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Tourism Minister announces reopening of ports to cruise ships from 1 August
ATHENS. Cruise ships to be allowed at six Greek ports, including Corfu, from Saturday - Global cruise industry remains frozen and August seems unlikely.
Nikos Hardalias:"There are no plans for a general lockdown"
ATHENS. New weekly coronavirus updates begin with Civil Protection Deputy Minister - In first 20 days of July about 128,000 tourist out of 920,000 were tested - Between 1 -19 July there were 295 confirmed cases, of which 53 are still active.
Greek Tourism Minister to Sky News: "Talk of a second lockdown is nonsense"
Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis gave an interview on the occasion of the reopening of Greek airports to flights from the UK, stressing once again the high standards of safety and security here.
Prime Minister visits Old Town Hall
CORFU. The Prime Minister and his party visited the Old Town Hall just after 13:30 today.
Greek PM visits Achilleion Palace
CORFU. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the accompanying Government team chose the iconic Achilleion Palace as the first port of call on their visit to Corfu.
South Corfu Mayor to Tourism Minister - The Mayors of North and South Corfu were not included in your meeting in Corfu
CORFU. North and South Corfu were not included in Mr. Theoharis΄ meeting in Corfu with local authorities on Wednesday.
Corfu tourism professionals share their concerns with Minister
CORFU. Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis met with Corfu tourism professionals today.
The first ΄swallows΄ have come - first international arrivals. What Tourism Minister said
CORFU. The first flights arrived on time - from Frankfurt and Budapest at 09:00 and Dusseldorf at 09:50.
International flights scheduled to arrive at Corfu Airport on Wednesday 1 July
CORFU. Along with the Minister of Tourism international flights will be arriving at Corfu Airport tomorrow as restrictions are lifted.
Dimitris Biangis:"Thank you, Mr.Theoharis for ΄saving΄ us..."
ATHENS. The Corfu KINAL MP said, "Without a referral hotel and with COVID-19 rooms all over Corfu we are putting businesses and thousands of workers΄ lives at risk."
Greek Tourism Minister: Airports on all the islands open on 1 July
CORFU. Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis presented details on the gradual opening of the borders.
European travel and tourism video conference
ATHENS. Foreign Ministers from 11 countries, including Greece, will be taking part in a video conference to coordinate travel and tourism. The meeting, which takes place today Monday 18 May, is the initiative of German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias discussed it on RND and journalist Marina Korbaki.
Committment from Minister of Tourism to provide support to Regions for tourism
CORFU. At the 5th meeting of the Regional Tourism Committee the Minister of Tourism Haris Theoharis spoke of the immediate release of resources to boost the tourist industry.
BBC interview with Greek Minister of Tourism: We will safeguard the health of our citizens and visitors with diagnostic tests
Greek Minister of Tourism Haris Theoharis was interviewed on BBC World News on Wednesday 13 May.
Minister of Interior: Spacing measures for tables and chairs likely to remain until end of year
ATHENS. It is probable that the measures for the catering industry with extended space for tables and chairs will remain in force until the end of the year.
Minister of Tourism: Every hotel must have a contracted doctor
ATHENS. Minister of Tourism Haris Theoharis presented the main points of the plan to safely manage the pandemic ahead of the tourist season during an online event with ONNED (Young Nea Dimokratia).
Port Authorities may not be able to collect port charges this year!
BRUSSELS. The question of when and, most importantly, how flights will resume still remains to be answered due to both health restrictions and the financial state of airlines.
How and when will flights resume?
BRUSSELS. Everyone will be waiting to hear what the EU Transport Ministers have to say on Wednesday 29 April. Especially when their income depends on tourism and flights. Meanwhile, the new terminal at Corfu Airport is ready a year ahead of time! But what will we do with it now?
