Greece Air Traffic Nosedives to 30-year Low in 2020

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Herakleio Airport. Photo source: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) Air traffic to Greece in 2020 dropped to a record 30-year low of 19.7 million arrivals as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said on Wednesday. More specifically, according to HCAA data released, total – domestic and […]

Travelers Must Have Negative Covid-19 Test Result to Enter England

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Photo source: Heathrow Airport Passengers arriving from all international destinations to England (including UK nationals) as of 4am (local time) on Friday, January 15, will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test. UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps recently announced that all inbound passengers arriving by boat, plane or train will have to take a […]

IATA Calls for Testing, Prepares to Rollout Travel Pass App

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Photo source: @IATA Key to the aviation sector’s recovery after the Covid-19 shock is to implement a consistent travel-friendly policy across regions, said Alexandre de Juniac during IATA’s first briefing of the year, announcing at the same time a full rollout of the IATA Travel Pass app in the coming months. “We continue to prepare […]

Covid-19: More Areas in Greece Put Under Strict Lockdown

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Photo © Greek Travel Pages (GTP) The General Secretariat for Civil Protection on Wednesday announced that lockdown measures would tighten for two more areas in Greece due to high coronavirus (Covid-19) infection rates. More specifically, it was announced that the regional unit of Argolida and the Municipality of Sparti, both located in the Peloponnese Region, […]

Greek PM Confident About Tourism in Summer 2021

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis being interviewed by journalist Nikos Hatzinikolaou. Photo source: @PrimeministerGR Hours after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed to the EU the introduction of an EU-wide vaccination certificate that will facilitate safe travel in the Covid-19 era, he expressed optimism that tourist activity will be much better this

EY: 2% of Businesses Ready for Covid-19 Shock on Supply Chains

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A mere 2 percent of businesses across the globe were prepared for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on supply chains, according to a survey released this week by analysts EY. According to the findings which are based on feedback from some 200 senior executives in consumer, retail, life sciences, industrial, automotive, and advanced technology […]

Athens’ First Sunrise for 2021 Featured on Chinese Social Media

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The Acropolis, Athens (archive photo). Source: Visit Greece / Y Skoulas Chinese social media users had the opportunity to admire Athens’ first sunrise for 2021 through a campaign that ran online on New Year’s Day. A 15-minute video, created by the Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) office in China, was broadcast on Wechat, a popular […]

WTTC Says Vaccine Prerequisite for Travel Equals ‘Discrimination’

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Photo source: WTTC Setting Covid-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for travel would be equal to “discrimination“, said World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) President & CEO Gloria Guevara on Tuesday. The WTTC has repeatedly stressed that vaccines will help in the long-term, but they must not be a requirement for travel. “It will take a […]

Greek PM Proposes Joint EU Vaccination Certificate for Travel

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo source: @primeministerGR Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is calling for the introduction of an EU-wide vaccination certificate that will facilitate safe travel. The Greek prime minister tabled the idea in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first published in US-based Politico. The Greek

Greece’s Passenger Shipping Sector Sees Heavy Revenue Loss in 2020

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Greece’s passenger shipping sector has been severely affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and its repercussions on travel & tourism, with lost revenue expected to exceed 300 million euros in 2020. Research conducted by the Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) shows that the significant drop of tourism arrivals during the third quarter of