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Greece welcomed 7.9 million visitors in 2020
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, global tourism had its worst year ever in 2020.
Europe recorded a decrease of 70%, recording 221 million arrivals compared to 746 million in 2019.
Meanwhile, Greece recorded a decline of 76.5%, welcoming only 7.4 million arrivals in 2020 compared to 31.3 million in 2019.
In the period January-December 2020, Greece registered 5.9 million arrivals by air, from 21.5 million a year earlier, a decrease of 72.5%.
Between January and December 2020, five airports recorded a decrease of more than 1 million international air arrivals:
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos recorded 2 million arrivals (down 68.5% from 2019)
Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” recorded 902,000 arrivals (down 72.7% from 2019)