We couldn't even see the children because we weren't vaccinated," he said, referring to his granddaughters whom he took for a stroll. Yorgos Fragkakis, a retired seaman and the mayor's father, said he could not recall such a testing time in his 74 years. Locals fear that without tourists, Halki's handful of cafes and tavernas will struggle.
On Halki, with its postcard-perfect seafront town of pastel-coloured homes, a tourism season of six to eight months helps it get through the rough winter, Mayor Angelos Fragkakis said.ĭespite the worst tourism year in decades for Greece in 2020, Halki enjoyed a good season with many Greeks choosing small island getaways.īut this year, as the number of new infections continues to rise, no one can say how the summer will unfold. Syros: a year-round population, non-touristy shops and a vibrant cultural life make for a fascinating insight into the local lifestyle. Astypalea: the kind of Greek idyll those who know the country well dream of escaping to. "Greece is thinking big by vaccinating the small islands first, to make these secluded paradises safe," said George Hatzimarkos, the governor of Greece's most popular region, the south Aegean. Kythira: birthplace of Aphrodite, this island off the southern Peloponnese lives up to the goddess’s name. Residents on many far-flung islands scattered across the Aegean Sea, where populations are old and doctors scarce, have been inoculated as Greece rolls out vaccinations to islands with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants ahead of a formal opening of the tourism season on May 15.
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