“The message we are sending is clear. Our primary concern is the safety and health of all,” Greek government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said on Thursday during a press briefing, according to ANA.
He underlined that a decisive step has been taken to reopen Greece to tourism. “We are continuing preparations in order to ensure the maximum possible protection of the health of the sector’s employees, the residents in tourist destinations, and, of course, our visitors,” he said.
Petsas then referred to the presence of the prime minister at the general assembly of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, “in a tourist year that is not the same as last year. It is different. And in which Greece claims a larger share of a clearly smaller pie. And it is up to us to achieve this by putting forward not only the beauty, history, and culture of our homeland but also it is successful handling of the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic.”
As the government spokesperson noted, “the government, together with businesses and tourism workers, is doing everything in its power to lessen the losses in arrivals and receipts from abroad and at the same time strengthen the competitiveness of the tourist package in accommodation and restaurants with tax cuts, such as VAT, and additional liquidity with the financial instruments it has activated.”
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