Critical Evaluation of the Greek Tourism Policy

Paris A. Tsartas () and Dimitrios G. Lagos ()
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Paris A. Tsartas: University of the Aegean
Dimitrios G. Lagos: University of the Aegean

Chapter Chapter 14 in European Socio-Economic Integration, 2013, pp 203-221 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Tourism is an important economic activity for Greece that accounts for about 17.20 % of the GDP and creates 20.89 % of the employment positions (WTTC 2009). In 2008, the sector of hotels and restaurants accounted for a 7.1 % of the country’s GDP. At the same time, approximately 963,000 employees, a great percentage of whom live in some periphery, are either directly or indirectly involved in tourism. Greece as a tourist destination holds the seventh position on the scale of tourism profitability (4.6 % of the total of the 25 EU member states). Additionally, during the post-war period tourism development had been impressive, since the average annual increase of foreign tourism revenues in dollars for the years 1960–2005 amounted to 13.3 %.

Keywords: Comparative Advantage; Tourism Industry; Tourism Development; Tourism Activity; Tourist Destination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5254-6_14

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