Has Greece's tourism recovered? July 1 day began to receive foreign tourists in an all-round way.

For tourism in Greece, you can take a closer look at the following. The Greek authorities have also released the steps to restart Greek tourism in the future. How will the next tour go? For more details, let's take a look.

Greece has fully received foreign tourists since July 1. From June 15, Greece will open its borders to 29 countries, including China. Flights are allowed to enter Athens and Thessaloniki airports. Passengers who are not from airports in high-risk areas infected by the epidemic released by european aviation safety agency (China is not on the high-risk list at present, and only checks randomly upon arrival. )

It is reported that the Greek government has announced that it will receive international tourists in three stages. Until June 15, international flights are only allowed to enter Athens airport, and all tourists must be tested on arrival and stay overnight at designated hotels.

Greece's Prevention and Control Measures From June 15, after nearly three months of entry and exit restrictions, flights from dozens of countries will be allowed to enter the main airports in Greece, and the National Museum will be reopened.

Tourism accounts for 20% of Greek economic output. Last year, about 33 million tourists visited Greece, bringing local income of 654.38+09 billion euros. Greece expects the local economy to shrink 13% this year.

Greek Prime Minister Zoetakis said at a recent event: "Greece is ready to put the safety and health of tourists first this summer and welcome tourists." Greece has increased the number of medical personnel on the most popular islands for tourists.

Starting from Monday, all passengers in european aviation safety agency's high-risk airports will be tested for coronavirus, and passengers from airports in other countries and regions will be randomly tested.

Restarting Tourism In order to restart the tourism industry, the Greek government has previously announced that it will open its doors to tourists from 29 countries from June 15. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs further announced the details on May 30th.

According to the information released by the Greek government, the border reopening plan is divided into three stages:

In the first stage, before June 15, all foreign tourists will be tested in COVID-19 after arriving in Greece, and will temporarily stay in designated hotels to wait for the test results. If the test result is negative, the passenger will be quarantined for 7 days; If the test result is positive, the passenger will be quarantined under the supervision of the health department 14 days.

All passengers are only allowed to enter Greece through Athens International Airport.

In the second stage, from June 15 to June 30, tourists from 29 countries were allowed to enter Greece via Athens. Visitors from these 29 countries include:

Albania, Australia, Austria, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, Israel, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Finland.

Passengers from the above countries are allowed to enter Greece through Athens International Airport or Thessaloniki International Airport.

If the passenger's departure place is not on the list of high-risk national airports in COVID-19 published by european aviation safety agency, they only need to undergo random inspection after arriving at the Greek airport.

However, if the passenger comes from COVID-19 High-risk National Airport, he still needs to be inspected by COVID-19, and temporarily stays at the designated hotel to wait for the inspection results. If the test result is negative, the passenger will be quarantined for 7 days; If the test result is positive, the passenger will be quarantined under the supervision of the health department 14 days.

In the third stage, from July 1 day, other foreign tourists will be further allowed to enter Greece from Athens and other cities, and international flights directly to all airports in Greece will resume operation. Tourists don't need to be tested or quarantined by COVID-19 when entering Greece, but health officials will conduct random inspections on tourists at the airport.

Additional restrictions on some countries will be announced later.

In addition, the Greek government indicated that from June 15, passengers will be allowed to enter Greece from the land borders of Albania, northern Macedonia and Bulgaria, and will be randomly inspected by COVID-19 upon arrival. From July 1 day, passengers will be allowed to enter Greece by sea, and they will be subject to random inspection upon arrival.

The Greek government will adjust any of the above policies at any time according to changes in the situation.