Greece welcomes foreign visitors, restarts summer tourism

Greece reopened its main airports to more international flights on Monday, hoping to kick-start its vital tourism sector after three months in lockdown.
Tourism employs about 700,000 people and accounts for some 20% of Greece's economic output, so how the sector fares is significant for the country's recovery. Greece emerged from a decade-long debt crisis two years ago.
"Well it's great, it's like freedom," US tourist Chris Saye said, speaking through a mask at Athens' main airport after arriving from Paris with his wife.
Passengers arriving from airports deemed high-risk by the European Union's aviation safety agency, including airports in the Paris region, are tested for the coronavirus on arrival and quarantined up to 14 days, depending on the result.
Arrivals from other airports are randomly tested. People are still barred from flying in from Britain and...

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