Covid-19

The Greek Tourism Ministry has announced a new initiative to support digital nomads that choose Greece as a remote working base.

Greek officials are reiterating that there will be no national lockdown orders despite the surge in Covid-19 cases over the last month.

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is advising adults and mainly those over 40 to consider getting a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Business travel is expected to recover in 2024, a year sooner than previously forecast, according to the latest outlook index of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).

Greece has set its growth target for 2022 to 4.5 percent driven by a faster recovery this year as a result of strong tourist flows.

Hotels and restaurants in Greece saw turnover make a strong recovery in September and in the third quarter of the year compared to 2020.

The South Aegean islands, which include Rhodes, Mykonos and Santorini, broke all records this year attracting over 3 million visitors.

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has kept Greece in its Covid-19 “Very High” travel risk category and added Germany and Austria.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a blueprint with simple, predictable and practical measures needed to facilitate the safe and efficient return of international travel.

Greece saw travel receipts increase by 139.3% in the first nine months of the year, generated by the number of inbound travelers, according to BoG data.