Tourism – Optimism for occupancy with an eye on the Delta mutation

Hotels in Attica and almost all over the country are experiencing increased occupancy as we are now in the heart of the summer season, creating optimism for the course of tourism and revenues that will be particularly critical for the Greek economy this year in its effort to recover from the crisis. of the pandemic.

Representatives of the tourism market express restrained optimism for the course of tourism as the first mass arrivals of British tourists in our country have already begun after the decision of the British government to lift the quarantine measure for those returning from Greece. However, the same circles appear to hold a small basket in their estimates due to the uncertainty caused by the rapid spread of the coronavirus Delta mutation and the fear of new restrictions that may affect travel.

The first arrivals of British tourists took place on July 27 in Crete by the companies TUI and Jet Tours. It is reminded that Britain is the second largest tourist tank for our country after Germany. The picture was similarly positive from other countries, such as Poland.

"We have a way," businessmen say

In recent days, the tourism industry has been following developments in Germany with particular interest, as it seems to be beginning to record increased arrivals from Great Britain, and bells are now ringing for Germany's decisions, with the hope that the decisions of the Chancellery will not change for the worse.

Since the middle of last week, Berlin has described Spain and the Netherlands as "areas with an excessive number of cases", due to the sharp increase in new cases of the pandemic. In other words, anyone who returns from these areas to Germany and is not fully vaccinated or has not recovered from coronavirus must enter a...