{"id":117865,"date":"2021-03-21T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T13:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/greece-opens-the-tourist-season-in-mid-may\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:07:00","slug":"greece-opens-the-tourist-season-in-mid-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/greece-opens-the-tourist-season-in-mid-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece opens the tourist season in mid-May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greece opens the tourist season in mid-May<\/p>\n<p>Present in Bucharest, the Greek Minister of Tourism, Charis Theocharis, declared that Greece will officially open the tourist season on May 14, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Romania is the first country he is visiting after finalizing the season&#8217;s opening plan.<\/p>\n<p>To enter Greece, tourists must meet one of three conditions: either present a negative test, proof of vaccination, or have recovered from the illness and present an antibody test.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, tourists may be randomly tested at the border with rapid tests, and those who test positive will quarantine in a hotel in Greece, with accommodation costs covered by the Greek side. As with last year, children under 10 do not require testing.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>When does the 2021 tourist season officially open in Greece?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tourist season in Greece officially opens on May 14, 2021, as announced by the Greek Minister of Tourism during his visit to Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the entry requirements for tourists visiting Greece?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tourists must provide one of the following: a negative COVID-19 test, proof of vaccination, or an antibody test proving recovery from the virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who covers the costs if a tourist tests positive upon arrival?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a tourist tests positive during random border testing, they will be quarantined in a Greek hotel with accommodation costs covered by the Greek government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece opens the tourist season in mid-May Present in Bucharest, the Greek Minister of Tourism, Charis Theocharis, declared that Greece will officially open the tourist season on May 14, 2021. &nbsp; He stated that Romania is the first country he is visiting after finalizing the season&#8217;s opening plan. To enter Greece, tourists must meet one&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":87670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[118,406],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-117865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-grecia","tag-sezon-turistic"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117865"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=117865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}