Triple trouble for tourism SMEs

Small tourism businesses successful Greece are called upon to run successful a peculiarly stressful economical environment, characterized by the triple situation of precocious taxation, accrued operating costs and staff shortages, a survey has shown.

According to the findings of the latest “Business Climate Survey successful Tourism Accommodation,” the country rental assemblage is sending retired a distress awesome for its sustainability. The survey was conducted by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation successful collaboration with hospitality concern association, with the information of 702 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from crossed the country.

The findings item the dominance of very small units, arsenic 64% of businesses employment lone 1 to 2 employees, 31% employment three to 5 people, while lone 4% person a staff of much than six staff. 

Taxation emerges arsenic the large obstacle, arsenic 75% of businesses state that they are under pressure, rising to 87% for the North Aegean and 85% for the Dodecanese; while connected Crete, on with the Peloponnese, Eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the Ionian Islands, the fig is 77-78%.

At the aforesaid time, accrued operating costs are a captious origin for 72% of the assemblage astatine the nationalist level; with Thessaly and the Cyclades signaling 90%; followed by Crete with 86%; the Dodecanese with 85%; and the Peloponnese with 83%.

The deficiency of unit completes the database of difficulties for 52% of businesses, with the strength of the improvement peaking successful Central Macedonia, reaching 94%; while precocious performances are recorded successful the Cyclades with 70%; and Central Greece with 56%.

Despite the pressures, the assemblage is simply a strong lure for visitors, arsenic 65% of accommodations service chiefly overseas travelers; and 27% support a mixed orientation, with the Greek marketplace constituting the main source of income for lone 8% of businesses. 

The main markets of root are Germany with 43%, the UK with 40% and Italy with 38%, followed by Romania with 31%, France with 23% and Bulgaria with Serbia with 22% each. Especially successful bluish Greece, the Balkan markets dominate, with Romania reaching 88% and Bulgaria 85% successful Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.