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Post by dennisn on May 23, 2020 10:14:48 GMT
Ahah, so you asked a journalist. Don’t trust a hack’s words, ask me, I’m an expert!!!
Assuming you WILL ask me, the absolute true, 100% reliable answer is “Seagulls follow the trawlers”. Trust me.
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Post by yorkshiremouth on May 23, 2020 11:11:20 GMT
Sometimes it's easy to speculate. But sometimes you can just join the dots. This is no longer speculation. Calder is the most respected travel editor in the country (and for that you can also read 'best-connected'). Undeniable fact 1 - Greece definitely is opening its borders to tourists from 20 countries on June 15th: greece.greekreporter.com/2020/05/21/greece-releases-list-of-first-20-nations-that-can-send-tourists-to-the-country/That's not speculation. Undeniable Fact 2 - Greece has formally offered to open an 'air bridge' with the UK: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greece-offers-air-bridge-for-british-tourists-9kwngdcqlThat's not speculation. Undeniable Fact 3 - UK cases and deaths are heading in one direction. Down: www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/That's not speculation. Nothing in life in certain. Any or all of those 20 countries might be removed from that list if things turn sour. We might have a worldwide second peak. Boris Johnson may not have fully recovered, and could run round the country in his vest and pants coughing on people. But, within the bounds of reasonable expectation, this can no longer be waived away in an airy fashion as 'just speculation', or journalists trying to blag a story. This is happening, unless our figures start to turn bad. With 'peak' season pretty much being the school holidays (mid-July and August) there's enough time for UK cases to stop improving, get a little worse, then start improving again before then.
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Post by balddave on Jun 14, 2020 11:49:46 GMT
From tomorrow tourists from the 29 countries on the approved list allowed to enter Skiathos via the ferry links, I certainly hope hoteliers and other businesses on the island start to see some form of income, and wish them all well for whatever the season turns out to be.
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Post by katet on Jun 16, 2020 13:36:46 GMT
Me too, Dave. I'm still waiting patiently to see if my July trip goes ahead.
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Jun 19, 2020 13:48:26 GMT
It's all over the papers today.
An announcement will be made on 29th June. Air bridges are to be opened to a limited number of popular EU holiday destinations from July 4th.
Greece is on every list I've read.
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Post by balddave on Jun 19, 2020 14:52:40 GMT
I hope so, forever optimistic, but until it becomes official I won’t get to excited.
It has also been posted that the Greek authorities have ramped up the medical facilities, including more staff on Skiathos.
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Post by balddave on Jun 19, 2020 16:59:24 GMT
One positive note from the island, the airport taverna ‘desires’ has reopened this year
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Post by cariad23 on Jun 20, 2020 9:48:09 GMT
thats great will look forward to that next year, save the trek down the road and sprint back when your plane lands
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Jun 27, 2020 14:47:45 GMT
Here we go: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53199089As I say, the big question now is whether TUI & co. will fly, and if so, when they'll re-start. I hope they announce, and start flying soon. I'm wanting to get feedback from the island, and Greece in general (I'm down for Kefalonia on 13th August), as to how full things are getting, queues caused by restrictions, etc.
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Jun 29, 2020 15:43:51 GMT
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Post by cariad23 on Jun 30, 2020 8:23:35 GMT
greetings from re lockdowned leicester ! Do you think this will affect how greece sees the arrival date of british tourists. im lucky i live in a village 9 miles north of city that isnt included in lockdown map. Although theres a massive rise in numbers positive not a big rise in admissions to the hospital i work in, theres no one in icu either
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Jun 30, 2020 9:00:14 GMT
Greece has been basing its admission policy on airports, so maybe just not from East Midlands?
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Post by balddave on Jun 30, 2020 15:06:23 GMT
It is really getting too ‘suck it and see time’, could be, maybe, possibly scenarios on a daily basis. It’s a case of what will be will be. The truth being at the moment nobody knows how the remainder of the season will pan out. I am remaining cautiously optimistic.
One thing that is becoming concerning is the future of the airline/travel industry, and its effects on travel over the coming years, both logistically and financially.
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Jun 30, 2020 18:25:45 GMT
It is a tiny niggle in the back of my mind.
This. Added to a move to 'being green', and associated moves to incentivise us to not travel (massive taxes on planes), may leave the foreign holiday as the preserve of the rich.
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Post by balddave on Jul 6, 2020 10:48:53 GMT
Announced at Greek midday briefing, all Greek airports open to flights from the UK from July 15
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