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Sharp Rise in Package Holiday Bookings to Greece from UK, Germany

Bookings from Germany and the United Kingdom for package holidays in Greece and other Mediterranean countries rose sharply in early 2017, according to a GFK survey unveiled. This is a strong indicator for total tourist arrivals in the summer,...

Bookings Increase for Germans Visiting Cyprus and Greece for 2017 Vacations

According to data from the international research firm GfK, the first couple of months for 2017 have seen a considerable increase in holiday bookings for Germans coming to visit Greece and Cyprus. The data shows that the bookings from Germans for Cyprus...

Gfk: Germans Booking Greece Instead of Turkey for Summer Vacations

Because of political and social turmoil in Turkey, Greece can expect to see an increase in holiday travelers from Germany this summer, the German market researcher GfK has reported. Germans are booking more of their vacations in Greece than in...

Greeks Not Able to Purchase Items Beyond Daily Needs, GfK Survey Reveals

A survey conducted by GfK was released on Thursday revealed that Greeks can not afford to purchase items beyond their daily needs. There was also a notable gap between consumer sentiment in Greece and other EU countries in 2016, according...

Times Are Changing… More Greek Consumers Go Digital When Shopping

A study by PayPal and GfK showed that cross-border trading was embraced by Greeks with 95 percent making online purchases from stores located abroad. The data showed that 54 percent of Greek buyers prefer online stores in the UK, followed...

Greece's Hopeful Cry: "The Tourists Are Coming!"

Hoping that there won't be a repeat of last year's incessant protests, strikes and riots against austerity measures which led to images around the world of ports, airports and public transportation being shut down, Greece is projecting a big...

Merkel Tells Germans: Take Greek Holidays

She's known to many Greeks beleaguered by austerity measures that she supports as an enemy, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel is advising Germans that they should take vacations in Greece this year. That came as tourism bookings from Germany are...