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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nEven as Greece\u2019s summer tourist crowds thin, tourism investors are flocking to Athens to discuss opportunities in the country\u2019s hotels, resorts and marinas.<\/p>\n
In October, the Greek capital was the site of two major global conferences \u2013 on Mediterranean resorts and hotels, and on marinas confirming the growing interest in Greek tourism properties.<\/p>\n
Greece<\/strong> has seen five record years of tourist arrivals and is expected to welcome more than 30 million visitors in 2018. And, according to a recent joint opinion poll by real\u00a0estate platform Tranio and the Mediterranean Resort & Hotel Real Estate Forum, the region is in the spotlight with investors too.<\/p>\n According to the survey, the overwhelming majority of respondents — 86% — agree that investment activity in the Mediterranean is heating up, while Greece, Spain and Italy are ranked as the most attractive countries for investors.<\/p>\n Among MR&H Forum participants, Greece is widely seen as the most favored investment destination in the Mediterranean, with the Cyclades among the most popular investment destinations in Greece.<\/p>\n High-level conferences like the MR&H Forum and the ICOMIA World Marinas Conference are also show- casing the growing role of Athens as a conference destination. In 2017, Athens hosted 76 international conferences and symposia, making it one of the Top 20 convention tourism destinations in Europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Which countries in the Mediterranean are most attractive to international investors in resort and hotel real estate?<\/strong> Greece 85%<\/strong> Source: Tranio, MR&H<\/p>\n Maritime tourism accounts for up to 3.5% of Greek GDP<\/strong><\/p>\n Yachting\u00a0\u20ac800 million Revenues\u00a011,500 Jobs Direct contribution to GDP 1,3% Source: INSETE, gbr consulting, enterprisegreece<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even as Greece\u2019s summer tourist crowds thin, tourism investors are flocking to Athens to discuss opportunities in the country\u2019s hotels, resorts and marinas. In October, the Greek capital was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,315],"tags":[11,34,8,10,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2034,"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gktizein.gr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMR&H Respondents<\/p>\n
\nSpain 50%
\nItaly 10%
\nPortugal 20%
\nCyprus 10%<\/p>\n
\nCruise shipping\u00a0\u20ac580 million Revenues 5,000 Jobs
\nCoastal shipping\u00a0\u20ac900 million Revenues\u00a06,000 Jobs
\nTotal<\/strong>:\u00a0\u20ac2.28 billion Revenues 22,500 Jobs<\/p>\n
\nIndirect contribution to GDP\u00a02.9% to 3.5%<\/p>\n