Nikos Krinis

Ryanair has posted a video about Athens on Twitter, promoting the Greek capital as an ideal destination for summer 2020.

With the reopening of island travel and restaurants, Greece has entered the fourth stage of easing its restrictive Covid-19 measures.

The official health protocols to be applied in all hotels in Greece for their safe reopening and operation in the post-Covid-19 period have been released.

With air traffic suspended and hotels closed in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 restrictions, Greece saw its travel receipts nosedive by 71%.

Greece’s 2020 tourism season will begin on June 15, the day the country will begin welcoming back flights from abroad.

The Greek government has presented a detailed plan to ‘Restart Tourism’ in Greece during the post-Covid-19 era.

European Commission VP Margaritis Schinas reminded that when it comes to opening up tourism and travel, there is no room for discrimination.

Eurobank is launching a new package of funds, aiming to boost the restart efforts of the Greek hotel industry amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eleven EU states, including Greece, agreed to ensure the freedom of safe travel within the Union through the coordination of tourism policies and the gradual lifting of border controls.

The Greek government is expected this week to announce support measures for the country’s tourism sector in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Greece has welcomed the European Commission’s guidelines for EU tourism, announced to help member states cope in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Safety rules and standards for coastal shipping vessels in Greece, to be applied after the temporary Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, were recently made public.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is interested in the creation of ‘safe corridors’ that will allow people to travel between countries that have had success in containing the Covid-19 pandemic

Greece will promote itself, through a new promotion campaign, as a safe country and tourism destination to travel to in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis.

The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on Greece is expected to be large due to the importance of tourism in the country, says the European Commission.

Under the best-case scenario, Greece will be open for business and welcoming tourists in July, provided that the EU has agreed on health protocols for travel, according to Greek PM …

The WTTC is working on new health protocols to form the travel experience and also provide people with strong reassurances when travelling in the post-Covid-19 period.

Tourism may receive 20 to 25 percent of a recovery fund being prepared for sectors in the EU most affected by Covid-19.

The Greek tourism sector is moving forward together, more united than ever, “in an unprecedented crisis”, the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) said.

Eurocontrol has released a recovery plan aiming to put European aviation back in the air once more, following the Covid-19 pandemic.