Travelers believe they will be more price-conscious when searching and planning a future trip in the Covid-19 era, according to a recent study.

Potential travelers still have their sights set on Greece in the coronavirus era, according to data released by digital travel solutions provider Sojern.

A new round of month-long measures aimed at curbing the resurgence of Covid-19 in Greece, will be announced by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday.

The return of air travel to normality is one of the factors that Greek tourism’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis depends on, according to analysts.

Despite the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greece has managed to protect jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to Eurostat data.

The UNWTO foresees a rebound in international tourism next year, mostly in the third quarter of 2021.

Arrivals to Greece by road in the first nine months of 2020 dropped by 76.1% and reached only 2.5 million compared to 10.3 million during January – September 2019.

Greece’s economy could shrink by 10 percent if a Covid-19 vaccine is not produced and new lockdown measures are imposed, according to Greek think tank IOBE.

Almost 200 airports may face insolvency in the coming months if passenger traffic does not start to recover by year end, according to ACI Europe.

Greece recorded only 5 million international air arrivals during the January – September 2020 period, compared to 18.8 million in the corresponding period of 2019.

The number of inbound visitors to Greece in August 2020 was down by 73.3% year-on-year as a result of the Covid-19 measures.

Thessaloniki Hotels Association President Andreas Mandrinos has painted a gloomy picture for the city’s hotels, which are facing hard times due to Covid-19.