People walk in the empty alleys in the town of Oia in the island of Santorini June 14, 2020 as the country prepares for the return of tourists to Greece from around 30 countries by air, sea and land. — AFP pic
“We’re desperate about tourists, we need them and we want them. If we don’t have the people, how will we survive,” says Michalis Drosos, who works in a souvenir shop in Fira. “We are incredibly lucky to be here without any other tourists,” says Cedric Delourme, a Frenchman who came with his family, one of the few tourists walking around the island.
However, some of those 700,000 are still concerned about the coronavirus pandemic — which has so far largely spared Greece with only 183 deaths.“Everyone’s scared, maybe we’ll catch the coronavirus,” says Orestis Papoulias, manager of a beach bar on the black sand beach of Perissa. For similar reasons, the manager of the Mylos Hotel Panos Kontoulis is hesitant about reopening: “Things change all the time, every day, we have to keep all the guests and all employees safe.”
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