“Large increase in foreign visitor arrivals at “Diagopas” airport in May

The first five months of 2021 closed with an increase of an impressive 19236.6% (!) in foreign visitor traffic compared to the same period in 2020, according to official FRAPORT data.

On the contrary, a “dip” of 33.9% in the movement of visitors by domestic flights was recorded.

Specifically, in the first five months of 2021, 51,242 foreign visitors were moved with 817 flights and with a peak month of May (50,447 passenger movements), compared to only 265 visitors in the corresponding period of 2020.

In terms of arrivals, the Germans are first (9,835), followed by Poles (5,851), Israelis (3,287) and Swedes (1,845)

In terms of domestic flights, a total of 1,929 were operated between January 2021 and May, handling a total of 90,360 passengers compared to 136,701 in the same period in 2020, recording a 33.9% decrease.

FRAPORT’s Rhodes airport official data are detailed in the tables below: