The holiday island of Kefalonia has seen a huge increase in visitors to its shores along with the other popular Greek holiday islands including Zante, Crete and Corfu and this is mainly due to lowering prices of Greek holidays making Greece the destination of choice for many looking for a bargain.
Nadine Hallak, a travel expert for the flight comparison website cheapflights.
co.
uk reported that flights to the Greek islands had become increasingly popular over the last few months with Kefalonia showing the largest rise at 42% month on month.
Overall flight searches for the country of Greece were up by a staggering 32% as holiday makers take advantage of the strengthened pound and the lower holiday prices in Greece and its islands, lower prices which have been caused in part by the poor economic situation in Greece.
While the Greek government has assured the masses that KefaloniaHolidaysand holidaysto the Greek islands are perfectly safe financially as the country tries to steady its financial situation the pricesof holidayshave fallen dramatically as tour operators struggled to fill seats.
Initially prices dropped as tourists were cautious to make bookings while their was uncertainty in Greece's financial state however as things have calmed the Greeks have deliberately continued to lower holiday prices to encourage the tourist industry to become stronger, taking advantage of the situation to boost revenue and to help prop up the balance sheets.
It is hard to say how long the prices will remain low however it would seem that now is the perfect time to take a holiday in one of the Greek islands with Kefalonia holidays being the most popular destination of choice.
Nadine Hallak, a travel expert for the flight comparison website cheapflights.
co.
uk reported that flights to the Greek islands had become increasingly popular over the last few months with Kefalonia showing the largest rise at 42% month on month.
Overall flight searches for the country of Greece were up by a staggering 32% as holiday makers take advantage of the strengthened pound and the lower holiday prices in Greece and its islands, lower prices which have been caused in part by the poor economic situation in Greece.
While the Greek government has assured the masses that KefaloniaHolidaysand holidaysto the Greek islands are perfectly safe financially as the country tries to steady its financial situation the pricesof holidayshave fallen dramatically as tour operators struggled to fill seats.
Initially prices dropped as tourists were cautious to make bookings while their was uncertainty in Greece's financial state however as things have calmed the Greeks have deliberately continued to lower holiday prices to encourage the tourist industry to become stronger, taking advantage of the situation to boost revenue and to help prop up the balance sheets.
It is hard to say how long the prices will remain low however it would seem that now is the perfect time to take a holiday in one of the Greek islands with Kefalonia holidays being the most popular destination of choice.
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