HELLENIC REPUBLIC | |
HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY | Piraeus, 15 January 2020 |
PRESS RELEASE
SURVEY ON MUSEUMS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ATTENDANCE
SEPTEMBER 2019
The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces the results of the Survey on Museums and Archaeological Sites Attendance for September 2019. More specifically:
- In September 2019 compared with the corresponding month of 2018, Museums experienced a 2.5% increase in the number of visitors and a 2.2% increase in the number of free admission visitors as well as a 28.0% increase in their receipts (Table 1).
- In September 2019 compared with the corresponding month of 2018, the number of visitors at Archaeological sites recorded an increase of 12.3%, while an increase of 20.1% was observed in the number of free admission visitors and a 10.2% increase in the corresponding receipts (Table 1).
- During the nine-month period from January to September 2019, an increase of 5.0% was observed in the number of visitors of Museums, while a decrease of 9.2% was recorded in the number of free admission visitors and a 29.1% increase in the relevant receipts, in comparison with the corresponding period of 2018 (Table 2).
- As regards Archaeological sites, during the nine-month period from January to September 2019, an increase of 5.6% was recorded in the number of visitors, while an 11.1% decrease was observed in the number of free admission visitors and a 9.7% increase in the relevant receipts, in comparison with the corresponding period of 2018 (Table 2).
Graph 1: Visitors of Museums and Archaeological sites (January 2014 - September 2019)
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0 | Apr-14 | Jul-14 | Oct-14 | Apr-15 | Jul-15 | Oct-15 | Apr-16 | Jul-16 | Oct-16 | Apr- 17 | Jul-17 | Oct-17 | Apr-18 | Jul-18 | Oct-18 | Apr-19 | Jul-19 | |||||
Jan-14 | Jan-15 | Jan-16 | Jan-17 | Jan-18 | Jan-19 |
Total Visitors (museums & archaeological sites)
Visitors with free admission tickets (museums & archaeological sites)
Information on methodological issues: | Information for data provision: |
Sectoral Statistics Division | Tel. +30 213 135 2022, 2308, 2310 |
Tourism and Cultural Statistics Section | e-mail:Data.dissem@statistics.gr |
Head of the Section: Asimina Katri | |
Tel: +30 213 135 2168 | |
Fax:+30 213 135 2947 | |
e-mail:a.katri@statistics.gr |
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TABLE 1: VISITORS OF MUSEUMS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES - TOTAL RECEIPTS
(SEPTEMBER 2018 & SEPTEMBER 2019)
Ι. NUMBER OF VISITORS
Museums and Archaeological sites | 2018 | 2019 | Change | |||||||
2019/2018 | ||||||||||
Total number of visitors (Α+Β) | 2,303,955 | 2,522,433 | 9.5% | |||||||
Α. Μuseums (C+E) | 662,631 | 679,334 | 2.5% | |||||||
Acropolis Museum | 193,645 | 173,232 | -10.5% | |||||||
National Archaeological | 69,298 | 65,022 | -6.2% | |||||||
Ancient Olympia | 17,348 | 16,906 | -2.5% | |||||||
Palace of the Grand Master (Rhodes) | 39,998 | 42,914 | 7.3% | |||||||
Herakleion Archaeological (Crete) | 83,751 | 112,640 | 34.5% | |||||||
White Tower | 20,929 | 21,874 | 4.5% | |||||||
Delphi | 29,482 | 30,456 | 3.3% | |||||||
Other museums | 208,180 | 216,290 | 3.9% | |||||||
Β. Archaeological Sites (D+F) | 1,641,324 | 1,843,099 | 12.3% | |||||||
