Tourism gets German vote of confidence

Greek tourism officials are cautiously optimistic about the possibility of salvaging part of this year's tourist season after the official announcement of the German government on Wednesday to lift a travel directive issued in March.

At the same time, however, sources in the Greek tourism industry point out that no conclusions can be reached until one or two weeks of regular air travel have elapsed and flight frequencies and bookings have been determined.

Germany's decision to lift its travel warning for European countries as of June 15 was announced on Wednesday by its Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

In 2019, four million German travelers came to Greece, where they spent close to 3 billion euros. This amount does not include money paid to agents and airlines. In other words, German visitors left an average of about 730 euros each within the Greek borders, which...