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Nowadays, a rising concern towards alternative and sustainable forms of tourism has been observed through tourists all over the world. Thermal tourism is at the center of attention, mostly because of its growing economic benefits. The present survey aims to investigate how Thermal tourism has been organized in Greece so far, which type of tourists tend to choose that form of tourism and what potential space of improvement there is in Greece. Moreover, the survey will try to figure out if Covid 19 affected the desire of tourists to visit spa tourism structures. Information was gathered from the University’s library and previous similar theses, which had been published on the Internet in pursuance of comprehending the theme in depth and arranging a theoretical context. Subsequently, an internet-based questionnaire survey was carried out, in which the participants were asked to state the reasons why they prefer Thermal tourism, the extent of their satisfaction about how has being utilized in our country and the compare with Thermal tourism abroad. The methodological framework enabled the quantification of the customers’ preferences, while the inferential statistics provided breeding ground for the prediction of the Greece’s Thermal tourism improvement. The results show that the respondents are satisfied enough with how Thermal tourism has been organized in general, but not with all of its aspects. Moreover, it was concluded that Greece’s Thermal tourism is not utilizing fully its capabilities contrary to abroad. In conclusion the paper is going to provide ideas for future surveys.