Greek Tourism Gets Boost From North African Political Turmoil
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Greece may get a 10 percent increase in tourist arrivals this year because of the political turmoil in North Africa, according to the head of the nation’s hotel association.
Early bookings for the spring and summer season from Britain, which accounted for 14 percent of the 15 million tourists who visited Greece in 2009, were more than 10 percent higher than a year earlier, said Andreas Andreadis, president of the Hellenic Hotel Federation. German reservations rose as much as 5 percent while Russian bookings increased about 20 percent, he said.