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WHILE I sympathise with the views shared by Sunvil Holidays’ Noel Josephides, with regards to a lot of nonsense being bandied around about Greece and its exit from the euro (“Comment: Tourists left bewildered by Greek speculation”,
ttgdigital.com), much of it is perpetuated and fuelled by a euro- sceptic British media and an equally euro-sceptic public. Nothing too surprising observing them enjoying all this scaremongering, and the “told-you-so” points of view. However, it does concern me that some of my clients, in high- flying positions in the City and
Emails, Tweets, Facebook, web comments and your opinions – what the travel trade is saying this week
COMMENT OF THE WEEK
Clients avoid Greece over travel worries
particularly in the the banking sector, have requested we arrange their family holidays, but indicated it best to exclude Greece – at least for now. We can try to dissuade them by
using the points made by Josephides, but the truth is the following: it’s not just the concern with Greece exiting the euro or not, but more to do with the risk of disruptions that may occur while holidaying or wishing to
holiday in Greece. They do not want to be caught up in the middle of so much uncertainty and overall potential travel confusion. There is little we can do when this is their view and opinion. We can try to assure them, but being cautious may just be the less bothersome option right now.
Helder Lemos Gallivant Travel
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