Greece Welcomes Extra €2.5bn Under Commission’s SURE Tool

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Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras welcomed the news of the European Commission’s proposal for the approval of 2.5 billion euros in additional financial assistance to mitigate unemployment among others from the EU’s SURE tool. Greece together with Belgium, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta will be granted 3.7 billion euros in funding out of the 100-billion-euro

Covid-19: Italy Announces 5-day Quarantine for EU Arrivals

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Photo source: salute.gov.it Italy has announced that all travelers from EU countries will be required to spend five days in quarantine upon their arrival to the country. According to a decree signed by Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Tuesday, all people arriving or returning from European Union countries will be required to take a […]

TUI Sees Summer 2021 Bookings at ‘Encouraging Level’

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Photo source: TUI Europe’s leading tour operator TUI recently announced that bookings for the summer season of 2021 have reached 2.8 million so far. According to an announcement, although below the 2019 levels by 60 percent, TUI Group’s bookings for summer 2021, including rebookings and voucher redemptions, “remain at an encouraging level of 2.8 million […]

Greece will be Open to Tourists from Serbia from mid-April

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis (R) with the director of the National Association of Travel Agencies of Serbia (YUTA), Alexander Senicic, in Belgrade. Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis on Tuesday said Greece will be able to welcome tourists from Serbia as of the middle of April, almost a month earlier than the country’s scheduled tourism […]

Rhodes to Welcome Dutch Tourists First for Travel Trial

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The Greek island of Rhodes is ready to welcome its first tourists on April 12 as part of a test project run by a Dutch tour operator. A total of 187 travelers from the Netherlands will pay 399 euros to participate in Dutch firm Sunweb’s pilot project offering an eight-night stay at Mitsis Grand Hotel, […]

Austria Discuses Digital Green Certificate Details With 12 EU States

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Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger. Photo source: bmlrt.gv.at © William Tadros As part of efforts to accelerate the rollout of the Digital Green Certificate to be used across Europe for Covid-19 restriction-free travel, Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger invited 12 of her counterparts to a virtual summit on Monday to discuss common priorities and

New Research Backs Rapid Covid-19 Testing for Safe Restart of Air Travel

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Photo source: WTTC The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday urged governments to accept best-in-class rapid antigen tests in fulfillment of Covid-19 testing requirements following the publication of new research by OXERA and Edge Health. “We are already seeing rapid testing becoming commonplace in non-travel settings such as schools and workplaces.

Greece Aims for National Recovery with 160 Projects

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Greece is aiming to get on track to recovery with 160 actions worth 60 billion euros to be channeled into digital transformation, boosting employment, enhancing health, education, and social cohesion, the green economy, and attracting investment. On Monday, during a ministerial meeting, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the National Recovery Plan, which he

Greece Covid-19 Study Reveals Fear, Insecurity, Pessimism

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Photo source: diaNEOsis Fear, insecurity, and pessimism are common among Greeks during the Covid-19 era, according to key findings of a study conducted this month by research and policy institute diaNEOsis in collaboration with Metron Analysis and the National Vaccination Committee. Carried out on a sample of 1,110 people aged over 17, the fifth diaNEOsis […]

WTTC: Tourism’s Route to Recovery Must Start by June

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Source: WTTC Covid-19 cost global Travel & Tourism sector almost $4.5 trillion in 2020 The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) recently released research which shows that if international mobility and travel is resumed by June this year, it will significantly boost global and country level GDPs and jobs. The research was released alongside the […]