Dutch tourists trade lockdown at home for Greek resort confinement | Malay Mail

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RHODES, 13 April — Almost 200 Dutch tourists traded lockdown in the Netherlands for eight days of voluntary confinement in a Greek beach resort, as part of a test to see if safe holidays can be arranged during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I’m very excited,” said Amy Smulders, 25, a graphic...

Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021 05:34 AM MYT

“I’m very excited,” said Amy Smulders, 25, a graphic designer who travelled with her sister, beaming beneath her face mask as she waited for her luggage on Rhodes island on Monday.For €399 each, participants will have “all-inclusive” access to the pool, restaurants and other facilities of theAs well as regular Covid-19 tests and remaining 1.

“It’s very important for people to start coming to us,” said Konstantinos Taraslias, deputy mayor for tourism on Rhodes, Greece’s fourth-biggest island, which caters almost exclusively to foreigners. “For the travel industry it’s extremely important. I don’t think a lot of companies will survive another summer without travelling,” Sunweb Chief Executive Mattijs ten Brink said.Locals on Rhodes had mixed feelings.

 

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