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Coronavirus impact on US tourism: More than 75% of Americans want to travel in 2020

Fifty-six percent of travelers who responded to the survey cited that they already had plans to travel between June & December

UNWTO chief’s message: We have to wake up quickly!

The world’s leading tourism destination, the sector generated last year more than US$407 billion in international tourism receipts

Bill Gates praises Greece from Home Virtual Tourism Covid-19 response

The “Greece from Home” platform was launched at the start of April by the GNTO and Marketing Greece, with the support of Google

Hellenic Chamber of Hotels presents relief proposals for after the pandemic

The proposals focus on five categories: reinforcing hygiene in hotels, labor, tax, bank loan settlements

Greek hotels fear bankruptcy, survey shows

The survey estimates that losses of hotel turnover in 2020 will amount to 1.2 billion euros for year-round hotels and 3.26 billion for seasonal hotels

SETE chief Yiannis Retsos: €1.5 – 2 billion needed to restart Greek tourism

Worker support measures will need to be expanded, along with additional financing

Deutsche Bank: How can tourist destinations attract travelers this summer

Right now a broad majority still accepts the travel restrictions, however, this is likely to change over time

Greece can become a strong destination, Greek Interior Minister Theodorikakos says

"Greece can become a strong destination of security and mental health for the whole world"

MMGY chief: Travel bookings will return “more quickly” than predictions

"Τravel confidence leads-out consumer confidence"

WTTC implores G20 leaders to save the travel sector globally – 75 million jobs at risk

One million jobs are being lost each day in the sector & the GDP loss to the world economy could reach $2.1 trillion in 2020

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