About 50,000 tourists are stranded in Greece, mainly on islands, after British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed, a Greek tourism ministry official told Reuters on Monday.
The tourists, mainly British, were vacationing on the islands of Zakynthos, Kos, Corfu, Skiathos and Crete, the official said.
“The top priority now is to get them back home,” the official said, declining to be named.
Thomas Cook, one of Britain’s oldest companies, ran hotels, resorts and airlines for 19 million people a year in 16 countries.
The head of Greece’s hotel federation said Thomas Cook’s financial collapse would be a significant blow for hoteliers, since many vacation packages were not prepaid.
