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  1. Feb current account deficit at 990.4 mln as services balance improves
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The travel balance also showed an improvement, with the surplus growing to 51 million euros from 18.5... to 2.59 billion. As mentioned, the travel balance in February showed a notable YoY improvement. Travel... in international arrivals. Travel payments also increased by 10.7 percent YoY to 158.1 million

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  2. Eight in 10 tourist visits to just five regions, six nationalities generate half of receipts
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    EconomyFeatures

    and Bulgaria. Overnight stays increased by 10.2 percent YoY, and travel receipts came to 15.65 billion... and 52.2 percent of travel receipts. Just five regions attracted 81.9 percent of visits, 86.2 percent... with 549,000 visitors (+46.1 percent). Travel balance The latest travel balance from the Bank of Greece

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  3. Current account lands on deficit of 673.4 mln in October, aggregate at deficit of 697.4 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The services balance dropped YoY by 126 million, reaching 1.63 billion euros in October. The travel balance.... However, travel receipts increased by 4.1 percent and non-residents’ arrivals rose by 1.9 percent... last year, a drop of 11 percent. As noted, travel receipts increased by 4.1 percent and stood at 1.44

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  4. Summer season looks under threat as revenues fail to materialise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    on direct travel from such countries. However, critics have noted that the ban is easily circumvented... in July, 196 cases related to travel were recorded out of 326 in total. This was more than 60 percent.... Staycations A study by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE) looked into the travel trends

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  5. EU digital certificate seen as boost for tourism against backdrop of worsening pandemic
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ” for travel has been welcomed by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis as a potential boost for Greek tourism. Αside... of the health status certificate which promises to ease travel among EU countries, has been hailed... of an EU-wide travel document has achieved sufficient consensus among member states to be put

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  6. Current account shows deficit of 1.4 bln in May as imports rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    million, down by 4.6 percent YoY. The travel balance showed a surplus of 112.1 million, an eightfold increase from last year, during the first lockdown, when it came to just 12 million. Travel receipts... percent. Travel payments came to 56.2 million, an increase of 77.7 percent. Total imports came to 4.97

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  7. Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19

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    that the capital stocks need to be transformed away partly from old heavy structures, to green capital... fresh investments in (traditional, heavy) infrastructure, alongside the same green, digital... time. If the capital stock slowly drifts away from heavy investments in structures and very-long lived

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  8. Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust
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    Society

    , and 31.5% described as “heavy users” who spend more than two hours a day. Young women in particular are heavier users than men — 36.8% of women are heavy users compared with 26.5% of men — a pattern... newspapers or informative portals, while only 4.9% are heavy online news consumers. At the same time

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  9. August sees third Greek C/A surplus in a row, reaching 1.82 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to a 10.3 percent rise in the travel receipts stemming from a much higher increase in non-residents’ arrivals by 25 percent. The travel surplus stood at 2.98 billion, up 9 percent YoY. The BoG is due to release more detailed figures on the 8-month travel surplus on Wednesday. The contraction

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  10. Greek current account surplus up to 1.6 bln in September after fourth straight rise

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in the travel receipts stemming from a 23 percent rise in non-residents’ arrivals. As a result, the travel... on the travel surplus on Friday. The reduction of the trade deficit by 15.1 percent primarily stems...’ surplus grew by 17.3 percent to 16.79 billion euros in the 9-month period largely due to higher travel

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