Photo source: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) The Dutch government has updated its travel advisory for the EU, with all of Greece changing to yellow (limited measures against coronavirus). According to the Netherlands’ colour-coded scheme, Dutch citizens and residents returning from a yellow-coded country do not have to present a negative PCR test upon their […]
Photo © European Union – EP The European Council on Thursday added Canada, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and a number of other destinations to its updated list of third countries, special administrative regions and other entities for which Covid-19 restrictions should be lifted for travel into the EU. According to the Council, following a review of […]
Photo source: Delta AIr Lines US carrier Delta Air Lines will resume its nonstop daily flight from its biggest hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Athens International Airport (AIA) beginning July 2. The reinstated daily service was last operated in 2011. The airline is also operating a second daily service to Athens from its […]
Greece is following in the footsteps of Europe, where the rebound in tourism post-Covid-19 is already underway, according to a new tool developed by global analysts Oxford Economics. According to the new EU Tourism Tracker, tourism in Europe is gathering speed, up by 20 percent against 2020 levels and by as much as 36 percent […]
Photo source: European Parliament Airlines in Europe have failed to protect the rights of passengers during the Covid-19 pandemic, including not offering refunds, said the European Court of Auditors (ECA) this week. In its report released on Tuesday, the ECA confirmed that many airlines are not refunding customers despite having be awarded 25 billion euros […]
Photo source: UNWTO The crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic could cause a loss of more than $4 trillion to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, according to an UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) report released on Wednesday. According to the UNCTAD, the estimated loss […]
Greece is feeling the impact of Covid-19 for one more year reporting a 74 percent drop – among the highest declines in the EU – in the number of overnight stays between April 2020 and March 2021, according to the latest data released by Eurostat. Overnight stays at EU tourist accommodation facilities dropped by 61 […]
Photo source: IATA Global travel and tourism associations are calling on EU governments to follow one line with regard to EU Digital Covid Certificate (DCC) verification, warning that anything else will cause unnecessary airport queues and longer processing times, undermining travel and economic recovery. In a letter to EU leaders this week, airports group ACI […]
Greek Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis, Greek State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and Greek Government Spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni. In its drive to extend vaccination reach, Greece announced on Tuesday that as of July 15, entertainment and F&B venues would be divided into Covid-19 vaccinated-only and mixed spaces. The move comes a day after
Greece has made “reopening progress”, according to Bloomberg, moving up the resilience ranking this month from 33rd spot in May to 19th in June making it into the Top 20 best places to be in during Covid-19. According to Bloomberg analysts, the best and worst places to be in the Covid-19 era are now defined […]


















