RHODES, Greece — Greece began opening to tourists on Monday with few bookings but hopes for a better season to help make up for a 2020 that was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
On Rhodes island, where most visitors are from abroad, hoteliers are scrubbing, polishing, and painting in anticipation of a make-or-break year.
“We’re preparing the hotel in order to start as soon as the government gives us the green light,” said George Tselios, general manager of Sun Beach Hotel, whose customers are from Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, and Britain.
Greece will formally open on May 14 but starting Monday, tourists from the European Union, the United States, Britain, Serbia, I…
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