		10,454,027	1,909	452,514	2,212,207	13,120,657
Austria	285,583	3	11,898	4,865	302,350
Belgium	432,256	0	4,397	0	436,653
Bulgaria	22,629	1,357	71,586	1,521,509	1,617,081
France	1,296,199	0	37,315	8,749	1,342,262
Germany	2,144,680	105	78,557	163,621	2,386,963
Denmark	202,568	0	640	0	203,209
Estonia	20,068	0	0	1,074	21,142
United Kingdom	2,102,299	0	14,377	7,147	2,123,822
Ireland	64,043	0	1,009	0	65,052
Spain	77,614	0	4,213	0	81,827
Italy	1,081,062	0	162,632	1,142	1,244,836
Croatia	11,439	0	2,575	834	14,849
Cyprus	372,503	0	942	0	373,446
Latvia	24,538	3	581	4,363	29,485
Lithuania	48,583	2	2,720	3,175	54,479
Luxemburg	19,452	0	373	0	19,825
Malta	8,711	0	534	0	9,245
Netherlands	556,123	0	12,721	1,486	570,330
Hungary	98,222	23	5,839	26,763	130,848
Poland	610,217	76	2,876	83,065	696,234
Portugal	11,681	3	1,139	3,552	16,375
Romania	88,661	319	19,763	360,039	468,782
Slovakia	67,362	5	174	5,661	73,201
Slovenia	10,600	0	11,760	1,431	23,792
Sweden	295,473	4	2,654	3,257	301,388
Czech Republic	377,407	8	732	10,474	388,621
Finland	124,054	0	507	0	124,560
Albania		8,875	5	766	368,529	378,176
Switzerland		311,255	0	27,088	0	338,343
Norway		211,917	0	1,271	0	213,188
Iceland		1,705	0	0	0	1,705
FYROM		262	2,276	2,157	2,707,599	2,712,295
Russia		405,704	22	5,307	30,317	441,350
Serbia		31,123	633	1,305	669,156	702,218
Other European countries		110,874	190	5,309	203,141	319,515
ΙΙ. ASIA		350,474	12	38,877	814,121	1,203,484
Japan		7,212	0	185	0	7,397
Iran		6,472	0	540	2,385	9,396
Israel		95,015	0	878	0	95,894
China		39,137	0	0	0	39,137
Lebanon-Syria		24,610	0	142	0	24,752
S.Korea		8,535	0	153	0	8,689
Turkey		74,760	10	36,502	808,636	919,908
Other Middle East countries		44,762	0	0	0	44,762
Other Asian countries		49,970	2	477	3,100	53,549
ΙΙΙ. AFRICA		47,541	0	628	0	48,169
Egypt-Sudan		19,156	0	196	0	19,352
South Africa		21,971	0	433	0	22,404
Other African countries		6,414	0	0	0	6,414
ΙV. AMERICA		950,832	0	6,877	1,074	958,783
Argentina		28,075	0	1,215	0	29,290
Brazil		56,096	0	37	0	56,132
Mexico		11,842	0	185	0	12,027
United States		654,555	0	4,036	0	658,592
Canada		163,197	0	1,163	0	164,360
Other American countries		37,068	0	241	1,074	38,383
V. OCEANIA		177,104	0	2,432	0	179,536
Australia		154,501	0	1,240	0	155,742
Other Oceanian countries		22,603	0	1,192	0	23,795
TOTAL ARRIVALS		13,061,694	5,048	544,531	7,006,144	20,617,417

Source: Frontier Survey of the Bank of Greece.

(1) From May 2014 onwards, the railway connection of Greece with foreign countries was re-established, therefore the data are not comparable with the data of the corresponding period of the year 2014.