Greece's tourism receipts collapse

In Athens,

In the shade of the bougainvilleas, in the maze of alleys linked by stairs, the small cafes and taverns from which the notes of bouzouki escape experience an unusual calm. At the foot of the Acropolis, Plaka is a neighborhood usually beset by hordes of tourists. However, everything is ready, the barrier gestures are scrupulously respected: safety distances between people, hydroalcoholic gel, masked servers. But the consumer is still waiting. However, a few do venture out, like Yannick and Martine. These French tourists from Brittany taste this unusual calm. "Not having to endure long queues, in front of archaeological sites in particular, allows us to appreciate a more authentic Greece, even if it is certainly difficult for the Greeks",they admit.

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Indeed, the morale of tourism professionals is at half mast. “Even under the colonels' dictatorship, between 1967 and 1974, we did not know this. Especially

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