Covid-19

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and ACI Europe are urging Greece to take further steps and lift all health-related travel restrictions ahead of the summer season.

Greece’s tourism industry is slowly but steadily recouping losses incurred by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data by INSETE.

Airlines and airports are calling for all remaining COVID restrictions applying to intra-EU and Schengen area travel to be dropped.

Royal Caribbean Group will operate winter cruises out of Greece starting February 2023, according to an announcement by the Greek Tourism Ministry.

The Council of the European Union has agreed to extend the validity of the EU Digital COVID Certificate beyond 30 June 2022.

International passenger volume is forecast to be only slightly above 2 billion in 2022, corresponding to 53.8% of 2019 volume, according to ACI World.

The Andronis hospitality group has announced the opening dates of its luxury hotels on the renowned Greek island of Santorini.

Greece is fully lifting capacity measures on ferries as the number of Covid-19 cases appear to be stabilizing.

The Perivoli Country Hotel & Retreat, located near the town of Nafplion, is getting ready to welcome its guests for the summer season.

Last-minute decision-making and workations are among the top trends in tourism as the industry looks to achieve 46% growth in 2022, says data presented at the virtual ITB Berlin.

The Elivi Skiathos resort will reopen its doors in May and introduce its new ‘NEST Infinity Rooms & Suites’ hospitality area.

The Greek authorities have updated the Covid-19 rules that travelers arriving in Greece on international flights must follow.

Greek tourism professionals are seeing encouraging signs from Italy with more Italians either searching or already booking their holidays to Greece.

Eight Greek destinations, including Mykonos, Paros and Santorini, are among 30 in the Mediterranean ensuring the highest returns and keeping strong investment dynamic, according to a report by Algean Property.

Travelers visiting Greece will no longer be required to fill in a PLF form, starting March 15.

Greek tourism enterprises found it hard to find employees to meet the demands of the tourism season in 2021, according to a report released by INSETE.

Greece from Saturday will lift the mandatory requirement for face masks to be worn in all outdoor public places.

The Greek government plans to look into simplifying the Covid-19 rules that travelers need to follow to enter and stay in Greece.

Total passenger numbers to and from Europe are expected to reach 86 percent of pre-Covid 2019 levels in 2022, before making a full recovery in 2024, says IATA.

Greece has achieved the first 15 milestones in its recovery and resilience plan and is expected to soon receive 3.6 billion euros in funds from NextGenerationEU.