Nearly half of Greeks are wary of incoming tourism and the opening of borders to all tourists indiscriminately, according to new research from the Marlab Laboratory at the University of Macedonia, ANA reports.
As it turns out, 49.4 pct of respondents disagreed with the opening of borders to all tourists and prefer, initially, to solely accept tourists from countries with low rates of confirmed Covid-19 cases (31.9 pct), to implement strict controls at the country’s airports and borders (93.7 pct) and require that tourists entering the country have a special Covid-19 certificate (74.2 pct).
The survey examined – among other things – how Greece, after the international promotion it received due to its good management of the Covid-19 pandemic, could take advantage of its positive image and maintain some of the tourist inflows but without risking an extensive spread of the virus in the country. The issue was to determine the appropriate policies so that Greece does not lose all tourists from abroad while at the same time promoting domestic tourism, encouraging more Greeks to take vacations.
In terms of incoming tourism, a mere 14.5 pct of respondents agreed to some extent that Greece should open its borders to all foreign tourists in the summer.
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