I pointed out that your source was completely and utterly wrong if you even read the first few lines on that page:
"So, after scouring social sites, Fodor’s, and many other travel related discussion boards, here is my completely unscientific list of the top five tropical destination Europeans are flocking to."
This tells me you don't properly research the things you post as "facts" on ET and that's relevant to any topic for me.
You're right, I didn't research it fully because I could care less about where Europeans vacation. It's like posting a thread about the scientific healing properties of broccoli and someone trying to draw you into an argument on how much broccoli farmers make a year in subsidies, and then having your opponent yell "Aha!!" when you casually remark that you don't know. Therefore your entire argument is invalid. Seriously, doesn't anyone learn to debate anymore?
My one and only point is that Greece will be just fine when all is said and done. People will travel there, your silly Shengen argument or not. Just like they do to Turkey, as you pointed out.
First FT article is typically free, I'm not a subscriber but I managed to read it.
Fantastic for you. When I clicked on it, it redirected me and asked me to login or subscribe.
Basically it said that Greece is posting record tourist numbers, there is no downturn anymore.
The "proof" in the article is that Greek tourism numbers can't expand into infinity and this might be a top, therefore having a cheap drachma won't do much good.
So tourism can't improve, is your argument, even with a cheap drachma (which would make it cheaper for everyone outside the EU than it is on the Euro). Not sure I follow the logic on that, but whatever you say, chief.
Croatia is definitely a newer holiday spot compared to Portugal, Greece or Spain which have been popular since the 80s and earlier.
I don't agree with everything volpunter has said but he is right that many greeks are simply mocking all other Europeans out there both with their actions and their attitude, as a previous taxpayer to EU - that is most definitely unsettling.
And I never did disagree that Greeks were mocking, or corrupt, or wrong/right or indifferent. All I said was that they won't repay the debt without restructuring or default or massive, unpopular reforms (which will never happen). And that Tsipras was right when he said more debt cannot solve a debt problem.
Holy cow that's exhausting.