With plexiglass barriers, Greece's Santorini island wants visitors to return

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With plexiglass barriers, Greece's Santorini island wants visitors to return
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There is a new addition at a bar on Santorini. The beach lounge chairs are surrounded by plexiglass screens, a precaution against coronavirus once the island starts getting visitors again.

A view of Oia, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, on the island of Santorini, Greece, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Businesses on Greece’s most popular holiday island are adopting all kinds of hygiene measures, anxious for the season to start. Vice President of the Santorini Hotel Association Andreas Patiniotis said bookings in June last year were at 70%, while at the moment it hovers at 30% at most. He acknowledges things will not be easy.

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