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Four big summer fires burned 16% of forest land in Attica (MAP)

September 2, 2021 environment, FEATURED Comments Off on Four big summer fires burned 16% of forest land in Attica (MAP)

Recent wildfires in Attica have burned 16 percent of its forest, the National Observatory of Athens said on Thursday. The fires were estimated to have burned about 240,000 acres, of which 186,000 acres are forest land. According to the National Observatory analysis about one sixth of the total forest land …

Summer fruit exports dropped due to pandemic and frost in spring

August 29, 2021 Economy Comments Off on Summer fruit exports dropped due to pandemic and frost in spring

A drop in exports of summer fruit was recorded this year, Incofruit-Hellas said on Friday, attributed to the coronavirus pandemic and the frost that affected many producers in the spring. Incofruit-Hellas, the Association of Greek Businesses of Export & Distribution of Fruit, Vegetables and Juices said that cherry exports since …

Delta variant puts pressure on Greek Tourism

July 10, 2021 Economy Comments Off on Delta variant puts pressure on Greek Tourism

Greece tourism professionals are once again revising downwards their projects for 2021 in view of an imminent fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry insiders now say that recovering 50 percent or approximately 9.1 billion euros of 2019 tourism activity – the government’s target – is near to impossible. In …

Greece’s Tourism industry predicts arrivals to pick up from late June, early July

May 30, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 4

Tourist industry officials and organizations predicted that tourist flows to Greece from abroad will start to pick up significantly from late June or early July onward. Speaking to state-run news agency amna, deputy president of the Greek hoteliers union Christina Tetradi spoke of a “”nonexistent” May and very few bookings …

Greece to impose lockdown locally in summer if outbreaks: The measures

May 28, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 11

Lockdown restrictions will be imposed locally also in the middle of summer and the tourism season in the event that an increase of the epidemiological burden is recorded, head of Civil Protection and deputy minister Nikos Hardalias said on Friday evening. At the weekly briefing on Friday, Hardalias listed the …

American Airlines returns to Greece with 3 direct flights per day

May 27, 2021 Tourism, Travel Comments Off on American Airlines returns to Greece with 3 direct flights per day

Executives form American Airlines (AA), officials from the Athens International Airport and US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt held an event on Wednesday to mark the launch of three daily direct flights from New York, Chicago and Philadelphia to Athens from beginning of June. The first flight Athens-New York will …

Covid-19 documents to travel to/from Greek islands from May 14

May 12, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism 31

Deputy Minister Akis SKertsos announced on Wednesday the lifting of the ban of inter-regional travel and the preconditions for those traveling to/from the Greek islands from May 14, 2021. Exempted are travelers to/from the islands of Evia, Lefkada and Salamina that can be reached both by land and the sea. …

Athens & Epidaurus Festival with live performances June 1- Oct 10

May 11, 2021 Arts, Culture, FEATURED Comments Off on Athens & Epidaurus Festival with live performances June 1- Oct 10

The annual Athens and Epidaurus Festival will reopen to live audience in summer 2021 on June 1, with over scheduled 80 productions. The Festival will extend over a duration of four months, to October 10. Focusing on Greek artists – 50 of the 80 are Greek productions – it will …

Greek PM sees strong rebound in tourism this summer

February 4, 2021 FEATURED, Greece 2

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has forecast a strong rebound in tourism this summer. Speedy vaccination drives in key markets including Britain and Israel will pave the way for tourists to return despite the current industry gloom, he told news-agency Reuters on Thursday.. “I am a realist but I am …

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