Seeking to find their cultural roots in this "cradle of western civilization," over 7 million tourists stream every year to this little country with a population of under 9 million. Over half of Greece's foreign exchange income comes from tourism, vital to the nation's economy.
也就因為如此，每年總有七百萬以上的觀光客，抱著尋根的心情，湧向全國人口還不到九百萬的希臘，一睹這個有「西方文明搖籃」之稱的古國丰采，希臘也因之成為歐洲主要的觀光國之一；每年一半以上的外匯收入，都有賴觀光。