“Greece is ready to welcome the tourists,” assures the Prime minister of greece

“Greece is ready to welcome tourists this summer,” safe, assured Saturday the Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during a trip on the island’s iconic Santorini the day before the re-opening of the tourist season.

“Everything is ready”, has hammered Mr. Mitsotakis, whose country has been relatively little affected by the coronavirus with 183 deaths.

“We provide the rules of social distancing” appropriate ” for the return of tourists to Greece from around thirty countries by air, sea and land, from Monday.

“Our number 1 priority is the health and safety” of visitors, added the head of government, came on one of the islands most popular tourist attractions of Greece to start the season in grand style before an audience of journalists and members of the government.

After a stop at the hospital in Fira, where he again boasted of the “success” of his government “to defeat the first wave of the pandemic”, the Prime minister visited the archaeological site of Akrotiri “saluting” the cultural heritage incredibly different” from Greece, including Santorini is, according to him, representative.

In a country where tourism is crucial to the economy, the government has launched a tourism marketing campaign, proclaiming that “in the summer, the Greek is more than the sea and the sun… it is a state of mind”.

“We want visitors who come feel safe, we want to protect their health and the health of employees (tourism infrastructure) and the local population”, has still supported the Prime minister, convinced that “we can do it”.

Only the airports of Athens and Thessaloniki will be re-opened to flights of thirty countries, while the regional airports, including Santorini, are to reopen on 1 July.

But any passenger who will be tested positive Covid-19 will have to submit to a period of solitary confinement of 14 days in a hotel at the expense of the Greek State

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