Εpidavros (1) | 64,999 | 65,550 | 0.8% | |||||||
The Acropolis of Mycenae & Atreus' Treasure | 57,206 | 57,796 | 1.0% | |||||||
The Acropolis of Athens (2) | 342,427 | 436,786 | 27.6% | |||||||
Sounio | 33,401 | 40,179 | 20.3% | |||||||
The Acropolis of Lindos | 89,194 | 94,432 | 5.9% | |||||||
Royal Tombs of Vergina | 20,431 | 21,527 | 5.4% | |||||||
Αncient Olympia | 57,638 | 57,446 | -0.3% | |||||||
Knossos (Crete) | 122,682 | 133,015 | 8.4% | |||||||
Phaistos (Crete) | 13,520 | 14,303 | 5.8% | |||||||
Αncient Korinthos (1) | 24,245 | 27,028 | 11.5% | |||||||
Μystras (1) | 17,350 | 19,176 | 10.5% | |||||||
Delphi | 45,584 | 49,116 | 7.7% | |||||||
Other archaeological sites | 752,647 | 826,745 | 9.8% | |||||||
ΙΙ. VISITORS WHO PAID TICKET | ||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | Change | ||||||||
2019/2018 | ||||||||||
Total number of visitors who paid ticket (C+D) | 1,620,153 | 1,745,562 | 7.7% | |||||||
C. Μuseums | 414,295 | 425,490 | 2.7% | |||||||
D. Αrchaeological sites | 1,205,858 | 1,320,072 | 9.5% | |||||||
ΙΙΙ. VISITORS WITH FREE ADMISSION TICKETS | ||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | Change | ||||||||
2019/2018 | ||||||||||
Total number of visitors with free admission ticket (E+F) | 683,802 | 776,871 | 13.6% | |||||||
E. Μuseums | 248,336 | 253,844 | 2.2% | |||||||
F. Αrchaeological sites | 435,466 | 523,027 | 20.1% | |||||||
IV. RECEIPTS (euros) | ||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | Change | ||||||||
2019/2018 | ||||||||||
Total Receipts (G+H) | 16,835,800 | 19,012,406 | 12.9% | |||||||
G. Μuseums | 2,552,485 | 3,267,155 | 28.0% | |||||||
H. Αrchaeological sites | 14,283,315 | 15,745,251 | 10.2% | |||||||
- Flat rate ticket, valid both for the museum and the archaeological site.
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The following graphs depict the evolution of the receipts (Graph 2), as well as the number of visitors by Museum and Archaeological Site (Graphs 3 and 4, respectively).
Graph 2: Receipts from Museums and Archaeological Sites (January 2014 - September 2019) (in thousand euro)
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16,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14,000 | Total Receipts | |||||||||||||||||||||
12,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10,000 | Receipts from | |||||||||||||||||||||
8,000 | Archaeological | |||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | Sites | |||||||||||||||||||||
4,000 | Receipts from | |||||||||||||||||||||
Museums | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
0 | Apr-14 | Jul-14 | Oct-14 | Apr-15 | Jul-15 | Oct-15 | Apr-16 | Jul-16 | Oct-16 | Apr-17 | Jul-17 | Oct-17 | Apr-18 | Jul-18 | Oct-18 | Apr-19 | Jul-19 | |||||
Jan-14 | Jan-15 | Jan-16 | Jan-17 | Jan-18 | Jan-19 |
Graph 3: Percentage distribution of visitors by Museum, September 2019
Acropolis Museum | |||||||
25.5% | |||||||
Other museums | |||||||
31.8% | |||||||
National Archaeological | |||||||
9.6% | |||||||
Ancient Olympia | |||||||
2.5% | |||||||
Delphi | |||||||
4.5% | Palace of the Grand Master | ||||||
White Tower | (Rhodes) | ||||||
6.3% | |||||||
3.2% | Herakleion Archaeological | ||||||
(Crete) | |||||||
16.6% | |||||||
