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Tourism and Aviation - Working together

Tourism and Aviation - Working together. Georgios Drakopoulos, Director General SETE, Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises IACA Assembly Athens, 21 March 2013. Presentation outline. About SETE Tourism ’ s socioeconomic contribution Greek Tourism capacity 2012

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Tourism and Aviation - Working together

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  1. Tourism and Aviation - Working together Georgios Drakopoulos, Director General SETE, Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises IACA Assembly Athens, 21 March 2013

  2. Presentation outline • About SETE • Tourism’s socioeconomic contribution • Greek Tourism capacity 2012 • Greek aviation economic foot print • Greek aviation policy issues • Towards 2020 • New targets • New initiatives

  3. Established in 1991. SETE aims constantly at boosting competitiveness and demonstrating the key role of tourism in the Greek economy. SETE is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation.

  4. Tourism’s socioeconomic contribution Source: SETE, based on data provided by WTTC and Bank of Greece *provisional data

  5. Greek tourism performance 2009-2012 *The arrivals and receipts of 2012 are SETE's estimate. Source: SETE, based on data provided by Bank of Greece and WTTC

  6. The contribution of arrivals by air *Jan - Sep

  7. Aviation’s economic footprint Contribution to Greek GDP The aviation sector contributes €5.7 billion (2.5%) to Greek GDP. Major employer The aviation sector supports 100,000 jobs in Greece. High productivity jobs The average air transport services employee generates €114,353 in GVA annually, which is over 145% more productive than the average in Greece. Contribution to public finances The aviation sector pays €2,063 million in tax. Aerospace manufacturing benefits Aerospace supports 8,000 jobs, and contributes approximately €402 million to Greek GDP. Source: Oxford Economics, 2011, Economic Benefits from Air Transport in Greece

  8. New distribution patterns – New challenges • Old distribution model New distribution model Source:Ministry of Economy and Innovation, 2007, National Strategic Plan for Tourism-Portugal

  9. Policy issues • Regulation of the institutional context - the Civil Aviation Authority role • Competitiveness and pricing policy of Athens International Airport (AIA) • Privatization of the regional airports

  10. Targets towards 2020 • Greece to be included in the world’s top ten tourism destinations. • Direct and indirect tourism GVA to reach ~ €50 billion. • Employment created by tourism to reach ~1.000.000 jobs.

  11. New initiatives

  12. Tourism and Aviation - Working together Dr Andreas Andreadis, President SETE, Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises IACA Assembly Athens, 21 March 2013

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