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Rhodes popular to British holidaymakers

August charter arrivals data show that despite the economic recession, Rhodes remains a popular destination for the British holidaymakers. With 49.590 passengers (-10,52%) are at the top of the list of the arrivals followed by the Italians with 41.991 passengers…

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Record increase contrary to predictions

A report by the Institute for Touristic Research and Forecasts (ITEP) published on Monday show that the island of Rhodes recorded a 26.4% increase in tourism arrivals in the first four months of 2009 (the Dodecanese islands are up 18.5%…

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Crisis in the tourism sector?

The world wide economic recession has its repercussions to the tourism sector. During the month of September a marked reduction of incoming tourism was observed in major European destinations. Greece reports a 4,8% decrease in flight arrivals in total while…

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