Marketing Greece, the newly formed organisation that represents the country’s tourism industry, has welcomed the news that international visitors travelling to Greece by air and by sea recorded double-digit increases in 2013.
From January to December 2013, a record 12.7 million tourists travelled to the main Greek airports, up by 10.8 per cent compared to 2012.
The island of Crete welcomed more tourists than any other Greek destination, with Heraklion and Chania combined receiving more than 3.3 million visitors, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises. The two main Greek cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, both saw passenger numbers rise. However, it was the airport of Kalamata in the south-west Peloponnese that recorded the highest increase, 61.3 per cent compared to 2012.
The islands of Mykonos, Santorini, Kefalonia, Kos, Zakynthos and Rhodes, all popular destinations with holidaymakers, reported double-digit growth too.
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