Bank of Greece: Greece May travel services surplus widens to EUR 2.02 billion

• Greece’s travel-services surplus widened to EUR 2.02 billion in May 2026 from EUR 1.84 billion a year earlier.
• Travel receipts rose 10.9% to EUR 2.43 billion.
• Inbound traveler arrivals increased 12.2% to 3,329,000.
• Average spending per trip fell 1.4%.
• For January–May 2026, the travel-services surplus rose to EUR 3.81 billion from EUR 2.89 billion.
• Over the same period, receipts climbed 25.8% to EUR 5.32 billion.
• Arrivals for January–May 2026 increased 20.9% to 8,569,000.
• The increase in arrivals was supported by higher average spending per trip.

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