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Tourism: Greece as top Med destination when travel resumes

Tour operators counting on country's health efficiency

22 April, 17:05
(ANSA) - NAPLES, 22 APR - The most important tour operators in the world consider Greece to be the top Mediterranean destination as soon as travel resumes after the Covid-19 emergency, according to Greek Travel Pages, citing statements by Greek Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis. In an online forum titled "Covid-19: Business Against Uncertainty", Georgiadis also explained that next week he will participate in a European forum with his colleague, Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theonaris, and other primary stakeholders in the European tourism market. "There are large tour operators that say they want to bring tourists back to Greece instead of other countries due to our health system's success in managing the pandemic," Georgiadis said. "The positive surprise that we elicited with our health system will also be brought into play in our economy," he said. He said if Greece maintains its positive image and this sense of security, it could take a large slice of the small tourism pie in summer 2020 and next year. "Forecasts by the International Monetary Fund that see tourism at zero this year, with a heavy weight on our GDP, could be disproved," he said. (ANSA).

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