Posts Tagged ‘ Greece ’

This week, Curacao, Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia have been added to the list of countries where quarantine restrictions will be applied on our return..

Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.

There is confusion as all four nations now have different rules for Greece.

If you thought that quarantine restrictions were confused last week, then this week they are mired in disagreement between the four nations.

The big news of the week, as if I need to tell you, is that as of 4am tomorrow, you will need to go into a 14-day quarantine on returning from France, Malta and the Netherlands and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Now that Britons are free to travel to Greece what might we expect?

After the UK announced that they would impose a 14-day quarantine period on people entering the countries, France and Greece have announced similar restrictions.

Even if countries open up to Britons when will the Foreign Office remove its ban?

Whatever happens abroad is being closely watched in the UK and Ireland to help decide when we might be able to re-open museums again.

The fallout from the collapse of Thomas Cook keeps on coming.

The collapse of Thomas Cook has hit some destinations and only now in the cold light of day are they realising the implications.

Today there is yet another weather warning so I suspect that even more of us will try and book a holiday away.

Adrian considers the impact of the Mona Lisa, Raffles Hotel in Singapore and hyperloop travel in India. Amongst other things!

Adrian takes a quick tour to see how countries are faring this year.

Go to Athens and there is every chance that you will visit the Parthenon, certainly one of the greatest survivors from the golden age of ancient Greece.

It is non-EU countries like Turkey and Tunisia which are proving popular, along with all-inclusive deals as customers “lock-in” costs

Greece has a special website with a question and answer format to allay doubts and to demonstrate that visiting the country will remain pretty easy.

An event on a train eads Adrian’s summing up of the work. Thanks should go the Train Manager who helped make the day for school children

Lapland doesn’t exist according to some people. On the other hand Hogwarts and Gotham City do. One report says that we will also spend less on Christmas this year. Adrian asks if this is humbug!

That was what the Greek tourism minister, Elena Kountoura said when she was in London recently for World Travel Market.

Athens & Partners wants more people to stay in the capital if they are just using it as a gateway before travelling on to the islands or other Greek destinations.

This is the name given to an exhibition being held in Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki.

Destinations are pointing out what a good summer it has been for them. But a VAT increase in Ireland may deter UK tourists from visiting the Republic.

The report tells us that Spain and Portugal remained popular which will surprise absolutely no-one. But holidays in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria became much more popular.

I suspect that neither Thomas Cook nor TUI are too happy with us – their customers and potential customers.

Athens is where it’s at

It will surprise no one that Spain and its islands are once again the most popular destination for summer holidays this year. After all, it’s been the same for decades.

Even if the weather didn’t tell us, summer is here now the Proms, the Liverpool Biennale, the Ekhof Festival and striking travel staff tell us it is.