Abstract
Purpose - This work was carried out to investigate the effects of the economic crisis in leisure travel and holidays for young people in Central Macedonia. Methodology - Semi-structured questionnaire was used, combining closed and partially closed questions. Approach - We examined the way in which gender, family situation, and the employment situation affect the travel frequency, the amount spent on travel, the choice and the characteristics of the tourist destination, e.t.c.. Findings - The results show that the answers regarding the travel frequency, the amounts spent on travel, the way in which young people prefer to book their travel, the transportation means, the people they prefer to travel with, the needed time to organize the travel, but also the preferences of the touristic destination and its nightlife, significantly differ between the two genders. Also, marital status seems to be an important differentiating factor of the amounts spent, and preferences regarding the mode of transport, type of accommodation and nightlife.
Highlights
Tourism is one of the main pillars of the Greek economy over time
In our paper we study the effects of the economic crisis in leisure travel and holidays for young people in Central Macedonia
As the main purpose of the research was the impact of the current economic crisis on leisure travel and holiday of young people, and because of time and cost constraints, the convenience sampling procedure was employed
Summary
Tourism is one of the main pillars of the Greek economy over time. It is a sector that draws the interest of investors and it could play an important role to the growth of Greek economy (Eeckels, Filis, Leon, 2012). In times of economic crisis, there is an increase in Tourism industry (Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research -IOBE, 2016). In 2015, Greece welcomed almost 23.6 million tourists from abroad and received nearly 13.7 billion euro; the direct contribution of tourism to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 10.0% (INSETE, 2017). Tourism is almost exclusively an export activity, since almost ninety percent of tourism revenues come from abroad. A decrease of more than sixty percent has occurred in 2015, since less domestic tourists stay for more than one night and spent less money (Hellenic Statistical Authority-ELSTAT, 2016)
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