“We’re pinning our hopes on tourism,” said Nikos Venieris, who manages a sandy beach in the seafront suburb of Alimos, just outside the capital, Athens, where social distancing measures will remain in place.tap here to see other videos from our team“We’re one of the places along the Athens riviera … that receives many tourists so the number of visitors from abroad will play a big role in our finances,” he added.
Greece fared well in keeping the first wave of the pandemic under control last year but a resurgence in cases pushed health services to the limit and prompted authorities to impose a second lockdown in November. On Friday, they announced that museums would reopen next week before the lifting of travel restrictions on vaccinated foreign visitors on May 15.tap here to see other videos from our teamGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said a combination of widespread testing, immunization, and the fact that many activities would take place outdoors gave authorities confidence that tourists would be able to visit safely.