Tourists visit the Parthenon at the Acropolis archaeological site in Athens, Greece. (Source: Reuters) In order to attract tourists back to the beautiful islands, Greece has sent the country’s Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis 3 days to the UK to convince one of the biggest tourist markets of “ The land of myths .” According to the announcement of Greece, Minister Theoharis will meet with British Foreign Secretary Nigel Adams to discuss the tourism market in the context that Greece is gradually easing travel restrictions. It is expected that Mr. Theoharis will also work with British Airways, EasyJet and Jet2 – airlines that have regular flights to Greece. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, there were about 3.5 million British tourists on vacation in Greece and now the country wants to attract visitors from “The Land of the Mist”. blind” returns to the beautiful Greek islands in the coming months after gradually easing restrictions and blockade measures that have been imposed for months to combat the COVID-19 epidemic. Tourism contributes a quarter of the Greek government’s annual revenue, and Athens wants to convince tour operators that the country is safe to visit. Earlier, on May 10, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after talks with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, emphasized that Athens is one of the first capitals of the EU, along with Madrid, to support the idea of ​​a “vaccination certificate” to allow the resumption of tourism. Despite imposing a partial blockade since November 7 last year, Greece is still recording more than 1,500 cases COVID-19 /day, mainly in Athens, in which there are dozens of deaths and hospitals are always overloaded. In order to restart tourism, which has fallen into stagnation, since the beginning of April, the country has gradually reopened non-essential shops and cafes. On May 10, all schools were allowed to reopen after 6 months of closure. Under the new rules, students and teachers will have to self-test for the virus twice a week. Nearly a month ago, the 7-day quarantine rule was lifted for all visitors from the EU, the US, UK , Israel, Serbia, United Arab Emirates and some other countries. However, the UK has so far ranked Greece on the “amber travel list,” meaning Britons returning home from Greece must undergo at least five days of quarantine. At the highest level, the “travel red list” requires returnees to be isolated for 10 days.

The customer has two basic choices of chicken and beef. However, a special feature of this “winged restaurant” service is that customers will be able to dine on the airline’s aircraft with high-class service. The price to enjoy a meal above is about 391 pounds (540 USD). This new service will help “crazy legged” travelers get the feeling of eating on the plane again on trips that have been constrained by the Covid-19 epidemic since last year. All Nippon Airlines (ANA) serves first-class meals on board for up to $ 540 per person. Photo: Getty Images. All Nippon Airways ‘passengers’ can choose from first-class seats for 59,800 yen (540 USD) meals, or business class for 29,800 yen (270 USD). The “restaurant” is the Boeing-777 currently parked at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. In addition, passengers can choose between meals before meals, and can request for Japanese or international cuisine. Main courses include grilled charcoal fish with saikyo miso soup, stewed beef and tofu; Wagyu beef with Kobe wine mustard; or sauteed sea bass with biscuits served with sake, plum wine or Krug champagne. Mr. Yosuke Kimoto (42 years old) and his son (14 years old) decided to try ANA’s business class meal. “Business class is significantly different from Economy Class in terms of both food and seats. Very spacious, the seats recline like a bed,” he said. The source said the airline will offer 22 lunch and dinner meals this month, each lasting about three hours. Alternatively, customers can pick up a comfort kit and use the airline lounge at the domestic terminal in Haneda. Despite the hefty price tag, the airline meal service is surprisingly welcome. Photo: Getty Images. In-flight meals were surprisingly welcome. ANA has sold 264,000 aircraft meals since December of last year and posted sales of £ 1.3 billion ($ 1.8 billion) as of March 12. Many dishes are out of stock within minutes. All Nippon Airways is not the first airline to implement such an in-flight meal initiative. Earlier, Singapore Airlines began serving meals on two A380 wide-body jets parked at Changi Airport in Singapore. Although the price is quite expensive up to 500 USD, tickets are quickly sold out in less than half an hour. Economy class meals are more affordable, averaging $ 41.5 per person. British Airways also offers first-class meals starting at $ 110, delivered home. Similarly, Finnish national carrier Finnair has also launched a plan to serve business class meals at a supermarket near Helsinki international airport since October last year.