Arrivals to Greece are proceeding smoothly, with few cancellations, but new bookings have not been entered in hotel booking systems so far, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, told Greek SKAI TV on Monday night.

Long queues are the rule outside nearly 1,000 banks serving pensioners without bank cards who may withdraw up to 120 euros from their pensions.

Travel industry giant TUI on Monday sent a message of confidence in Greece and the Greek tourist product, while presenting its winter programme to German journalists in Chania, Crete.