Greek Tourism Confederation announced that the number of foreign tourists arriving in greece in the January-October period of 2024 increased by 10 percent to 35.7 million, while the most striking increase in this period was the number of tourists from Turkey.Increasing by 29 percent compared to 2023, the number of Turkish tourists increased to 1.3 million in the first 10 months of 2024, which was recorded as a historical record for both Turkey and Greece. While this number is expected to reach 1.5 million by the end of the year, the contribution of Turkish tourists to the Greek economy in this process reached 810 million Euros.While this figure provides a significant support to Greece's targeted tourism income of more than 20 billion Euros, Turkish tourists have surpassed the USA and ranked 5th in the ranking of the countries that visit greece the most.While Germany, England, France and Italy are the top four countries that send the most tourists to Greece, Turkey's rise in the Greek tourism sector draws attention both economically and socially.While the top four countries sending the most tourists to Greece are Germany, the UK, France and Italy, Turkey's rise in the Greek tourism sector draws attention both economically and socially.Representatives of the Greek tourism sector stated that Turkish social media influencers are effective in promotion and advertisements and said ''Turks and tourists from Turkey saved us in this tourism season. Because we are not robbing them.''
