Post-Covid tourism hopes buoyed by deal between Greece, Cyprus and Israel
by Helena Smith in Athens from World news | The Guardian on (#5E76B)
Accords letting people with vaccine certificates travel hailed as step towards normality
Accords between Greece, Cyprus and Israel allowing citizens with Covid-19 vaccination certificates to travel unimpeded between the three countries have been hailed as a possible first step towards normalising tourism during the next phase of the pandemic.
The prospect of people being able to move freely in the age of coronavirus received a concrete boost last week when the deal was the centrepiece of a visit to Jerusalem by the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. After signing the agreement with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader suggested similar accords could soon be in the offing.
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