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skint Greeks???

Martin Author:martin posts : 409   (Expert)Date : 11-05-11 00:07

skint Greeks???


from the Sofia Echo today...looks like Pamps is the place to be.....& the Greeks are coming despite their crisis!

The sector is also optimistic about the incoming winter season. In mid-September, the National Tourism Board predicted an increase of seven per cent in tourist numbers. The board thinks that winter growth will be driven by a rise in Greek visitors to winter resorts. Bookings data indicates that an especially large increase is in store for Pamporovo. There is also greater ...

from the Sofia Echo today...looks like Pamps is the place to be.....& the Greeks are coming despite their crisis!

The sector is also optimistic about the incoming winter season. In mid-September, the National Tourism Board predicted an increase of seven per cent in tourist numbers. The board thinks that winter growth will be driven by a rise in Greek visitors to winter resorts. Bookings data indicates that an especially large increase is in store for Pamporovo. There is also greater interest in spa hotels for the period around Christmas and New Year.

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Gareth Author:Gareth posts : 434   (Expert)Date : 11-05-11 10:29

re: skint Greeks???

Makes sense to me.
They can drive to bansko and pamps and borovets while oter ski resorts around Europe would not be possible to drive to so they save in air fares.
Plus it's a cheaper resort than others in Europe so it would seem that those Greeks who go elsewhere are staying closer to home.

Good for Bulgaria but do they eat out as much as the British?? I'm not sure I think Greeks take sandwiches up mountain then sit at a resterunt table eating sandwich while those who have bought a ...
Makes sense to me.
They can drive to bansko and pamps and borovets while oter ski resorts around Europe would not be possible to drive to so they save in air fares.
Plus it's a cheaper resort than others in Europe so it would seem that those Greeks who go elsewhere are staying closer to home.

Good for Bulgaria but do they eat out as much as the British?? I'm not sure I think Greeks take sandwiches up mountain then sit at a resterunt table eating sandwich while those who have bought a meal there have to wait for them to move as they will not move if you ask them pesky Greeks

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francis bennett Author:francis bennett posts : 128   (Intermediate)Date : 11-06-11 13:42

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I am welsh but living in greece and trust me greeks eat out and its the brits who are most likely to take sandwiches up the mountain as i have seen with my own eyes them taking bottles of spirits into the bars and just ordering a coke and topping their drinks up with vodka when they think no one is looking.................
Martin Davies Author:Martin Davies posts : 157   (Intermediate)Date : 11-06-11 22:50

re: skint Greeks???

Yes they do, bloody annoying cos they cant handle what they buy in the pub let alone the cheap tesco vodka they bring with them...
And talking about alcohol welshy you got plenty of spare socks this trip!!! can you make the dtes Francis?
We will have to give bobby a song when we get there, nothing like an avalanch for fresh snow on the lower slopes!!!! LOL