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In Greece a Health Emergency Takes a Back Seat to Tourism Economics

2021-07-24 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Lambrinos

Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis meets with Crete officials to beg for more vaccinations and to discuss distributing EU funds.

Tags: Alexis Tsipras, Greece COVID-19, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Nikos Igoumenidis, Theoharis, tourism minister, Vassilis Lambrinos

Greece Records 2,854 New COVID Cases in Past 24 Hours

2021-07-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Stop Covid

Greek officials have confirmed 2,854 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. The government is now paying doctors to vaccinate.

Tags: EODY, EODY report, Greece COVID-19, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, UK COVID, UK tourists, vaccines

Mykonos Leads Greece in New COVID Case Incidence Rate in 24 Hours

2021-07-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Mykonos Blu

Greece recorded 2,604 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. The infection rate per 100,000 residents on Mykonos skyrockets.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, crete, Crete tourism, EODY, EODY report, Greece pandemic, Greece summer, Greece tourism, Mykonos

Greece COVID Cases Rise Again With 2,972 in 24 Hours

2021-07-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece officials confirmed 2,972 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours in the country, with 19 of these identified at entry points.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Europe tourism, Greece lockdowns, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Mitsotakis, vaccine schedule

Greece Records 2,794 New Covid-19 Cases Over Last 24 Hours

2021-07-17 by Argophilia Travel News

COVID

Greece confirmed 2,794 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) .

Tags: amber list, COVID-19 Greece, Greece COVID-19, Greece tourism, pandemic Greece, red list, Robert Koch Institute, WHO

Tourism Not Responsible for COVID Cases Uptick – Greek Officials Are

2021-07-14 by Phil Butler

Theoharis and Mitsotakis

Greek officials are once again saying an upswing in COVID cases has nothing to do with tourism. We beg to differ.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Dr. Panagiotis Papanikolaou, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, vaccination rate, vaccine, Visit Greece, “Blue Freedom”

Greece Records 1,465 New COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours

2021-07-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Vaccine

Greek officials announced 1,465 new laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, global pandemic, Greece, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, pandemic

Delta Variant? Relax, Don’t Worry! Fly to Greece and Be Safe! Maybe?

2021-07-03 by Phil Butler

Mykonos, Greece

In the face of dizzying uncertainty about the Delta variant, travelers must decide whether or not to visit Greece based on hunches.

Tags: Angela Merkel, Balos Beach, COVID-19 Greece, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Greece vaccines, Greek beaches, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, vaccination rate

GNTO Concert Promotes Greece Through Culture and Music

2021-07-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sunset in Greece

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) aired the “Sunset in Greece” concert, part of an ongoing year-long campaign to promote Greece.

Tags: Cine Psychiko, Evanthia Reboutsika, George Perris, GNTO, Greece tourism, Greek music, Greek songs, PBS, Temple of Aphaia, “Sunset in Greece”

Mouzenidis Travel Folds: Is This the Sign of Things To Come?

2021-06-29 by Phil Butler

mouzenidis travel logo

Mouzenidis Travel folds. Will this spell the end for Ellinair and other affiliated companies run by the Mouzenidis family?

Tags: airline business, companies, Ellinair, Greece tourism, Greek airlines, Greek companies, Ioannis Mouzenidis, Mouzenidis travel, pandemic losses, Russia travelers, Russian tourists, Sputnik V

Greece Fishtails On Sputnik V – Pays Youth to Get Vaccinated

2021-06-28 by Argophilia Travel News

No Swimming

Greece is reversing course and requiring negative coronavirus tests from all passengers arriving from Russia, even those vaccinated.

Tags: Coronavirus, delta strain, Delta variant, European Medicines Agency, Greece tourism, quaranteen, Russia travelers, Russian tourists, Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, vaccines

Delta Variant On Crete: Doctors Worried, Mitsotakis Is Not

2021-06-26 by Phil Butler

Looney Mitsotakis

The Delta Variant of COVID is now on Crete. Athens officials are divided on the seriousness of the situation.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID Delta, Crete coronavirus, Crete tourism, Delta coronavirus, Delta on Crete, Delta variant, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis administration, Nikolaos Tzanakis

Greece Now Accepts Negative COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests for Tourists

2021-06-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Greece travel

Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority will allow tourists to take rapid antigen tests in order to satisfy guidelines for entering the country.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 restrictions, Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Rapid Antigen, Rapid Antigen Tests, rapid tests, Travel to Greece

Variant Delta – What If Greece’s Tourism Oracles Are Wrong?

2021-06-14 by Phil Butler

Mitsotakis

In the UK the Delta variant of the coronavirus threatens everything reclaimed by key vaccine strategies. Is Greece next?

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 cases, Delta coronavirus, Delta variant, EU COVID response, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Indian variant, pandemic, UK COVID

Greece Will Now Accept Vaccines From Almost Anywhere

2021-06-14 by Argophilia Travel News

COVID Vaccines

With a tourism sector emergency halfway through the season, Greece will allow tourists with almost any vaccine to enter the country.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 Vaccine, Greece tourism, tourists, vaccines

Greece Let’s the Music Play Again for Summer 2021 Visitors

2021-06-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Cretan dance

Greece Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias says music now allowed at many cafes and restaurants.

Tags: Greece curfew, Greece tourism, Greece vacation, Greek officials, lockdown measures, Minoan Theater, Nikos Hardalias, Summer 2021, tourism, Visit Greece, world tourism

Greece Enhances Tourism Education and Internship Programs

2021-06-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Sofia Zacharaki

Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki announced this week plans to enhance tourism training and education, internship programs. According to Zacharaki, there are also plans to establish an English-language educational facility in Greece. The Athens News Agency (ANA-MPA) conducted an interview with Zacharaki in which she disclose that the ministry was moving ahead for changing the way internships are […]

Tags: Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Sofia Zacharaki, tourism education, Tourism Greece, tourism managment, tourism marketing, tourism plans

KEPE Says Tourism Cannot Sustain Greece In the Future

2021-06-07 by Phil Butler

The windmills in Mykonos, Greece

Tourism cannot be the pillar of long-term economic growth for Greece. The sector cannot keep pace to grow the country’s GDP.

Tags: European Stability Mechanism, Greece, Greece GDP, Greece tourism, IMF, KEPE, Klaus Regling, MSC Orchestra, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel, tourism industry, UNWTO

Greece to Become New Military Tourism Hotspot – No Really!

2021-06-01 by Phil Butler

Greek Air Force F16 Zeus

Greece’s ministries of Defense, Culture, and Tourism are now pushing for military tourism to fill the gaps in traveler numbers.

Tags: Greece COVID-19, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Harry Theoharis, Lina Mendoni, military tourism, Nikos Panagiotopoulos

Greek Official Confirms Island Vaccination Plan Was About Economics

2021-05-30 by Phil Butler

Celestial Cruises

Greece now readily admit that the “Blue Freedom” island vaccination plan to help cruise companies. The sad thing is, nobody seems to care.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID-19 Greece, Cruise industry, cruise news, Dr. George Pavlakis, Greece 2021, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Greek Islands, Harry Theoharis, Heraklion, Ioannis Plakiotakis, MSC Cruises, TUI, TUI Cruises

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