Greek destinations are ranked above the European average in their evaluation by foreign visitors, with cultural experience and gastronomy receiving the highest rating. In terms of nationalities, the American tourists are the ones who say they are the most satisfied, while the Italians are the ones who rate our country more severely.
The data comes from the latest study by the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (INSETE), which, in the framework of monitoring tourist activity through diversified sources, collaborates with the company TCI Research (which is now a part of the company MMGY) regarding the collection of data for Greece and competing destinations (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Croatia) so that it is possible to compare the overall picture of the country with the European competition.
Furthermore, the analysis is enriched with data for the 13 Regions of the country, which capture the tourist experience in terms of focus and attractions. In the analysis context, 220,000 comments have been evaluated for attractions, 138,000 for restaurants/bars in Greece and 7.7 million and 12.9 million, respectively, for competitive destinations.
More specifically, regarding the tourism experience in Greece, it maintains a competitive overall score (9.1) compared to the European average (8.6).
This applies to all Greek Regions, each scoring above nine except for the North Aegean Islands (8.8) and the Cyclades (8.9). Indicatively, in mainland Greece, Thessaly, with the top destination, Pelion, gathers high ratings with 9.3, as does Epirus, with the Peloponnese with 9.2.
Americans are the most satisfied tourists for the country as a whole and by market, with an overall score of 9.2, followed by the British and Dutch with less than 9. Germans, French and Italians follow with slightly lower scores, but each nationality scores differently destinations.
Indicatively, travellers from the USA and France give the highest rating to Epirus (9.8 and 9.6 respectively), from the United Kingdom (10) to Central Greece, and from Italy and the Netherlands (9.2 both ) in Western Greece, and travellers from Germany to the Peloponnese (9.5).
Americans are the most satisfied tourists for the country as a whole and by market, with an overall score of 9.2, followed by the British and Dutch with less than 9.
Germans, French and Italians follow with slightly lower scores, but each nationality scores differently destinations. Indicatively, travellers from the USA and France give the highest rating to Epirus (9.8 and 9.6 respectively), from the United Kingdom (10) to Central Greece, and from Italy and the Netherlands (9.2 both ) in Western Greece, and travellers from Germany to the Peloponnese (9.5).
The analysis shows that travellers in Greece highly value employees, giving an excellent score of 9.4 to almost all destinations. A fairly satisfactory score is also recorded in the "quality-price" relationship, the so-called "value for money", with a score that in all Regions exceeds eight and often reaches or exceeds 9.
As far as sustainable travel is concerned, the overall picture of the country is positive (8.3), with most Regions having a score greater than eight and a maximum score (of 9.1) in Central Macedonia. The Cyclades (7.7) and Thessaly (6.9) score less than 8 in this dimension.
A similar trend is observed for hygiene (8.1 overall), with scores of 8.5 and above in Central Macedonia, Epirus Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. A score of under eight is recorded in Thessaly, the Ionian Islands, the North Aegean and Crete.
Cultural experience ratings received the highest score, with a score of 9.3, followed by gastronomy (9) and sea experience (8.8). This pattern was similar in most destinations, with a sufficient volume of reviews to analyse.
However, in Crete, gastronomy received a higher rating than cultural experiences, while in Epirus and the Peloponnese, the sea experience ranked second in the ratings.
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