Article 6M05Y Greece launches ‘free’ holidays for tourists who fled 2023 Rhodes wildfires

Greece launches ‘free’ holidays for tourists who fled 2023 Rhodes wildfires

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Helena Smith in Athens and Rachel Hall
from World news | The Guardian on (#6M05Y)

Up to 25,000 holidaymakers, mainly from Britain, in line for vouchers to cover a week's hotel stay

It has required new legislation and navigation of copious red tape but nine months after wildfires devastated Rhodes, Greece has launched the first free" holidays for thousands of tourists forced to flee the island.

In a decision tourism officials call a world first, up to 25,000 affected holidaymakers will, as of this week, be eligible for compensation.

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