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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

Israel Goes Into Second Lockdown Over COVID Pandemic

2020-09-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Israel

Israel will go into a new national lockdown for three weeks starting Friday, September 18th, and ending October 11th.

Tags: coronavirus pandemic, COVID Pandemic, COVID-19, Israel, pandemic lockdowns, second wave

Greek Summer 2020 Hits First Big COVID-19 Snag

2020-07-11 by Phil Butler

Greece’s reopening has already hit a major snag according to public health officials. A resurgence of COVID-19 cases could spell disaster.

Tags: Brookings Institute, Bulgaria tourists, COVID-19, Greece borders, Greece opening, Greece travel, Greek Summer 2020, Greek Vacation 2020, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Health Ministry, Romanian tourists, second wave, Serbia COVID cases

The European Union May Ban American Travelers This Summer

2020-06-24 by Phil Butler

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

As Europe’s touristic destinations open their borders for travelers from July 1st, EU regulators mull over banning American travelers.

Tags: American tourists, COVID-19, EU, Greece coronavirus, second wave, Summer 2020, travel ban, US travelers, vacations, visit Europe, Visit Greece

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