Graph 4: Percentage distribution of visitors by Archaeological site, September 2019 | |||||||
Other archaeological sites | Εpidavros | ||||||
3.6% | The Acropolis of Mycenae & | ||||||
44.9% | |||||||
Atreus' Treasure | |||||||
3.1% | |||||||
The Acropolis of Athens | |||||||
23.7% | |||||||
Delphi | |||||||
2.7% | |||||||
Μystras | Sounio | ||||||
2.2% | |||||||
1.0% | |||||||
The Acropolis of Lindos | |||||||
Αncient Korinthos | |||||||
5.1% | |||||||
1.5% | |||||||
Knossos (Crete) | Αncient Olympia | Royal Tombs of Vergina | |||||
Phaistos (Crete) | |||||||
0.8% | 7.2% | 3.1% | 1.2% |
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TABLE 2: VISITORS OF MUSEUMS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES - TOTAL RECEIPTS
(2017, 2018, JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2018 & 2019)
Ι. VISITORS | |||||||||||||||
Museums and Archaeological sites | 2017 | 2018 | JANUARY-SEPTEMBER | change | |||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2019/2018 | |||||||||||||
Total number of visitors (Α+Β) | 16,524,557 | 18,603,282 | 15,220,604 | 16,048,875 | 5.4% | ||||||||||
Α. Μuseums (C+E) | 5,191,781 | 5,702,211 | 4,528,658 | 4,754,250 | 5.0% | ||||||||||
Acropolis Museum | 1,593,362 | 1,774,304 | 1,397,644 | 1,412,098 | 1.0% | ||||||||||
National Archaeological | 545,555 | 594,219 | 463,407 | 482,577 | 4.1% | ||||||||||
Ancient Olympia | 145,118 | 156,658 | 131,382 | 133,019 | 1.2% | ||||||||||
Palace of the Grand Master (Rhodes) | 235,413 | 242,759 | 203,144 | 219,316 | 8.0% | ||||||||||
Herakleion Archaeological (Crete) | 426,191 | 555,031 | 456,973 | 557,338 | 22.0% | ||||||||||
White Tower | 268,149 | 225,944 | 170,444 | 189,958 | 11.4% | ||||||||||
Delphi | 211,827 | 249,754 | 202,525 | 223,072 | 10.1% | ||||||||||
Other museums | 1,766,166 | 1,903,542 | 1,503,139 | 1,536,872 | 2.2% | ||||||||||
Β. Archaeological Sites (D+F) | 11,332,776 | 12,901,071 | 10,691,946 | 11,294,625 | 5.6% | ||||||||||
Εpidavros (1) | 469,060 | 548,900 | 470,607 | 448,185 | -4.8% | ||||||||||
The Acropolis of Mycenae & Atreus' Treasure | 412,397 | 495,993 | 418,498 | 416,519 | -0.5% | ||||||||||
The Acropolis of Athens(2) | 2,766,218 | 3,150,604 | 2,546,877 | 2,907,691 | 14.2% | ||||||||||
Sounio | 259,709 | 306,665 | 252,585 | 273,770 | 8.4% | ||||||||||
The Acropolis of Lindos(3) | 441,012 | 489,137 | 423,583 | 454,955 | 7.4% | ||||||||||
Royal Tombs of Vergina | 203,632 | 222,503 | 179,295 | 178,085 | -0.7% | ||||||||||
Αncient Olympia | 481,252 | 484,238 | 402,459 | 379,470 | -5.7% | ||||||||||
Knossos (Crete) | 634,710 | 855,663 | 709,519 | 784,309 | 10.5% | ||||||||||
Phaistos (Crete) | 95,182 | 134,538 | 100,781 | 91,925 | -8.8% | ||||||||||
Αncient Korinthos (1) | 191,836 | 196,944 | 158,321 | 167,119 | 5.6% | ||||||||||
Μystras (1) | 125,549 | 145,939 | 124,600 | 124,600 | 0.0% | ||||||||||
Delphi | 345,804 | 405,947 | 337,731 | 331,285 | -1.9% | ||||||||||
Other archaeological sites | 4,906,415 | 5,464,000 | 4,567,090 | 4,736,712 | 3.7% | ||||||||||
ΙΙ. VISITORS WHO PAID TICKET | |||||||||||||||
2017 | 2018 | JANUARY-SEPTEMBER | change | ||||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2019/2018 | |||||||||||||
Total number of visitors who paid ticket (C+D) | 10,288,448 | 11,576,110 | 9,517,922 | 10,942,472 | 15.0% | ||||||||||
C. Μuseums | 2,831,466 | 3,155,269 | 2,539,690 | 2,949,114 | 16.1% | ||||||||||
