International arrivals in Greece jumped more than 25-fold in May to 383,107 from just 14,273 a year earlier, during the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic, civil aviation authority data showed on Wednesday.
Greece, which generates around a fifth of its economic output from tourism, suffered its most severe fall on record in 2020 as the coronavirus halted international travel, with arrivals down 75% from the previous year.
This year, as vaccination campaigns in Greece and many other countries, have picked up, the government is expecting a 50% rise from last year’s levels.
Overall traffic at Greek airports was still down 48% for the first five months of the year, the figures showed.