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“Neither tourism nor tourist arrivals are to blame for the rise of coronavirus cases in Greece,” Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Wednesday. He indirectly blamed unvaccinated locals for the resurgence saying ‘”we can not allow deniers of science to lead our country into adventures.” Theoharis said that based on …

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“Greece’ shielding towards the Delta variant will be its best advertisement,” said Tourism Minister -and wannabe Epidemiologist, Virologist and Vaccination-scientist – Haris Theoharis and added that this summer will be better for the Greek tourism than last year. Speaking to Greek website tourismtoday, Theoharis praised “the coordinated plan of the …

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Greece kicked off the formal start of the tourism season with Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis announcing a multimillion-euro promotional campaign aimed at saving its most important economic sector from a second summer lost to the coronavirus. At an event with the impressive Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio in the …

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Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis was grilled at BBC and HardTalk when it came to vacations and vaccinations in Greece, the course of the pandemic and UK’s decision to not include the country in the “green list for safe travel.” In the following indicative excerpt, journalist Stephen Sackur criticized the Greek …

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Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis will have a series of meetings with top UK officials, representatives of airline companies and tourism market executives during his visit to London between Monday and Wednesday to promote the opening of the 2021 Greek tourism season on May 15. Aim of the Greek Tourism …

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Greece is determined to open to tourism on May 14, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis told the Parlaiment on Monday. “Of course, we will open on May 14. We are opening safely despite the danger,” he said adding that the country’s “plan is comprehensive for the opening of tourism. It is …

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Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis opened a window for the possibility to open the doors for tourists even before May 14 should the pandemic situation allow it. At the same time, he revealed plant to gradually open for some non-EU countries as well as for yachting and blue cruises. In …

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Greece will begin accepting test-run flights from the UK next month, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis told British media. He reiterated that Athens’ ambition remained to open up to holidaymakers from 14 May, border controls would also be relaxed in April when “some” airports were allowed to receive traffic from abroad. …

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Greece is laying out the sunbeds and beach umbrellas as it prepares to reopen to tourists in May and resurrect an industry which suffered one of its worst years in decades because of the coronavirus pandemic. “All you need is Greece,” Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said this week in an …

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Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Tuesday that Greece aims to open the tourism season by May 14, 2021. He stressed that tourists will be welcome if they have been vaccinated, have antibodies or a negative test. He stressed that vaccination of people in the tourism sector will be prioritized, …

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Greece is in “technical” talks with the UK over allowing Britons carrying a vaccine passport to travel to its tourist hotspots from May, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis told several British media on Tuesday. The announcement comes  despite concerns in Brussels and other EU capitals. Theoharis said he hoped to “dovetail” …

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Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Wednesday that the opening of tourism will depend of the progress of vaccination in the country. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT, Theoharis said “we have drawn up a plan on how tourism will open, to which is included a provision for the people …

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“The vaccination certificate will not be a precondition for somebody to travel to Greece,” Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Thursday. He added that the relevant proposal by Prime Minister Kyrikaos Mitsotakis to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was aiming to stir the waters so that the European …

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Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis outlined the rules of traveling during the pandemic under new circumstances created by the vaccine against Covid-19. The minister said that there will be two categories of travelers: those who have been inoculated and those who have not. In an interview with protohema, Theoharis emphasized …

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There are significant investment opportunities in several sectors of the Greek tourism market, especially in the improvement and construction of new hotels, establishing specialized forms of tourism and the construction of marinas and theme parks, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis noted in his address to the online 22nd annual “Capital Link …

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Athens has criticized Cyprus for making a negative Covid-19 test mandatory for travellers from Greece. “I  do not understand the decision for a coronavirus test on visitors from Greece, this is a wrong decision,” Minister Haris Theoharis said on Monday. Speaking to Parapolitika FM, Theoharis expressed the country’s discontent over …

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Greece’s Tourism Minister, Haris Theoharis, summarized in three tweets a series of platitudes and unacceptable rhetoric. He spoke of “the greatness of the Greek soul,” that lives “in the best country of the world,” and that it is “a privilege to be Greek.” Odd enough, he was addressing tourism issues …

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Greece will open its doors to overseas holidaymakers from June 15, but the UK is not expected to be on a list of countries allowed back in, at least in the first wave of some 20 countries. The UK’s current record on coronavirus is currently not good enough for Brits …

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Greece opens again its gates to foreign tourists without tests and quarantine on June 15, 2020. However, citizens from some 20 countries will be initially allowed. Restrictions for exempted countris will be lifted on July 15 and thus based on epidemiological data. Foreign tourists will not undergo tests and will …

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Greece’s Tourism Minister, Haris Theoharis, has proposed that Greece and the U.K. mutually lift the quarantine for travelers between the two countries. The UK should exempt Greeks from the planned quarantine measures for foreign nationals entering the country and in return Greece will not impose the 14-day quarantine on Brits …

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