Greek Tourism is Back, Announces PM Mitsotakis

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SANTORINI, Greece – Greek tourism is back and is opening up to visitors with safety as its top priority, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday. “We are ready to extend Greece’s legendary hospitality and welcome to the world once again,” the PM said during a press conference for the foreign press held on […]

Greece Opens to Travelers: Useful Info

By admin 12 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis on Friday presented details on Greece’s gradual opening to tourism as of Monday, June 15. During a joint media briefing with Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, Theoharis provided information on travel to Greece by air, land and sea, in the post-Covid-19 period, from June 15 and from July 1 onwards. According […]

Greece Links Islands with 24hr Health Units as it Opens to Tourists

By admin 12 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Photo source: Greek Health Ministry A carefully interconnected network of emergency health care and medical services linking Greece’s islands with the mainland as well as specific guidelines for the transport by air or sea of infected individuals was announced on Friday in Athens by Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias. The minister presented a detailed action […]

SETE Chief: Time is Ripe for Greek Tourism Product Upgrade

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Kostas Vasiliou, Deputy CEO of Eurobank and Yiannis Retsos President of SETE. The time is ripe for Greece to upgrade its tourism product and to invest in a new future learning from the weaknesses as these emerged in the aftermath of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This was the key takeaway of a discussion this week […]

Greek Authorities Working on Health Protocols for Airbnbs

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Greek authorities are drawing up health protocols to be applied by short-term rental operators in Greece, in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, revealed Giacomo Trovato, Airbnb Country Manager Italy and South-East Europe during the online Delphi Economic Forum 2020 this week. Trovato confirmed that the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) in collaboration

Next Debt Relief Package for Greece Gets Green Light

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A European finance ministers meeting this week approved a next tranche of debt relief measures for Greece worth 748 million euros after the country successfully implemented reform commitments despite the extraordinary circumstances posed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. This week’s Eurogroup discussed Greece’s progress in implementing reforms – agreed to when

Greece to Experience a ‘Different’ Tourism Season This Year

By admin 12 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Dimitris Fragakis, Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organization with Maria Theofanopoulou, Owner of Greek Travel Pages at the Delphi Economic Forum 2020. Greece will experience a difficult, different tourism season this year due to the global COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the international tourism industry, Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO)

EU Foreign Ministers Agree to Jump-start Tourism

By admin 11 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias. European Union ministers of foreign affairs on Thursday agreed that travel restrictions should be lifted to and from countries that show a low number of Covid-19 cases. During a videoconference, held at the initiative of German Foreign Affairs Minister Heiko Maas, the EU ministers of Greece, Spain, Italy, […]

Ministry to Launch ‘Visit Greece App’ for Travelers in the post-Covid-19 Era

By admin 11 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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The Greek Tourism Ministry plans to launch a new “Visit Greece” mobile application that will provide travelers with useful information during their trip to Greece in the post-COVID-19 era. Speaking during the Delphi Economic Forum 2020 on Thursday, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said that Greece, for the first time, has developed a travel app to […]

Greece Preparing for Possible Covid-19 Cases ‘Entering’ Via Travel

By admin 11 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Greek authorities are preparing to be ready for possible Covid-19 cases ‘entering’ the country once tourism opens, according to the government’s spokesman, Stelios Petsas. “Greece will focus its attention on the possibility of cases occurring on a local level, whether they concern an island or a prefecture,” he said on Thursday during a media briefing. […]