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Greek Tourism Buckles Under Pressure of Strikes and Fuel Shortage

by Tanya Thomas on August 03, 2010 at 10:38 AM Lifestyle News

Disaster has struck Greece's crucial tourism industry at the peak of a summer season badly needed by its recession-hit economy with a national fuel shortage compounding weeks of on-off work unrest.

Greek Tourism Buckles Under Pressure of Strikes and Fuel Shortage

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A strike wave against austerity policies, a violent May protest in which three people died in a firebombed bank and unionist action targeting cruise ships and flights have made for a calamitous season, operators say.

And additional disruption caused to tens of thousands of travellers by the fuel holdup caused by a trucker walkout could not have come at a worse time for a sector which makes up nearly a fifth of the troubled Greek economy.

"The situation is absurd... we face a barrage of cancellations," said Andreas Andreadis, chairman of the Panhellenic Hotel Confederation.

The strike came as thousands of Greeks embarked on vacation with many of them unsure whether they would be able to return.

"I'm going to the island of Lefkada but I don't know whether I'll be back, maybe I'll have to leave my car behind," said one motorist filling up at a gas station.

A broad range of businesses from tourism car rentals to fruit growers were badly hit by the trucker protest which began last Sunday against plans by the government to liberalise the tightly-controlled freight sector.

The truckers on Friday decided to maintain their protest, ignoring warnings by the government that strikers who continue to defy the law would be prosecuted and that their operating licenses could be forfeit.

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