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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Asia Pacific World Greece museum visitors increase by 40 percent AFP - Tuesday, April 13 Send IM Story Print A man takes a picture of the newly placed Parthenon frieze fragment at the Parthenon hall of the new Acropolis museum in 2009 in Athens. The number of visitors to Greek museums jumped by 41 percent last year compared to 2008, whilst fewer made trips to its archaeological sites, the national statistics service said Monday. ATHENS (AFP) - – The number of visitors to Greek museums jumped by 41 percent last year compared to 2008, whilst fewer made trips to its archaeological sites, the national statistics service said Monday. The hike in visitor numbers to 2,813,548 was largely due to the opening of a new Acropolis museum in Athens that brought in over 800,000 people. Archaeological sites were less popular than a year earlier however with 5,970,483 visits in total, a drop of four percent, the ESYE service said. Worldwide receipts for museum and archaeological visits reached 47 million euros (64 million dollars), a dip of 2.9 percent, with 39 million euros collected by archaeological sites and eight million euros by museums. After the Acropolis museum, the national archaeological museum in Athens was the second most visited cultural centre in Greece. The Acropolis in Athens was also the most visited archaeological site, with one million making the trip, representing an increase of 1.6 percent compared to 2008. Here is the list of the 10 most visited sites in Greece in 2009: 1. Athens Acropolis 1,087,889 visitors +1.6% 2. Knossos (Crete) 588,996 -3.5% 3. Lindos Acropolis 444,921 -2.5% 4. Olympia (Peloponnese) 328,697 -7.6% 5. Epidaurus (Peloponnese) 263,000 -9.3% 6. Mycenae (Peloponnese) 238,615 -17.6% 7. Delphi (central Greece) 157,270 -23.6% 8. Sounion (Attica) 144,101 -6% 9. Camiros (Rhodes) 126,400 -1.9% 10. Corinth (Peloponnese) 113,602 -3.8% Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Reuters - Tuesday, April 13 Conan O'Brien to join cable TV's TBS Reuters - Tuesday, April 13 Denis Leary, "Rescue Me" co-stars plan comedy tour Reuters - Tuesday, April 13 Tenor Domingo speaks of cancer fear ahead of return Reuters - Tuesday, April 13 Romeo and Juliet get Twitter makeover AFP - Tuesday, April 13 News Search Top Stories Ukraine promises to give up uranium at world nukes summit Fresh doubts hit Europe's Greek bailout offer UBS reports 2.5 bln francs in quarterly pre-tax profit Greek debt plan boosts euro, most Asian shares Euro rises on Greek rescue package More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended Ukraine promises to give up uranium at world nukes summit 'All bets are off' if US under WMD attack: Clinton Fresh doubts hit Europe's Greek bailout offer Taiwan's male 'Susan Boyle' a web sensation American teen aims for Everest record More Most Viewed » 'Rare' fossil of new dinosaur species found in US Two-million-year-old hominid sheds light on evolution Taiwan's male 'Susan Boyle' a web sensation Junkies and junk-food addicts share craving mechanism Toad is a telltale for impending quakes: scientists More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos World Cup 2010 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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