Greece is getting ready to announce its health protocols for the safe operation of air, ferry and road transport during the post-Covid-19 period.

The European Commission has proposed for EU member states to take a gradual approach to lifting Covid-19 travel restrictions, comprised of three phases.

Enabling travel without endangering the lives of holidaymakers is of utmost importance for Greece, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said during an interview on BBC World News,

The European Commission has presented a Tourism and Transport package, aiming to set the foundations for rebooting the tourism eco-system in the post-Covid-19 period.

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.

Lab tests, hygiene rules, social distancing and protecting vulnerable groups are at the center of the Greek Health Ministry’s Covid-19 plan for the summer 2020.

Greece is expected to lift its restrictions on travel to the Greek islands as of Monday, May 25, while having previously allowed travel on the mainland and to Crete.

While gradually easing Covid-19 restrictions, the Greek government said that it will reopen the country’s organized beaches with social distancing rules on May 16.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a Tourism Recovery Technical Assistance Package to offer guidance to Member States in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Greece is calling on the European Commission to adapt its proposal for a pre-travel coronavirus test to be instituted across the EU.

Greece on May 11 entered the second stage of easing lockdown measures that were taken to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Greece has revealed a number of rules included in the health protocols for tourism, created to be applied in all Greek hotels and on incoming flights once its 2020 tourism season begins.