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The Greece Tourism Crisis: First Good, Then Bad, Now Worse

2020-09-16 by Phil Butler

Greece’s drive to promote tourism using the status quo, it is not going to work. Everything put forward from the tourism ministry and the rest of the current administration is about going back and appearing to go forward.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, coronavirus response, COVID-19 measures, crete, Fraport, Greece FDI, Greece SMEs, Greek hotels, Halkidiki, Harry Theoharis, hotel bankruptcy, Ioannis Giorgos, second wave, TUI, TUI Group

INSETE Unveils Markets to Drive Greek Tourism in 2020

2020-05-29 by Argophilia Travel News

SETE President, Yiannis Retsos

News from SETE Intelligence (INSETE) says Germany, Israel, Cyprus, Balkan countries, Romania and Poland show potential for Greek tourism.

Tags: coronavirus response, COVID-19 effects, Greece 2020, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek vacations, GTP, INSETE, SETE, travel data

Greece’s Prime Minister Morphs Into a True Leader

2020-05-19 by Phil Butler

PM Mitsotakis

Greece, once called the “punching bag” of Europe, now leads the way progressing into “next”.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus response, Greece economc, Greece government, Greece lockdown, Greece schools, Greece tourism, Greek vacation, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis, Sotiris Tsiodras

TUI Has Released a Ten-point Plan for Hotels for Post Coronavirus

2020-05-12 by Argophilia Travel News

TUI Headquarters

TUI Group has created a ten-point plan for hotel operations for the coming post coronavirus days and months.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus response, Holidays, Robinson, TUI, TUI Blue, TUI Group, TUI Magic Life

Greece’s Mitsotakis and Israel’s Netanyahu Join Others to Propose Tourism Corridor

2020-05-08 by Phil Butler

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

This week, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis took part in a video conference with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, and other heads of state to propose the creation of “safe corridors” for travel once the coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Present at the teleconference were Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, Norwegian PM Erna Solberg, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Singaporean PM Lee […]

Tags: Andrej Babis, australia, Austria, Benjamin Netanyahu, COIVID-19 response, Coronavirus, coronavirus response, COVID-19 restrictions, Czech Republic, Denmark, Erna Solberg, Greece, Israel, Mette Frederiksen, Norway, safe corredor, Safe Zones, Scott Morrison, Sebastian Kurz, Sebastien Kurz, Singapore, travel restrictions

Cretans Start May Off Right With a New Era of KALIMERA!

2020-05-04 by Phil Butler

Crete pharmacists

Cretans are world renowned for the love of life, strangers, and for their fierce independence. Today, their spirit shines all the brighter.

Tags: coronavirus response, COVID-19, Crete lockdown, Greece lockdown, Heraklion, Heraklion lockdown, Heraklion stores, lockdown, May 4th, X-Treme Sports

Coronavirus Restrictions in Greece May Be Eased From May 4th

2020-04-20 by Argophilia Travel News

The Greek government is considering a gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions to curb the spread of the virus starting May 4th.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, coronavirus response, coronavirus restrictions, COVID-19, Greek government

Greece Leads Europe in Flattening COVID-19 Curve [Video]

2020-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Bridge

Greece has the best results in Europe in terms of flattening the curve for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases.

Tags: Athens News Agency, Coronavirus, coronavirus response, COVID-19, Europe, pandemic, The Bridge

Coronavirus Update: The Pandemic is Accelerating

2020-03-24 by Phil Butler

Covid-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating as cases worldwide approach 400,000.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus response, COVID-19, COVID-19 Italy, Italy, President Trump, UK, UK virus, WHO

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