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Impressive increase of visitors and revenues for Greek museums

A two-digit increase in visits and revenues was recorded in museums and archaeological sites across Greece for the first nine months of 2017 based on Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) figures.

In particular, the total of visitors in the period January-September 2017 rose to 13.54 million (+17.8%) from 11.5 million over the nine-month period of 2016. In total, revenue amounted to € 86.2 million from € 72.8 million in the previous year in the first nine months of 2016, a rise of 18.4%. It must be  noted that for the whole of 2016 the receipts amounted to €86.65 million and for the year before (2015) to € 56.2 million. The overall total of visitors for the whole of 2016 was at 14.1 million and in 2015 at 14.72 million.

By sub-category, based on ELSTAT data, during the nine-month period January-September 2017, there was an increase, over the corresponding 2016 period, by 16.8% to museum visitors and an increase of 18.2% to visitors free of entry, reaching 4.17 million while the respective receipts increased by 20.7%.

At archaeological sites during the nine months of January-September 2017 with respect to in the corresponding period of 2016, there was an increase of visitors by 18.2% and an increase by 22% of visitors with free admissions, reaching a total of 9.37 million while the corresponding receipts increased by 18%.

In September 2017 compared to the corresponding month of 2016, an increase in visitors to museums by 13%, an increase in free entry visitors 11% and revenue growth of 15.8% was observed.

In archaeological sites, in the same month, there was an increase of visitors by 12,1% a 20.2% increase in free entry visitors and an increase of 9.5% compared to the corresponding month of 2016.