From mecca to ‘ghost town’, Mykonos awaits tourism relief | Malay Mail

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ATHENS, May 18 — Seated on stone steps beside his Mykonos souvenir shop, Nikos Degaitis has for decades watched round-the-clock tourist crowds snake through the iconic Greek island town’s labyrinthine alleys. Until now. “I’ve never seen such desolation,” the 86-year-old told AFP. The...

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks in the alleys of the Greek Cycladic island of Mykonos. — AFP pic

Greek officials have announced that normally year-round hotels and restaurants are to resume operation on June 1 with strict distancing rules. “The rules are too tough, all the routines will change, how does one respect the rules in such a tiny street?” wonders his grandson George Dasouras. “Last year, we had 600 to 700 sunbeds. As far as things stand today, we don’t even have one,” says Damianos Daktilidis, owner of the Tropicana beach club.

As of Thursday, the death toll stood at 156 in the country of 11 million. Out of over 2,700 cases, just two were on Mykonos.

 

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