Covid-19 The Day After – efforts and initiatives Greece Lifting More Covid-19 Restrictions: Seasonal Hotels, Museums, Gyms to Reopen by GTP editing team 3 June 2020 written by GTP editing team 3 June 2020 1 comment Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 10 Greece is getting ready to enter its sixth and seventh stages of lifting the restrictive measures that had been imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19. Greek Deputy Minister of Development and Investment, Nikos Papathanasis, in charge of Industry and Commerce, on Wednesday announced the further gradual lifting of the restrictive measures. According to the minister, as of June 6, Greek restaurants and cafes will be allowed to serve customers in their indoor areas under specific health and safety rules. Indoor restaurants in hotels will also be allowed to operate. Moreover, on June 15, Greece’s seasonal hotels, gyms, museums and thermal springs will be back in operation. Amusement parks and theme parks will also resume operations. Children’s camps are expected to open on June 29, while the organization of concerts, conferences and exhibitions will be allowed as of July 1. With the sixth and seventh stages of easing Covid-19 restrictions – from June 6 to July 1 – 63,000 businesses will reopen and 89,000 employees will return to their job positions, corresponding to 13 percent of those whose work contracts were suspended during the country’s lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Papathanasis added that school canteens, indoor cinemas, KAPI (friendship clubs for the elerly) and casinos will not open yet. “We are moving faster and more decisively to lift restrictions thanks to the efforts of all the Greeks,” the government spokesman Stelios Petsas said following the deputy minister’s announcements. Greece Stage 1 of Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions Greece Stage 2 of Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions Greece Stage 3 of Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions Greece Stage 4 of Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions Greece Stage 5 of Easing Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions Join the 15,000+ travel executives who read our newsletter Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post Flights at Athens Airport Gradually Pick Up as Domestic Travel Returns next post Greece Clarifies Covid-19 Controls on Flights Out of High-risk Airports You may also like Greece’s Hotel Market Sees Major Investments Over Four Months 5 February 2025 Greek Tourism Ministry Monitors Santorini Situation as Seismic Activity Continues 5 February 2025 Global Air Passenger Demand Reaches Record High in 2024, IATA Reports 5 February 2025 Greek PM Reassures Public About Santorini’s Ongoing Seismic Activity 5 February 2025 Milos: Ministry Suspends 5-star Hotel Construction Near Sarakiniko Beach 5 February 2025 ELIME and HELMEPA Join Forces for Safer, More Sustainable Greek Ports 5 February 2025 1 comment Diane M Kochilas 4 June 2020 - 11:25 Something that needs to be addressed ASAP, hopefully with some sort of government oversight and directive, are the hygienic standards in restaurant service. In the past week, I’ve been out three times to restaurants. In all cases, some part of the meal, either the meze or dessert, for example, were served “family style” with no serving utensil in the dish and no additional plates, which means people use their fork or spoon to take out of a common, shared plate. It’s extremely unsafe to do that, and foreigners will be put off for sure. Another thing that’s quite noticeable is that barely any servers wear masks. They usually have them attached to their chin line…like the motorcyclists who wear their helmets on their arm. We are taking the risk of letting people in from all over the world, but there isn’t a clear safety directive in place for the activities, i.e. dining out, that everyone partakes in. Reply Leave a Reply to Diane M Kochilas Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
