One million tourists are expected to move to Greece in the first week of August

The Greek government expects to see more than 1 million tourists arriving at the country's airports in the first week of August.

The number of arriving passengers on international flights had reached over 950,000 per week in July, as reported by the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias.

The Greek official also named the popular destinations to visit that included Crete and the Cyclades, as well as the islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Corfu.

Minister Kikilias said that the turnover of catering companies had grown by 40 million euros since May 2019. The volume of real estate transactions had increased by 26 million euros over the last 3 years. 

Besides, the source reported the great interest of major tour companies from Northern Europe and the measures for extending the tourist season launched in autumn last year.

Source: ShengenVisaInfo