The Acropolis of Athens. Archival photoMOSCOW, July 26There are practically no Russian tourists in Greece this year, Russian Ambassador to Greece Andrey Maslov said. there is practically no Russian tourism in Greece this year,» the ambassador said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel. that all contacts between Russia and Greece have been resetThe Greek tourism industry is suffering huge losses due to the lack of Russian tourists, the ambassador said. the absence of 500 thousand Russian tourists will not affect the Greek economy in any way.I would say that this is an assessment with a political connotation, because what I hear from major Greek tour operators, from hoteliers — they still have a slightly different vision here. I can say that the large hotel chains in Greece, which over the past decades have been largely focused on the Russian market, suffer considerable losses from the absence of Russian tourists,» Maslov said. He added that there are some large hotel complexes that have been completely oriented on Russian tourists and have always appreciated them very much. «And now their absence (of Russian tourists — ed.) This year leads to very large losses. And the reason for the absence of our tourists is clear: there is no direct air connection and the impossibility of using bank cards familiar to us,» the ambassador concluded. fur coats can become a thing of the past due to the lack of Russians
