SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) – There is a new addition at a bar on Santorini. The beach lounge chairs are surrounded by plexiglass screens, a precaution against coronavirus once the island starts getting visitors again. Beach bar owner Charlie Chahine says he does not like it, but if that is the way it has to be for tourists to return, then that is what he is doing.
“We hope these constructions you see are not going to be the future for beaches. We don’t want this, but if this is necessary, and if this is what people’s safety depends on, such construction or any such construction – we (just) want to work, we want to get going,” said Chahine.
Businesses on Greece’s most popular holiday island are adopting all kinds of hygiene measures, anxious for the season to start. They are aware they will have already missed months of business if the country opens to tourists in July, as the government has forecast as the country eases lockdown measures that began on March 23.
Source: Reuters.com
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