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Greece Tourism Receipts on Record Breaking Track for 2023

2023-06-21 by Phil Butler

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According to the latest data from the Bank of Greece, January-April 2023, non-resident traveler arrivals increased by 52.5%.

Tags: AirDNA, Bank of Greece, GNTO, Greece, Greece arrivals, Greece tourism, Greece tourism receipts, Greece tourists, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, UK travelers, US tourists

TUI Suffering From Rash of Travel Nightmare Stories

2022-05-28 by Phil Butler

© TUI GROUP

Vacationers headed to Crete via TUI are bashing the tours company over a travel nightmare that at Exeter Airport.

Tags: Crete flights, Crete vacations, Exeter Airport, flight delays, TUI, TUI AG, TUI flights, TUI nightmares, TUI stocks, TUI tickets, UK travelers

Jet2 Cuts £50-Off Deal for Mobile App Bookings By Nov. 22

2021-11-20 by Argophilia Travel News

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Jet2holidays is offering £50 off per person for holidays to Cyprus and Greece for bookings made through their mobile app.

Tags: budget airlines, Cyprus flights, Cyprus vacations, flight deals, Greece flights, Jet2, Jet2 Airways, UK travelers, UK trips

Greek Summer 2021 Will Be in Chaos Unless COVID Is Controlled

2021-07-31 by Argophilia Travel News

Heathrow lines

Over the past 24 hours, Greece officials registered 2.845 new cases of COVID-19. Greece seems on the brink of tourism chaos.

Tags: amber list, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Greece tourism, iOS, Mykonos, pandemic response, red countries, Santorini, travel bans, UK travelers, vaccination rate

COVID-19 Cases in Greece On the Rise Again

2021-07-04 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again according to the latest report (in Greek) from EODY. The latest report shows 1,001 new infections and 9 deaths from complications.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID deaths, COVID-19 Greece, Delta variant, EODY, EODY report, Russia tourists, Russia visits, UK travelers

On the Ropes – TUI Must Have a Win in 2021 or Else

2021-05-18 by Phil Butler

Georgioupolis Beach

TUI stocks are really in the toilet now on news that fears about COVID-19 variants have dampened traveler enthusiasm.

Tags: amber destinations, Bank of Greece, Brit tourists, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Green countries, Green destinations, Harry Theoharis, hotel bankruptcies, NPLs, TUI, TUI shares, TUI stocks, UK travelers

Greece Summer 2021: Let the Big Gamble Sink In

2021-05-12 by Phil Butler

Noxos beach

Greece’s Tourism Minister says Greece will be on the UK’s “Green List” soon, but will it be too late for that Greece summer to remember?

Tags: Amber Countries, American tourists, ForwardKeys, Greece hotels, Greek destinations, Harry Theoharis, New Democracy, tourism, TUI, TUI stocks, UK tourists, UK travelers, World Travel & Tourism Council

Mitsotakis To Greeks: “Just Relax” – TUI Says “Use Code SUMMER100”

2021-03-16 by Phil Butler

TUI deals

The pandemic is still on the rise in Greece, but promoting tourism above all else still seems to be the priority. Meanwhile, TUI goes on sales rampage.

Tags: AstraZeneca, Boris Johnson, Crete vacations, European Medicines Agency, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sputnik V, SUMMER100, TUI, TUI BLUE Atlantica Creta Paradise, TUI Summer 2021, UK travelers, vaccine

Vaccinated U.K. Travelers Free to Travel to Cyprus from May 1st

2021-03-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Kyrenia

U.K. nationals who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine will be allowed to visit the island as of May 1.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, Cyprus, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus news, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Pfizer COVID vaccine, UK travelers

Theoharis Says Brits Can Visit Greece Regardless of Vaccination Status

2021-02-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Tourism Minister Theoharis says British nationals will be allowed into Greece during the summer without vaccine.

Tags: EU pandemic, EU tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Greece vaccine rollout, Harry Theoharis, ITV, tourism, UK COVID, UK travelers, vaccine schedule

UK Tourism: Greece a Top Choice for 2021 Summer Breaks

2021-02-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Greek tavern

International holiday bookings have surged by as much as 600% after Britain laid out plans to gradually relax coronavirus restrictions.

Tags: Greece, Greece travel, travel ban, travel restrictions, UK tourists, UK travelers, Visit Greece

BA Holidays Stops Package Deals in COVID-19 Muckup

2021-01-09 by Argophilia Travel News

British Airways

British Airways Holidays has now canceled trips for the coming weeks after an effort to sell package deals despite the national lockdown. Some clients were apparently taking advantage of business flights to take leisure trips. According to the reports, BA Holidays has already removed deals for sale, and the airline is letting booked customers know […]

Tags: BA Holidays, BBC, British Airways, business travel, COVID flights, flight cancellations, package travel, pandemic travel, UK travelers

EU Countries Take Steps to Halt Mutated Coronavirus from the UK

2020-12-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Coronavirus mutation

Already, EU countries are moving to stop the spread of the mutated coronavirus discovered in the UK recently.

Tags: coronavirus mutation, COVID mutation, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Pfizer COVID vaccine, UK mutation, UK travel ban, UK travelers, UK virus

Wizz Air Offering Discounted UK COVID-19 Testing

2020-11-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air

Wizz Air has announced discounted Covid-19 tests for passengers in order to obtain fit to fly certificates from Friday.

Tags: airline news, airlines, airliness, coronavirus test, COVID-19 testing, Europe airlines, free tests, UK travelers, Wizz Air

Greece Falls from UK Travel Corridor List – Eight Countries Added

2020-11-13 by Phil Butler

UK travel corridor

Greece has been removed from the UK’s travel corridor. However, five Greek islands have been exempted from the action by officials.

Tags: COVID, COVID travel, Greece, UK travel, UK travelers

Was the TUI Deal a Bad Pandemic Bargain for the Greeks?

2020-09-01 by Phil Butler

Gatwick passengers

Many people are now convinced that Greece should have stayed shut to outside tourists until the coronvirus pandemic passed.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Europe travel, KfW, travel, TUI, TUI #, TUI Holidays, TUI stocks, UK travelers

Jet2 Adds Hundreds of Flights to Greece, Turkey, and Portugal

2020-08-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Jet2 has just announced having added over 500 new flights (representing almost 100,000 seats) to Greece, Portugal, and Turkey.

Tags: airlines, crete, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Jet2, Jet2Holidays, Portugal travel, travel deals, Turkey tourism, UK travelers

Greece Remains on UK’s ‘Safe List’ for Travel – For Now

2020-08-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Myrtos Beach

Greece remains, for the time being, on UK’s quarantine-free list of countries for to and from travel.

Tags: Greece safety, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, Greece travelers, safe destinations, UK tourists, UK travelers, Visit Greece

A Rise in Coronavirus Cases in Greece May Lead to UK Travel Ban

2020-08-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Beach

The recent rise in coronavirus cases in Greece has United Kingdom officials considering a travel ban to the country.

Tags: Greece, Greece 2020, Greece COVID-19, Greece pandemic, Greek vacation, travel advisory, travel ban, UK, UK travelers

Brits Allowed to Travel to Greece from July 15th

2020-07-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini Sunset

Greece will begin taking direct flights from the UK starting July 15th according to news from the tourism ministry.

Tags: coronavirus pandemic, Crete travel, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece vacations, travel ban, UK, UK travel ban, UK travelers

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