United Airlines announced yesterday that in its effort to expand its network worldwide, it has, for the first time, added to its routes daily flights that will connect Washington with Athens from July 1.
"To salvage the tourist season, Greece started an experiment under scientific guidance. 189 Dutch people were allowed to spend paid vacations in Rhodes," according to a report in Austrian newspaper Der Standard, which notes that "the Greek government wants to save the tourist season despite the high number of coronavirus cases." It is interesting that 25,000 people applied for participation in this pilot program.
The first covid free areas in Greece are going to become the Aegean islands by the end of April, as vaccination efforts are intensifying in tourist destinations hoping for an influx of tourists.