Greek hotels are assessing the damage caused by the collapse of international travel agency Thomas Cook, tourism representatives informed the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Monday.
“The closure of Thomas Cook is a very unpleasant development that requires a rapid and effective response,” the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) noted.
From Crete, where the mood is grim given the sheer number of hotels partnered with the international tour operator, the president of the Heraklion Hoteliers Association, Nikos Chalkiadakis, spoke of a massive blow to the island’s tourism sector.
“The financial losses for the hotels of Crete are estimated in the tens of millions,” Chalkiadakis underlined. As an example, he noted that the loss suffered by just one hotelier in Heraklion came to 650,000 euros when the bankruptcy was announced.
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