Covid-19

Avis has joined forces with the Municipality of Athens to support vulnerable groups through the “Help at Home Plus” program, amid the Covid-19 crisis.

To Digi.travel Conference με θέμα “Το μέλλον του τουρισμού μετά την πανδημία του COVID-19” θα διεξαχθεί ψηφιακά στις στις 28 και 29 Μαΐου.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce on Wednesday, the government’s action plan aimed at salvaging the 2020 tourism year in the aftermath of Covid-19.

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.

Greek tourism businesses will receive much support in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, assures the government’s spokesman, Stelios Petsas.

The mutual lifting of restrictive measures to restore travel was discussed during the Quadrilateral Summit of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.

A health declaration questionnaire must be filled out by all travelers prior to boarding ferries in Greek ports during the post-Covid-19 period.

Disruption to Greece’s air transport sector, caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, is set to cost the country’s tourism sector 9.2 billion euros in losses, says IATA.

Social distancing is here to stay for both Greeks and visitors, Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis told the BBC’s The Coronavirus Newscast podcast.

Germany and France have proposed the creation of a recovery fund worth 500 billion euros, to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the EU economy.