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Covid-19 Costs Greece’s Closed Businesses One-Third of Their Turnover

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Covid 19 Costs Greece’s Closed Businesses One Third Of Their Turnover
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Photo source: Athens Traders Association (ESA) Greek businesses ordered to shut down in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic lost more than one-third of their turnover or a total of 10.8 billion euros, according to recently released data by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Of the 205,984 enterprises in Greece that suspended operations in March […]

SETE Urges Further Financial Aid for Greek Tourism Enterprises

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Sete Urges Further Financial Aid For Greek Tourism Enterprises
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The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) is calling on the government to extend its new (seventh) round of refundable financial assistance also  to tourism businesses. The “repayable advance” measure, known in Greek as “epistreptea prokatavoli”, is tax-free aid in the form of state loans to businesses affected by the outbreak of Covid-19. Half of (50 percent) […]

Covid-19: Greece’s Airports Among Hardest Hit in Europe 

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Covid 19: Greece’s Airports Among Hardest Hit In Europe 
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Sitia Airport “Vitsentzos Kornaros”. Photo source: HCAA Airports in Greece were among those hit hardest by Covid-19 restrictions in 2020, according to European industry trade association ACI Europe which found that Europe’s passenger traffic last year was down by 1.72 billion passengers falling back to 1995 levels. More specifically, according to the Airports Council

Covid-19 Travel Restrictions Cut Passenger Traffic at Greek Airports in January

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Covid 19 Travel Restrictions Cut Passenger Traffic At Greek Airports In January
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Photo source: HCAA Passenger traffic through all of Greece’s airports dropped by 83 percent in the first month of the year compared to January 2020, as a result of ongoing travel restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said on Friday. “This big drop was expected, as in January […]

Survey: Covid-19 Vaccines Paramount for US Travel Industry Recovery

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Survey: Covid 19 Vaccines Paramount For Us Travel Industry Recovery
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Photo source: Destination Analysts The role of vaccination in the recovery of US travel and tourism from the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is considered paramount, with over half (53 percent) of American travelers saying that they would avoid travel until vaccines are made available, a survey by Destination Analysts reveals. Although financial worries […]

Greek Restaurant Owners ‘Hand in Their Keys’ in Covid-19 Protest

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Greek Restaurant Owners ‘hand In Their Keys’ In Covid 19 Protest
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Greece’s restaurant owners are calling on the Greek government to offer “oxygen” to the F&B sector that is “suffocating” due to Covid-19 restrictions. During protests in large Greek cities, they symbolically hand over their keys to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Restaurant owners across Greece symbolically handed over their keys to Prime Minister Kyriakos