Greece opens up tourism for its 'most difficult' summer

For Giorgos Georgoulas, an experienced tourism professional on the world-renowned Greek island of Santorini, this summer will be really tough for tourism.

"This is a tragic, a disastrous year. We will just try to cover a fraction of our expenses this summer," said Georgoulas, who runs a boat tour agency at Oia town on Santorini.

On Monday, Greece reopened its border and some of its airports to tourism, after months of restrictions that helped contain the spread of the Covid-19. Yet despite the state's multiple efforts to save some of the year's tourism revenues, industry professionals are bracing for a season all but lost.

"Ahead of us we have got the most difficult summer ever," said Greek Deputy Minister of Tourism Manos Konsolas on Saturday.

Athens, the capital, is all alert for any resurgence of Covid-19 clusters. "We are opening our gates to the...