With very high jobs for the season, September and October move on popular tourist destinations such as the South Aegean islands ran with hotel bookings up to 70%, mainly due to German and British tour operators, such as Alltours, Tui, Jet2.com, with the extension of time a fact.
Hoteliers cannot hide their satisfaction with the performance of the season, even if they are in “bars” as often reported by OT, due to the government’s policy that looks at the increase of climate change compensation and also the fees of passers-by.
In fact, for this matter, the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers is calling today a meeting of all the presidents of hotel associations in the country.
Strong demand from the Germans and British
Demand remains strong with Germans and Britons continuing to travel to our country.
The positive momentum for October is confirmed by the available Airdata tracker data of INSATE which shows that in October scheduled flights totaled 2,908,335 seats, an increase of 6.2% compared to the same period last year.
Scheduled positions from Germany will reach 622,000 from Germany and 590,000 from Great Britain in October.
It also seems that in some areas a small extension of the season will be achieved until November 15, especially in the Dodecanese (Rhodes and Kos) but also in Crete.
From Costa Navarino
Also, a satisfactory picture was recorded in the Southwest Peloponnese, where the presence of Costa Navarino kept the “market” open almost throughout November.
This year there will be a slight extension of the period of about 10 days in the South Aegean, the president of the Institute of Tourism Research and Forecasting (ITEP) Konstantina Svynou, who also maintains a hotel unit in Kos, says to OT, adding that until November 9-10 there are reservations and units in operation.
October has been very good based on bookings so far with occupancy at 65-70% while with last minute bookings “we can do even higher”, he added.
Looks like Ms. Svynos to consolidate a trend, due to the time but also the fact that at this time the tourist product has become more accessible to expand the demand to the extreme dates of the time.
The conditions
It happens, says the President of FedHATTA Lysandros Tsilidis, that there are some extraordinary groups that want to travel in November, a positive fact, but it does not mean what may be requested for everyone in a general extension of time, which requires other conditions. , as he noted.
It is a fact that a permanent extension of time requires the cooperation of all parties involved (hotels, catering units, and the state) in the popular places offered for this purpose, but a something that currently does not exist.
The German accelerators are coming
Strong holiday demand was also recorded by international tour operators such as German alltours, which extended the offer of flights to popular Mediterranean destinations until November.
As announced to its customers in Germany “with Alltours, you can spend your holidays this autumn in Crete until November 24 and in Rhodes until November 9 and return to Dusseldorf, Frankfurt or Munich, with a direct flight with Condor or Aegean.
Both destinations also offer a summer-autumn climate with temperatures above 20 °C and ideal conditions for visiting impressive archaeological sites.’
The German tour operator offers packages until November to other Mediterranean destinations in Turkey and Spain.
More 39 flights from TUI
Also, TUI has announced an extension of the tourist season for travelers from Germany heading to Crete until November 23 with 39 additional flights, while for Rhodes and Kos the flights are extended until November 9.
British group Jet2.com has also announced flights until November. However, other smaller tour operators also provide packages up to November.
Finally, in the southwestern Peloponnese, the presence of Costa Navarino acts as a reinforcement for the extension of the tourist season, since Romanos will remain open in November hosting sports events and conferences .