This project is the result of a cooperation between the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Ministry of Tourism. The aim of the three partners is to actively support the tourism sector in Greece, in order to recover as quickly as possible from the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest crisis that Greek and global tourism has ever experienced. In the past two years, many support measures have been implemented for businesses, employees and households, and billions of euros have been spent by the Greek Government and the European Union to bail the economy out.

However, these have been mostly emergency measures and have either already ended or will come to an end in the coming months. This raises the question for the day after, given that:

• The impact of the pandemic on tourism and the economy as a whole remains noticeable and most businesses have yet to recover from the effects of COVID-19.

• New problems have arisen for the Greek economy and especially for tourism due to the events in the Black Sea region combined with soaring fuel costs and high inflation.

As the emergency measures of the past two years are nearing the end, it is important to launch the next support actions that Greek tourism needs direly, which is what three partners try to approach with this project. The method selected is to propose a roadmap, which will guide the Greek tourism stakeholders and more specifically (1) tourism businesses, (2) tourism collective bodies and (3) the competent Ministry of Tourism in the implementation of a set of actions.