Holiday travel slump
03.01.2011
11:41
A major decline in travel by Greeks, both to popular destinations abroad and domestically, was recorded during the 2010 Christmas-New Year holiday season, according to travel bureau representatives.
A major decline in travel by Greeks, both to popular destinations abroad and domestically, was recorded during the 2010 Christmas-New Year holiday season, according to travel bureau representatives.
The reduction in holiday travel mainly concerns middle incomes, which are traditionally the staple clientele of travel bureaus, which attribute the decline chiefly to the economic crisis, according to representatives of Athens-based travel agencies.
Organised trips to European countries in particular fell by 45-50 percent over the holidays, while domestic tourism dropped by 25 percent as Christoforos Mouzakis, director of organised trips to European destinations at a major travel agency in Athens, told ANA-MPA.
The reduction in holiday travel mainly concerns middle incomes, which are traditionally the staple clientele of travel bureaus, which attribute the decline chiefly to the economic crisis, according to representatives of Athens-based travel agencies.
Organised trips to European countries in particular fell by 45-50 percent over the holidays, while domestic tourism dropped by 25 percent as Christoforos Mouzakis, director of organised trips to European destinations at a major travel agency in Athens, told ANA-MPA.
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