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Article: The swelling Greek wine market.
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- AgExporter
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Greece is an import-dependent country with a population of 11 million people. In addition, Greece is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. Usually welcoming some 12.5 million visitors a year, the country expects to double that number when it hosts the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Restaurants and hotels will therefore need to double their supplies in anticipation of the tourist onslaught that the Olympics will bring. Among the major items these institutions will be shopping for: all varieties of wines.
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