Photo source: Shutterstock The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Friday extended the rules that all international travelers must follow to enter Greece. The rules, which have been extended until until October 15, are part of the HCAA’s Covid-19 aviation directives that concern flights and arrivals to Greece from abroad. In short, arrivals are allowed […]
© GTP Greece’s tourism revenue was down by 62.9 percent in the first seven months of 2021 compared to pre-Covid-19 2019, which was also a record year, according to the SETE Intelligence (INSETE) monthly report released this week. More specifically, tourism receipts in the January-July 2021 period came to 3.383 million euros. According to INSETE, […]
Photo source: WTTC Global travel and tourism bodies welcomed a decision on Thursday by the UK government to narrow down its “red list” of countries based on Covid-19 risk, saying it was in the right direction and would facilitate international travel. The UK’s department for transport announced that as of 4am on Monday, 47 countries […]
Photo source: WTTC The European Council on Friday added Bahrain and United Arab Emirates to its updated “safe list” of third countries, special administrative regions and other entities for which Covid-19 restrictions should be lifted for travel into the EU. The criteria to determine the third countries for which the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel […]
The number of travelers to Greece in the first eight months of the year remained down over pre-Covid-19 levels to 7.7 million compared to 15.8 million in 2019, according to the monthly report released on Thursday by SETE Intelligence (INSETE). More specifically, according to the research department of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), international
Photo source: European Parliament ACI World said this week that International Air Transport Association (IATA) claims about “outrageous” infrastructure costs to the tune of 2.3 billion dollars are “out of context” and create a distorted picture of the truth. “Claims made about the airport industry are out of context and don’t reflect the efforts made […]
Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga; Health Minister Thanos Plevris; EODY President Theoklis Zaoutis. Photo source: Ministry of Health In an about-turn, the Greek Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that all restrictions for regions with high Covid-19 rates would be lifted, including curfews, as of Saturday, October 9. Health Minister Thanos Plevris, together with newly
Photo source: @Henley & Partners The Greek passport has moved up one place, ranking seventh on the Henley Passport Index 2021, offering its holders visa-free access to 185 countries. The Henley Passport Index compares the visa-free access of 199 different passports to 227 travel destinations. The Greek passport previously held the eighth spot on the Henley […]
Photo source: Ministry of Health Vaccinated individuals in Greece may soon be granted more liberties including admission to indoor venues and live music events as the government prepares to announce a series of revised Covid-19 measures ahead of winter. The new set of rules to be announced on Wednesday by Health Minister Thanos Plevris may […]
Photo source: gov.uk The UK put into force on Monday a new two-category set of international travel rules in efforts to simplify its formerly used “traffic light” system used to curb the spread of Covid-19. Under the new regulations, countries and regions previously on the amber and green lists have been merged into the “rest […]


















