Wednesday, September 7, 2011

greece santorini and athens greece

An important percentage of Greece's national income comes from tourism. According toEurostat statistics, Greece welcomed over 19.5 million tourists in 2009,[80] which is an increase from the 17.7 million tourists it welcomed in 2007. The vast majority of visitors in Greece in 2007 came from the European continent, numbering 12.7 million, while the most visitors from a single nationality were those from the United Kingdom, (2.6 million), followed closely by those from Germany (2.3 million).In 2010, the most visited periphery of Greece was that of Central Macedonia, with 18% of the country's total tourist flow (amounting to 3.6 million tourists), followed by Attica with 2.6 million and the Peloponnese with 1.8 million.[80]Northern Greece is the country's most-visited geographical region, with 6.5 million tourists, while Central Greece is second with 6.3 million.

In 2010, Lonely Planet ranked Greece's northern and second-largest city of Thessaloniki as the world's fifth-best party town worldwide, comparable to other cities such as Dubai and Montreal. In 2011,Santorini was voted as "The World's Best Island" in Travel + Leisure. Its neighboring island Mykonos, came in fifth in the European category.
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1 comment:

  1. I love to read your blog. keep posting.Greece is a country which has many wonderful landscapes and beautiful beaches in the world. The country has many stone-built villages and it is rich in culture and traditions. Greece also gets known for having gifted the world with Modern Olympic Games.

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