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Santorini is preparing for the new tourist season. PHOTO: Reuters
Athens will also conclude bilateral agreements with Austria, Israel and Cyprus.
Greece will conclude bilateral agreements in the field of tourism with Bulgaria, Austria, Israel and Cyprus, Greek TV Sky reported. They are expected to join other countries that are better at dealing with the coronavirus, such as Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic, and Australia.
The aim is to create safe corridors through which Greece can attract tourists during the summer season. Athens is expected to present a comprehensive tourism plan early next week.
According to Naftemboriki, it will be based on four pillars: open air transport, employment support, financial support and health protocols. According to the publication, the government was also considering the possibility of reducing VAT on transport.
After announcing that it will open the restaurants on June 1, as well as the organized beaches on May 16, Greece announced some requirements for beach restaurants, BNR reported. There will only be packaged coffee and there will be no tables for customers. Serving alcohol is prohibited.
After each client strictly cleans the place, and service personnel must wear masks.
Greece also welcomed on Wednesday the recommendations of the European Commission for the gradual opening of foreign travel and the organization of summer holidays in K-19 conditions. Athens is satisfied with the recommendation not to leave empty seats on planes, as well as the fact that the emphasis is on the epidemiological situation in each country, an indicator that Greece is doing very well.
On June 1, Turkey opens its border with Bulgaria
On June 1, Turkey will open its border with Bulgaria and Greece, Hurriyet reported. Starting May 27, immediately after Ramadan Bayram, hotels, motels and guest houses in the country will begin to receive visitors. Domestic flights will resume on the same date.
Several tour operators in Romania have resumed selling holiday packages to Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Croatia, local media reported. Romanian companies are also in talks with several clinics in Bucharest that could offer clients “health passes” that Greece can request when crossing the border.
Tour operators expect the summer season to start in mid-June or July 1, and they trust the authorities in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, where tourism protection measures have already been announced.
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