Tourism: five Christmas destinations that Greeks preferred this year (video)

Destinations that are traditionally in high demand among Greeks in the winter are no exception this year: areas with Christmas theme parks and several foreign cities “conquered” Greek travelers for Christmas 2024.

How writes CNN Greece, based on pre-booking data on Airbnb and the picture described by Greece's tourism chiefs, Since the beginning of December, vacation occupancy in the country's most popular destinations has exceeded 90%. However, this mainly concerns three days of Christmasas it changes to much lower levels during the rest of the month.

The “pole of attraction” for thousands of visitors is invariably theme parks in Trikala and Drama: Trikala with “Elf Mill” and Drama with “City of Dreams”. Since the end of November, the occupancy rate of Trikala hotels for Christmas has reached 95%, Konstantinos Papapoulios, president of the Hoteliers' Union, told CNN in Greece.

In Drama, the hoteliers' president, Mr. Aggelos Kallias, reported that occupancy reached 90% over the three days of Christmas. However, on the remaining days of the month, according to him, the picture is different: in general for December it is close to 50-55%.

The villages of Arcadia demonstrate high occupancy rates. In recent years, new destinations have been constantly emerging in the region in addition to the traditional ones, which consistently attract travelers throughout the winter. Dimitsana, Stemnitsa and other villages of Arcadia, as of mid-November, showed high advance booking rates.

During three-day and winter holidays Kalavrita is always popular among the Greeks. In particular, for the three days of Christmas, the level of bookings compared to previous days was about 90%, notes Konstantinos Dafalia, president of the Association of Hoteliers and Tourists of the region.

In addition to domestic destinations, many chose to spend Christmas abroad this year. According to Aegean, employment levels in the international network in Athens and Thessaloniki show an increase compared to last year. A week before the Christmas holidays – from 80% to 86% and even 90%, depending on the direction.

Traditional Christmas destinations such as Vienna, Paris and Genevaare always in great demand among the Greeks. In Athens, the top 5 international destinations chosen by travelers for Christmas and New Year are: Lisbon, Geneva, Copenhagen, Vienna and Parisand from Thessaloniki – Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich.

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