Greece: -20% in first quarter of tourists in Athens
Exa According to one of the causes is the global economic crisis
decrease of 20% of tourists in Greece for the first quarter of 2009. As announced the Attica Hoteliers Association (EXA), the cause is due to the economic crisis and whether the decline will be maintained throughout the year may be lost 15 thousand jobs and revenue to decline by 500 million euro. Analysts, on a national tourism, which accounts for 17% of GDP and employs one fifth of the greek population, may shrink this year, despite the measures taken by the government, between 10 and 20%, contributing to strong reduction in economic growth. After years of growth to 4% GDP expected to show as expected a rate close to zero.
Source: http://www.travelnostop.com/news.aspx?id=63302
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