Photo source: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu / Photographer: Patricia De Melo Moreira The European Union is set to re-open this summer to American tourists who’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19 following a year-plus-long ban on travel, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The European Commission is expected to recommend a change in travel policy
Tourism revenue in Greece for the first two months of the year nosedived by 90 percent, while travel payments also decreased by 294 million euros or 88.3 percent to 39 million euros as a result of ongoing travel restrictions to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, according to provisional data released recently by the Bank of Greece. […]
Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis. Photo source: htheoharis.gr Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis announced that a total of 310 million euros in Recovery Funds will be channeled into sustainable tourism development, diversified products, and boosting competitiveness. The resources will contribute to the sector’s speedy recovery in the aftermath of Covid-19.
Photo © GTP Greece has further intensified Covid-19 checks at airports, ports, and highways in view of the upcoming Easter holiday on May 2 and reports of a new virus variant from India found in the country. Port authorities are carrying out stiff coronavirus controls at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio, according to […]
Photo source: @hellenicpolice Starting today, police will carry out tighter security checks along major highways, at toll points, and at ports in an attempt to curb intra-regional travel ahead of Orthodox Easter. Previous Covid-19 restrictions were revised and published in the Government Gazette on Friday, and include limiting exceptions for domestic travel. According to
Photo source: European Commission Countries in the European Union agreed this week on the guidelines defining the main technical specifications for the implementation of a system that will process the highly-anticipated Digital Green Certificates, set to enable cross-border travel during the pandemic and after Covid-19 subsides. Member states are now called on to
Greek restaurants, cafes and F&B services are set to open outdoors on May 3 after Orthodox Easter with protocols to be announced in the coming days, said Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary-General Panagiotis Stamboulidis this week. Stamboulidis underlined that the ultimate aim of the regulations is to prepare the market for a return to normalcy […]
Greeks’ hopes to celebrate Orthodox Easter in the countryside on May 2 after months of Covid-19 lockdown were dashed on Wednesday after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out domestic travel. Greeks will celebrate Easter for a second time at home this year. In an address to the nation, Mitsotakis acknowledged the citizens’ fatigue adding however […]
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders. Photo source: @dreynders The so-called green certificate aimed at enabling travel across the European Union is moving one step closer to materialization entering a pilot phase in June or early July as the peak summer holiday season approaches, said EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders in an interview to Euronews. On […]
Photo source: Athens Traders Association (ESA) Greek Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced this week that fresh EU funding for a wide range of businesses including tourism enterprises would be announced in the coming days. Known as ESPA funds, the support comes from the National Strategic Reference Framework and a large part will be […]


















