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Greece battled to contain wildfires on the island of Rhodes for a seventh day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists who had been forced to evacuate in previous days were expected to fly back to their countries.

Thousands of tourists and residents fleeing wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes took refuge in schools and shelters on Sunday, with many evacuated on private boats as flames threatened resorts and coastal villages.

Thousands spent the night on beaches and streets during what Greece said was its biggest safe transport of residents and tourists in emergency conditions.

The seaside resort Portorož has reopened a section of the promenade connecting the main pier and the central beach. The municipality invested some €700,000 in the renovation that will help the resort restore the shine it lost through the years.

Tourist packages on the Romanian seaside will be up to 70% cheaper from September 1, compared to the peak season rates, with the launch of the "Seaside for all" program, the Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers (FPTR) representatives announced. Thus, Romanians can stay in classified hotels in the Black Sea resorts with prices starting from 36 lei per night.

The tourist packages on the Romanian littoral will be cheaper by 70 pct starting with September 1, in comparison to the rates at the height of the season, once the Littoral for all program launches, the representatives of the Federation of Employers' Associations in Romanian Tourism (FPTR) have announced on Thursday.

Banksy, Britain's most famous street artist, on Aug. 13 confirmed what many had already suspected - that he is indeed the author of a number of works that have appeared recently in British seaside towns.

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For yet another year Bulgaria's Sunny Beach Black Sea resort is at the top of the British Fasting rankings for the best-value place to relax in Europe. The ranking is based on the prices of eight popular products and attractions during a vacation relative to the rate of the pound.

Most hotels in the largest seaside resort in Bulgaria - Sunny Beach will close for the season by September 10. The reason is the lack of charter flights and tourists to choose the months of September and October for their summer vacation.

The resumption of flights between Turkey and Russia amid strong measures to fight coronavirus set off a flood of tourists, with 80 airplanes full of Russian tourists landing in the resort city of Antalya in just one day, according to local officials.

More than 15,000 Romanians arrived to Romanian resorts at the Black Sea during the Pentecost mini-holiday, although the initial estimates of tour operators were between 10,000 and 12,000 people, according to a study by the Litoralulromanesc.ro online agency.