Greece recorded a more than 80% year-on-year rise in travel receipts in February, leading to a slight improvement in the nation's finances but on the basis of incomplete data, the central bank said on Monday.
Reuters – The national statistics authority postponed trade figures, citing quality issues without giving further explanation, meaning the Bank of Greece could not release data for the balance of goods and therefore the overall current account balance.
The Bank of Greece said travel receipts jumped 83.2% from a year earlier to 533.4 million euros ($627 million), driven by a 44.5% increase in non-resident arrivals. As travel receipts underpinned the economy for the first two months of the year, arrivals rose by 38.5% and related revenues jumped by 70.7% from the same period in 2025.