"There was also a financial crisis in Greece last year as well and we had arecord year with a 10% increase in the number of visitors, " said Konstantinos Zikos, president of the Greek National Tourism Organization .
Goldman Sachs Group chief Lloyd Blankfein said macro-economic concerns weighed on the appetites of investors and corporations in the first quarter, but the bank still managed to recorda modest increase in revenue and profit from a year ago.