ATHENS – The tourists are back in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic after health measures were eased to lure them, but the workers who serve them aren't, jobs going begging in the industry.
With reports there are some 55,000 vacancies among cooks, chefs, waiters, and cleaners and other help, th
ANDROS, Greece After a long lockdown winter, the beaches of this island are finally filling up again.
At Zorkos beach, a packed strip of scorching sand on the northeastern part of Andros, vacationers lined up by a small wooden bar, their bathing suits still dripping. It was Orthodox Whit Monday, the end of a three-day weekend that traditionally marks the first island getaway for many Greeks.
For islands like Andros, that weekend in mid-June also gave a first glimpse of what this year s summer would look like and things seemed promising.
At the Zorkos bar, bartender Vassiliki Giannoulopoulou was already running out of various spirits and beer by the early afternoon. Happily, his guests didn t mind switching to gin, of which he still had plenty.
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