The launch of the ‘Rodos Week’ platform, through which guests displaced from their hotels in Rhodes due to last July’s fires can secure free stay for up to seven days in a hotel of the same category.

According British media seriesalready tat least 5,000 interested parties have registered to claim the voucher worth up to 500 euroswhich shows the particularly great interest that exists on the “big island” for holidays in Rhodes and in Greece in general, while demand is expected to increase in the coming months.

In many publications it is noted that Frthis is the first case in the world where a country offers this type of compensation to travelers affected by a natural disaster.

“From this week, thousands of British holidaymakers are entitled to compensation, as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised last year“, states in her electronic publication the “Independent”referring to the large information campaign carried out last year by the Greek government, especially in the British market, to ensure that visitors who were unable to enjoy their holidays due to the fires would have a strong incentive to return under different conditions to the Isle of Knights.

Greece is “the first country in the world” to offer such a service, noted the general secretary of Tourism Policy and Development Myron Fleuris to the “Guardian”.while many publications precisely point out that there is no precedent regarding the choice of Greece to offer vouchers to the affected tourists.

“Greece is offering free holidays to Britons evacuated during the Rhodes fires“, she says in her online publication “Mirror”. Its title is the same Daily Starwhile Sun in the title it has the pun “Isle be there”, meaning to say “I’ll be on the island”. “Greece gives vouchers for hotels to those who moved away from the fires”, writes the BBC. Similar texts are available on many other informative sites.

“”Rodos Week” is the idea of ​​Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the hoteliers in Rhodes,” the Daily Mail website points out, which recalls that a large part of the travelers who were forced to leave their rooms last summer were British and that the initiative was announced by Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a broadcast of the British television station ITV.

It is recalled that the beneficiaries of “Rodos Week” are all adults who stayed in Rhodes hotels that were vacated in July 2023. Those interested must submit their application at https://vouchers.gov.gr/gr/rodos-week and they can use the voucher either during the current spring season, until May 31, or between October 1 and November 15. Depending on the category of the hotel and the type of room, 300 to 500 euros will be credited.

After the records of 2023, Greek tourism seems to have entered 2024 with acquired speed, as in January arrivals increased by 16% compared to the corresponding month of last year, while the average expenditure per trip was boosted by 9, 7%, according to data from the Bank of Greece.