Hello everyone from Athens, Greece
I took the chance to make this post and addressing catamaran co-owners and charter companies who maybe read and participate in this great Group regarding the measurements that every country they belong to has taken to protect those businesses after the covid-19 virus wound in our industry.
As I mention I am writing from Athens, Greece. We own a small company with 2 catamarans and we provide day charters in the area.?
I and my colleagues are making plans and projections and the statistics are not that good. Our company oriented in the US customers seems that it is not going to have guests in the upcoming season due to all the mess caused by the virus in the United States.
On the other hand, the marina costs, maintenance, payrolls, office, loans, and general expenses keep running.
The government has only issued an allowance of 800 euros just for the employees and only for a month, without counting all the above costs the companies have to counter. There are also some ideas to subtract the number of passengers per boat to 1/3 for social distancing.
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To sum up, I am really interested in learning how corresponding governments treat the local companies and maybe suggestions and your thoughts on how you think we should encounter the problems in the tourism industry for the next months and maybe years.
BR
Mike
Michail Karantakis