Cancellations in hotel reservations throughout Greece is an everyday phenomenon, even in this period, said the President of the Greek Hoteliers Federation Yannis Retsos during a meeting on Thursday with the press.

Retsos said that May has been lost for the resorts and now the hope is that the new government will succeed in sending a message of stability abroad in order that "the match will be saved in the last minute". Greece has already lost 2 million tourists and the projection for 2012 is "a roll of the dice".

At the same moment the tourist product of Athens is only counting its wounds and the tourist world is speaking of a collapse in arrivals and revenues.

Twenty five hotels in Athens have shut down while others are suspending their operation and others are becoming seasonal hotels. Referring to the working positions in the sector, in May 2011 jobs dropped to 11,000 marking a 30 percent decline compared with May 2008 (14,000 working positions).