Greek tourism minister Harry Theoharis said the current restrictions on travellers from most UK airports meant it would be difficult for the majority of holidaymakers from Britain wanting to take a trip to the European country.
Bar from a handful of airport – including London Southend, Bristol and Edinburgh – travellers would face a testing and quarantine arrangement when arriving in Greece until the UK’s coronavirus situation improves, he confirmed.
Mr Theoharis told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “For the rest of the airports, testing is mandatory and for a certain amount of days you wait for the test results.
“If it is a negative result, then it is effectively a self-imposed quarantine of seven days but you can go ahead to your destination.
“If, however, it is a positive result then it is a supervised quarantine for longer than seven days.”
He added: “It does mean that there is an inconvenience in the first few days.
“That’s why this is not going to be for the masses. It has to mean you have more time.”
