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Economy
Final Data Reveals More Than 33 Million Tourists Visited Greece in 2018
According to the final data revealed by the Bank of Greece on Wednesday, a total of 33,072,000 people visited Greece from January 1 to December 31, 2018.
According to the official data, the inbound tourist arrivals in Greece reflected an...
Greece
Study Shows Greek Hotels Overwhelmingly Dependent on Foreigners
The latest figures regarding the guests staying at Greek hotels reveal that the share of Greek citizens staying in Greek hotels has decreased significantly since the year 2010.
More specifically, the report, published by the Greek Chamber of Hotels’ Institute...
Economy
Greece Records Largest Annual Unemployment Decrease in EU for 2018
Greece recorded the largest annual unemployment rate decrease in the EU for 2018, Eurostat disclosed in a report which was released on Monday.
The European Executive's Statistics Service noted that the Greek unemployment rate fell a full 2.8 points, from 20.8...
Business
Olive Oil, Cheese and Fish Lead to Boom in Greek Exports for 2018
The Panhellenic Exporters Association published new data on Thursday which show a significant increase in Greek food exports between 2017 and 2018.
The data show that the products for which Greece has a very strong brand-name played a crucial role...
Economy
Greeks Paid More Than €8.3 Billion in Taxes in 2018
Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue published figures on Thursday regarding the amount of taxes Greek citizens paid in 2018.
According to the data, a total of 8,907,722 Greek taxpayers paid €8.328 billion in taxes in 2018 on combined declared incomes...
Business
Greece Among Few Countries To Raise Taxes Over Last Decade
According to new data published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday, Greece was among the nine countries out of all 36 Organization members to raise business taxes during the last decade.
The nominal tax rate...
Economy
Greece Seeing More Tourists — But They Spend Much Less
According to a study published on Tuesday by the Bank of Greece, tourism revenues, measured on a per capita basis, have declined in Greece over the last several years.
This finding came as a bit of a surprise, as Greece...
Business
Online Commerce Booming in Greece
According to data published by the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Thursday, the number of Greeks who used the internet to purchase goods for personal use increased significantly in 2018.
More specifically, the regions with the highest increase were the Aegean...
Economy
Greek Inflation Rises by One Percent in November
Inflation, or the adjusted index of consumer prices, showed an increase of 1.1 percent in November over levels of a year ago, according to Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data published on Monday.
The average annual inflation rate for the period...
Greece
Driving Fatalities in Greece Halved Since 2007
The number of road traffic deaths in Greece has plummeted during the years of the economic crisis, according to figures presented on Tuesday at the Institute of Public Health of the American College of Athens (IPHACA).
The data show that...