D. Αrchaeological sites | 7,456,982 | 8,420,841 | 6,978,232 | 7,993,358 | 14.5% | ||||||||||
ΙΙΙ. VISITORS WITH FREE ADMISSION TICKETS | |||||||||||||||
2017 | 2018 | JANUARY-SEPTEMBER | change | ||||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2019/2018 | |||||||||||||
Total number of visitors with free admission | 6,236,109 | 7,027,172 | 5,702,682 | 5,106,403 | -10.5% | ||||||||||
ticket (E+F) | |||||||||||||||
E. Μuseums | 2,360,315 | 2,546,942 | 1,988,968 | 1,805,136 | -9.2% | ||||||||||
F. Αrchaeological sites | 3,875,794 | 4,480,230 | 3,713,714 | 3,301,267 | -11.1% | ||||||||||
IV. RECEIPTS (euros) | |||||||||||||||
2017 | 2018 | JANUARY-SEPTEMBER | change | ||||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2019/2018 | |||||||||||||
Total Receipts (G+H) | 102,887,879 | 115,772,341 | 97,046,034 | 109,346,406 | 12.7% | ||||||||||
G. Μuseums | 16,175,121 | 18,251,493 | 14,929,666 | 19,270,293 | 29.1% | ||||||||||
H. Αrchaeological sites | 86,712,758 | 97,520,848 | 82,116,368 | 90,076,113 | 9.7% |
- Flat rate ticket, valid both for the museum and the archaeological site.
- From May 2017 onwards, the data for the number of tickets in the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens include the tickets of the Ancient Theatre of Dionysus.
- The data referring to the number of tickets for the archaeological sites of the Acropolis of Lindos from November 2018 to February 2019 are provisional and are based on estimation.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES | |
Survey on | The Survey on Museums and Archaeological Sites Attendance has been producing results since 1970, The |
Museums and | survey collects data from the Archaeological Receipts Fund (ARF) of the Ministry of Culture and Sports |
Archaeological | concerning the number of visitors and the receipts from the tickets sold in the Museums and Archaeological |
Sites | sites of the country. |
Attendance | The corresponding data for the Acropolis Museum is available from December 2009 onwards. |
Legal | The survey is conducted since 1970 on a regular basis and it produces results on a monthly and yearly basis, |
Framework | in compliance with the Joint Ministerial Decision 15189/B379/73. |
Reference | 01/09/2019 to 30/09/2019 |
Period | |
Methodology | The Survey is conducted on a monthly basis from data mainly collected from the Archaeological Receipts |
and Definitions | Fund (ARF) of the Ministry of Culture and Sports concerning the number of visitors and the receipts from |
the tickets sold in the Museums and Archaeological sites of the Country. ELSTAT tabulates and present the | |
data for the whole of the Country, by month and by year. |
Number of flat rate tickets | |
From April 1999 onwards, in some museums and the nearby archaeological sites, in addition to the ordinary | |
ticket, a new "flat rate ticket" was established, which is valid for both the museum and the nearby | |
archaeological site, The total number of these flat rate tickets for September 2019 was 141,971. | |
References | More information on the Survey on Museums and Archaeological Sites Attendance and detailed time series |
are available on:http://www,statistics,gr/en/statistics/-/publication/SCI21/- |
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