Tourists power your Greek returns

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Tourism will play a key role in any investment success you enjoy in Greece. The 33 million tourists who visited the country in 2018 spent more than 20 billion euros. That’s equal to roughly 10% of the total economy. The tourism and travel industries employ 460,000 workers, or about 12% of the county’s total labour force of 4.0 million. Compared to the largest tourist market in the world, France, which received 89 million visitors in 2018, Greece is relatively small. However, the Greece tourism market has expanded rapidly, with a doubling of visitors since 2010. It’s now among the top 15 tourist destinations in the world. Athens is Greece’s top tourism spot. Its Acropolis, home to the Parthenon and other ancient buildings and museums, is one of the world’s most famous tourism sites, attracting more than four million visitors annually. The islands of Santorini, Mykonos, and Crete are other popular destinations. The high performance of their tourism industries is key to you…