{"id":118571,"date":"2020-05-17T21:16:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T18:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/greece-may-require-coronavirus-test-for-entry\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:57:31","slug":"greece-may-require-coronavirus-test-for-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/greece-may-require-coronavirus-test-for-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece May Require Coronavirus Test for Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"Greece May Require Coronavirus Test for Entry\n\n\n<p>The Secretary of State within the Ministry of Economy who leads the General Directorate of Tourism, Razvan Pirjol, announced that Greece will request tourists to present a coronavirus test upon entry into the country, which they have taken before leaving their country of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He specified that the new procedure was communicated to him during a conversation he had with the Minister of Tourism of Greece and emphasized that the details of the process have not been finalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had a discussion with the Minister of Tourism of Greece, but equally with the Minister of Tourism of France, and I am to follow up with the Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria. The conclusions are that everyone wants a reopening as quickly as possible, but somewhat in as unified a manner as possible, both in terms of health safety measures and operating standards, as well as reopening dates. I believe it is essential that for the health standards adopted by all states, we still have a vision as close and common as possible, because this will also give an international traveler the security of knowing that regardless of the destination, they will find the same health safety conditions,\u201d stated Razvan Pirjol, according to Agerpres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary of State estimated that Romanians will be able to engage in tourism outside the country starting in June-July, provided the pandemic regresses.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3><strong>Will I need a COVID test to enter Greece?<\/strong><p>According to Romanian officials, Greece plans to require a negative coronavirus test performed in the country of origin before arrival.<\/p><strong>When will international tourism resume for Romanians?<\/strong><p>Estimates suggest that travel abroad could resume in June or July, depending on the evolution of the pandemic.<\/p><strong>Are these measures final?<\/strong><p>No, the specific details and procedures are still being finalized through discussions between European tourism ministers to ensure a unified approach.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece May Require Coronavirus Test for Entry The Secretary of State within the Ministry of Economy who leads the General Directorate of Tourism, Razvan Pirjol, announced that Greece will request tourists to present a coronavirus test upon entry into the country, which they have taken before leaving their country of origin. He specified that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[118],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-grecia"],"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\/118571","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=118571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118571"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}