According to the statistics of Consulate General of Greece in Moscow, the number of issued visas for the Russians increased by more than 50% during the period from January to July 2010 in comparison with the same period of last year. Meanwhile, the number of visas issued in June 2010 increased by almost 64% in comparison with June 2009 and increased by more than 56% in July in comparison with the same period of 2009.
Greece as a tourist destination was one of the most successful ones this season: the demand considerably increased, the duration of the trips increased as well.
The most popular tour operators among the users of TourIndex system
The leader in number of requests in TourIndex during the period from February to July 2010 became Pegas Touristik with the indicator of 5%. Then went Capital Tour (4.8%), TEZ TOUR (4.6%), Mouzenidis Tour (4%), Lanta-tour Voyage (3.8%), ICS Travel Group (3.8%), Natalie Tours (3.5%), Russian Express (3.4%) and Panteon (3.4%). Megapolus tours closed TOP 10 with the share of 3.3%.
11th place took Biblio Globus (2.9%). The company has just started to work with Greece this year. Then went IntAer (2.7%), Intravel Stoleshniki (2.6%), Solvex (2.6%) and Inna tour (2.5%). The last places of TOP 20 in number of requests in TourIndex took Vilar Tours (2.2%), Troika (2.2%), Neva (1.8%) and Puteshestvui Group of Companies (1.7%). It’s important to note, that more than 64% of all the requests in Tour Index amounted to the mentioned above 20 operators.
Tours to Greece are the most popular in length of stay
According to TourIndex statistics, the most popular tours to Greece during the period from February to July 2010 became 2 week trips (18.1% requests). 15.9% of the users preferred the tours for 10 nights, 13% – 11 nights, 12% – 1 week trips.
Types of the hotels which are popular among the users of TourIndex system
The hotels offering All Inclusive (37.6%) were on demand during the period from February to July 2010. 18.3% of all the requests were for the hotels with HB. 15% of the agents requested the hotels with Ultra All Inclusive . 14% took the hotels offering All Inclusive Plus (AI+). The hotels with FB (5%) closed the TOP 5 of the rating.
According to TourIndex statistics, the results of the period from February to July 2010 showed that the hotels of 4* category were the most popular (42.5%). Thenwent5*(34.5%) and3*hotels(15.2%).
The most popular places among TourIndex users
The most popular Greek destinations among the users of TourIndex system during the period from February to July 2010 became Crete island (41.4%), Rhodes island (19.1%), Chalkidhiki (13.2%), Corfu island (10.6%) and Kos island (5.8%). source: atorus.ru
