Greece and its tourists are painting very different pictures of the 'chaos'
Greece defaulted last night as it failed to make its €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) payment to the International Monetary Fund - and Greeks are panicking.
Immediately following Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' shock referendum announcement at the weekend, the government shut the country's banks and restricted ATM withdrawals until July 6, to stop Greeks bleeding the banks dry. However, it also led to locals stockpiling food and fuel, leaving many supermarkets empty and petrol stations without a drop of gas available.
Several days later - and the situation has not changed.
#Greek supermarket today. Thoughts and prayers with our beautiful country. #voteyes #Greece pic.twitter.com/xVOoYiGGKv
Reality of recent turn of events in #Greece, supermarket shelves are emptying.#GreeceCrisis#capitalcontrols pic.twitter.com/IXXm3eDQza
- The Greek Plight (@GreekPlight) June 30, 2015
Supermarket in # Greece didn't appreciate concept of its 500 employees to stand in line for withdrawing €60/day. It paid all the 500 in cash
Meanwhile, the Greek Embassy has been sending out emails reassuring people it's safe for tourists to visit despite the current bailout crisis.
Yorgos Dardavillas, the press officer at the Greek Embassy in London, said in an email yesterday: "The tourists who are already here and those who are planning to come, will not be affected in any way by the events and will continue to enjoy their holiday in Greece with absolutely no problem."
And it seems tourists are doing just that.
Bought my own #craftbeer in a local supermarket that wasn't empty. Paid waiter and am now drinking in hotel. #Greece pic.twitter.com/7OmeTkB3Yd
And now, some would-be Greece tourists are panicking.
HELP!... Going to fly to Santorini, Greece on Friday. What should we do? Cancel the holiday or risk it all? #GreeceCrisis #greece #holiday
While others are ignoring concerns.
Just booked a holiday to Greece for Thursday ?? pic.twitter.com/eAsYhyXNIu
- Josh James (@boqerbmx) June 30, 2015
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