Crisis, what crisis? say tourists flocking to Greece

[unhappycamper]

http://www.ekathimerini.com/200305/article/ekathimerini/business/crisis-what-crisis-say-tourists-flocking-to-greece



Crisis, what crisis? say tourists flocking to Greece
JEREMY GAUNT
12:48

At London's Heathrow Airport, a traveler to Greece is offered a deal by Aegean Airlines: the flight is booked solid, take a different flight and get 400 euros ($440) and a free round-trip ticket to anywhere in Europe.

Some hours later in Athens, a long queue moves slowly forward to passport control, while smiling but harried officials shout out “Santorini,” “Mytilene” and the names of other sun-drenched Greek destinations as they try to herd tourists quickly toward connecting flights.

Greece, despite all its economic and political strife, is heaving with foreign tourists.

“On TV they said we can come, there was no problem,” said Thibault Larhant, a tourist from Normandy, in France, who was resting at an open-air cafe in Athens’s Syntagma Square, cooled by a fan spraying water vapor.

[Renew Deal]

1. I know of a couple different people that just returned from Greece

On separate trips. They said that they didn't notice any problems except they wouldn't go to the square in Athens.

They said it was a great vacation.

[unhappycamper]

2. I was stationed in Turkey (Uncle Sam's Army) from 64 ~ 66.

Greece has been on my bucket list after seeing places like Istanbul, Ephesus, Cappadocia, etc.