Greece's deputy tourism minister said on Tuesday, July 13, he hopes a late surge in arrivals will boost revenues in the key tourism sector, hit by a slump in bookings this year as anti-austerity protests kept visitors away. Officials have said revenues from tourism, making up a fifth of Greece's 240 billion euro economy, were expected to drop by 10-15 percent as violent street protests and repeated strikes that ground flights have scared tourists away. But Deputy Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said the sector would fare better than expected in coming months. "There will be an evident improvement ... The number of visitors who make last-minute bookings is rapidly increasing," Nikitiadis told state ET3 TV.
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