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Greece 2022 Should Be Dubbed the “Omicron Summer”

2022-08-03 by Phil Butler

Cavo Paradiso Mykonos

Greece confirmed 122,230 new coronavirus cases for the week of July 25-31. Will this be the Omicron Summer?

Tags: COVID-19, EODY, Greece, Greece 2022, Greece COVID-19, Greece officials, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis administration, Mykonos, Omicron, Omicron Summer

Greece Tourism Critique: Can We Pay Attention Now?

2022-08-01 by Phil Butler

Miami

Greece is in huge trouble. Ultimately, tourism, the country’s most valuable economic sector, will disintegrate.

Tags: 2022 tourism, 2022 travel, Crete tourism, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis administration, overtourism, Richard Pine, Santorini, sustainability, The Eye of the Xenos, tourism debate, Tourism Greece, travel

Greece Records 6,682 Cases in 24 Hours – PM Remarks Expected Today

2021-11-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to address the unvaccinated members of the Greek public to take up the shot against Covid-19.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 Greece, Greece COVID-19, Greece PM, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Greece vaccines, Mitsotakis administration, vaccine schedule

The Deadly Pandemic Game Greece Is Losing

2021-10-25 by Phil Butler

Anti-maskers

Greece health experts say a fourth wave of COVID-19 is on the horizon, but Greek leadership maintains course to bolster the economy.

Tags: anti-vaxxers, COVID strains, COVID variants, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 economics, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, Delta variant, EODY, Mitsotakis administration, new strains

Greece’s Tourism Boss Theoharis Is Gone: But Why?

2021-09-04 by Phil Butler

Peter Fankhauser with Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis

As Harry Theoharis exits his position as Greece’s Minister of Tourism the question is, “Why was he sacked at this crucial juncture?”

Tags: Evangelos Apostolakis, Greece, Greece tourism, Greek officials, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration

Mitsotakis Sacks Tourism, Public Order, and Other Cabinet Ministers

2021-08-31 by Phil Butler

Vasilis Kikilias

In a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Vassilis Kikilias was appointed as the new tourism minister for Greece, replacing Harry Theoharis.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece hotels, Greece PM, Greece tourism, Greece wildfires, Greek cabinet, Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration, New Democracy, Vassilis Kikilias

Greek Officials Roll “COVID Craps” Calling It a Tourism Bet Won

2021-08-16 by Phil Butler

Mitsotakis craps

Greece’s leaders say the desperate drive to reboot Greece tourism has nothing with spiking COVID-19 . They say their dice roll is winners.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, EODY report, Greece COVID-19, Greece leaders, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, Greece vaccines, Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration

The Greece Tourism Season That Never Should Have Been

2021-08-12 by Phil Butler

Greek Prime Minister

With wildfire ravaging the country, and the coronavirus resurging, will Greek officials finally admit the 2021 tourism season was a mistake?

Tags: Blue Freedom, fires in Greece, Greece 2021, Greece COVID, Greece COVID-19, Greece fires, Greece tourists, Greece vaccines, Greece wildfires, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Theoharis

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

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”

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 In Prayer Mode Over 2021 Tourism Dice Roll

2021-05-21 by Phil Butler

Agia Pelagia Beach

The reality of Greece’s 2021 tourism restart begins to sink in. Chances are, this season will end up no better than 2020.

Tags: "Blue Freedom", Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Crete beaches, Fraport, Fraport AG, Fraport Greece, Grigoris Tasios, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, hotels, Mitsotakis administration, SETE, TUI, Yiannis Retsos

Greece Tourism News Brief: COVID Is Still All the News That Matters

2021-04-27 by Phil Butler

WTTC

The COVID-19 pandemic still dominates every faces of travel news in Greece and worldwide. Here are Greek highlights.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus tourism, Greece reopening, Harry Theoharis, island vaccine program, Mitsotakis administration, pandemic Greece, Syriza, tourism 2021, vaccines, WTTC

Three Faces Of Greece’s Post-COVID Understanding

2021-04-20 by Phil Butler

Three faces

The tourism flood gates are about to open in Greece. Meanwhile, most citizens are torn as to whether or not its a good idea.

Tags: Greece, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, Harry Theoharis, KEP, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Mitsotakis administration, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Vangelis Manolopoulos

Greece Travel News Brief – April 18, 2021

2021-04-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Norwegian Jade

Greece moves to reopen the country’s doors to tourists in spite of the ongoing pandemic. Norwegian and other cruise lines sail to Greece.

Tags: EU, Greece vacations, Greece vaccines, Harry Theoharis, Mitsotakis administration, Norwegian Cruise Line, quarantine-free destinations, reboot travel, travel

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