Greece depends heavily on tourism and the Greek summer season can start from the end of April on some of the islands. There is now a huge push and marketing campaign by the Greek government to show that Greek summer is open for business. Bigger commercial islands such as Santorini rely heavily on foreign tourism as opposed to local Greek tourism so they were waiting for the international arrivals. Although, to be fair, being “stuck” in Greece during summer isn’t exactly a hardship! I thought it was a brilliant and worthwhile initiative by the Irish Embassy and the Greek Irish Society.

Source: The Irish Times July 02, 2020 06:00 UTC