Hoteliers President Clarifies that Halkidiki is Not in Lockdown

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POX President Grigoris Tasios. Aiming to clear up any misconceptions regarding Halkidiki, Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (POX) President Grigoris Tasios on Friday told the media that the northern Greece destination is not in lockdown due to the coronavirus (Covid-19). Speaking to Skai TV, Tasios, who is also the president of the Halkidiki Hotel Association, explained that

Blue Air Secures €62m Romanian Loan to Recover from Covid-19

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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Romanian loan guarantee of up to around 62 million euros (approximately RON 301 million) in favour of Romanian airline Blue Air. The measure aims at compensating the airline for the damages suffered due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, as well as providing it with […]

Covid-19 Drives Greece Joblessness to 1m in July

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Despite opening up to tourism in July, Greece saw its unemployment rate soar by an additional 125,000 people to more than 1 million compared to the same month in 2019, the country’s Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) said this week attributing the rise to the coronavirus pandemic. More specifically, a total of 1.09 million people in […]

Covid-19 May Push Elefsina European Culture Capital Term to 2023

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The European Commission proposed on Tuesday, that Greece’s Elefsina and Timisoara (Romania) push back their terms as European Capitals of Culture to 2023 instead of 2021 as initially planned due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on preparations. Hard hit by the health crisis, Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland) have had to postpone or […]

European Tourism Showing Very Slow Recovery, Says ETC

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ETC calls for harmonised European approach to travel restrictions Despite most Covid-19 travel restrictions in Europe being lifted in mid-June, European tourism is showing a very slow recovery, according to the European Travel Commission (ETC). Citing data from Sojern, which collects and analyses travel intent data from thousands of airline and hotel partners from around

Misleading UK Press Impacting Greek Tourism, Says South Aegean Chief

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Rhodes island. Photo Source: Visit Greece South Aegean Region tourism stakeholders are calling on Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis to take action and rectify “false claims” in the UK press with regard to a potential 14-day quarantine requirement for returning travelers after they have visited the region’s islands due to Covid-19. South Aegean Region Governor […]

ELSTAT: Q2 Turnover Down 94.3% for Greek Accommodation Services

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Hit hard by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Greece’s accommodation services providers recorded a 94.3 percent drop in revenues in the second quarter of 2020 to 104,682,448 euros against 1,846,435,467 euros in the same period in 2019, according to data released on Friday, by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Crete’s Lassithi region marked the largest Q2 […]

Greece Air Passenger Traffic Down by 74.3% in Jan-July 2020

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Traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 74.3 percent disrupted by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the first seven months of the year to 9 million passengers against 34.7 million in 2019, according to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) this week. In terms of flights for the January-July 2020 period, Greek airports […]

Air Passenger Numbers in Europe Expected to Drop by 60% in 2020, Says IATA

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Air passenger numbers in Europe are forecast to fall by around 60 percent in 2020, due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The 60 percent drop will represent some 705 million passenger journeys. According to IATA, although the European market has seen an increase in […]

Greek Travel Agencies Suffer Covid-19 Blow

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Turnover for Greece’s travel agencies dropped by 90 percent after the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic with outgoing and domestic tourism failing to help save the day, said the Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (FedHATTA) this week. According to the federation whose members handle approximately 85 percent of country’s