Greece

There were 4,932,495 internet users in Greece (representing 45.9% of the population) in December 2009, according to Internet World Stats. This was up by 393.2% compared to 2000. (Internet World Stats, April 2010)

Online Travel Market

Travel industry online developments

Nelios.com has launched a travel booking website in Greece to boost travel agent sales and hotel bookings. The company has launched electronictickets.gr. The site can sell location-specific hotels based on direct contracts and in real-time occupancy, packaged with cost-effective airline tickets. electronictickets.gr is connected to flight consolidators with a database that includes all major carriers, charter flight operators and low cost airlines and has also access to a database of more than 85,000 hotels to choose from. (EyeForTravel, June 2009)