May 27, 2020
Tourism
Greece will allow travellers from around two dozen countries including Germany, Cyprus and Israel to visit from mid-June without having to be quarantined, government officials told international news agency reuters on Wednesday. “There will be some 20-25 countries whose nationals will be allowed to come,” a government source said, adding …
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May 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Greece will reportedly conduct sample testing to flights passengers arriving in the country. Authorities are ready to restart tourism, in view of lifting the flights restrictions to Athens international airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” on June 15 and to all airports in the country on July 1. However, as the Deputy Minister …
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May 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Many Greeks were shocked on Wednesday to hear the country will open its gates to foreign visitors in three weeks, tourists who will not need to undergo a Covid-19 test or be placed in a 14-day quarantine as the measures have been so far. On Thursday, head of Greece’s Civil …
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May 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
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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May 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
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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May 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Greece is ready to accept foreign tourists as of July 1, 2020, providing the course of the pandemic will develop according to the plans, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. It is not clear, though, whether Greece will open its borders to EU nationals only or also to nationals of third …
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May 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Determined to open the country to holidaymakers and to rescue the tourism season amid the coronavirus pandemic, Greece says that COVID-19 tests should be conducted at the country of departure before holidaymakers arrive in the country. This will minimize concerns for tourists and the local communities. In an interview with …
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May 7, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Tourism may be the “heavy instruct” of the country and severely hit by the pandemic, however, half of Greeks are wary about the possibility that Greece opens its borders to all foreign tourists without some criteria and certain conditions. According to a public opinion survey conducted by the Marlab Marketing …
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April 24, 2020
Tourism
Greece’s tourism sector hopes to once again be “open for business” sometime in July, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Thursday. He made clear, though, that only tourists from specific countries will be able to visit Greece this summer and not for all destinations in the country. When in an …
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April 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s Tourism Minister said that this year the tourism season will be much shorter than usually and revealed that tourists arriving and leaving the country will need a so-called “coronavirus health passport.” Greece’s tourism season will be restricted to a three-month period, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Tuesday in …
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April 13, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced that the gradually lifting of lockdown restrictions may start in the first days of May and may be completed by mid-June, if the course of the coronavirus pandemic continues in the same modus, the virus curve flattens and there is no resurgence of the pandemic …
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January 15, 2020
Tourism
Two Greek islands are claimed to be among a 26-destinations list of European places that have been ruined by tourists in the past decade. According to a report, the iconic islands of Santorini and Mykonos in the central Aegean Sea have been victim of overtourism as more and more visitors …
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October 24, 2019
Very Mix
One tourist died and two others were injured, one of them seriously, when an all-terrain vehicle ATV collided with a private car on the island of Mykonos on early afternoon Thursday. The fatal accident occurred on the road between Chora and the Airport. According to local media, dead is a …
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September 26, 2019
Tourism
Corfu, September 24,2019: “Security personnel asked Thomas Cook clients to either check out immediately by 12 o’ clock noon or pay 50 euros per person, per room and per night.” The complaint was posted by British tourist Hayley Amie Hook on his Facebook page. The incident apparently took place, on …
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September 14, 2019
environment
Dozens of tourists were evacuated early Saturday morning from the villages Lourdata and Vlahata on the island of Kefalonia due to two wild fires raging in the area. Strong winds hinder the firefighters’ work. The two fires broke out almost at the same time short before 6 o’ clock in …
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September 9, 2019
Very Mix
In an unprecedented incident on the streets of Athens, the driver of a private car shot with a rifle at a touristic bus smashing its windows in the middle of the Greek capital early Monday evening. The incident took place at Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue in the area of Caravel Hotel. …
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August 24, 2019
environment
A big forest fire is raging on the island of Samos and authorities have ordered the evacuation of two hotels as well residents of the area of Mesokampos near Pythagorio. The fire broke out in a forest in Mesokampos short after 5 o’ clock Saturday afternoon. It spread quickly and …
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August 19, 2019
Social
Foreign visitors to Greece will have to immediately pay for their hospitalization or treatment in the country’s health units, Health Minister, Vassilis Kikilias, ordered in a circular issued last week. The measure regards European and third country citizens who are insured. “Greek taxpayers will no longer pay for the treatment …
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August 14, 2019
Tourism
Hundreds of tourists remain stranded on the island of Samothraki – Samohtrace – in the North Aegean Sea, since a week due to failure of ferries to transfer them to the port of Alexandroupolis on the mainland. The situation is a drag for visitors and locals who report of shortages …
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August 10, 2019
Very Mix
Two men have been killed and one woman is seriously injured after a speedboat crashed on a fishing boat in Thini area, between Porto Heli and the island of Spetses late Friday night. On board of the high-speed inflatable boat were ten French nationals (two men, three women and five …
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