Thomas Bareiss
Top Turkish, German officials meet in Berlin to talk safe tourism
Top Turkish and German tourism and economic officials met in Berlin on Thursday to discuss ways to promote safe and reliable travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Twitter, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Turkey's culture and tourism minister, shared a photo of their meeting at the German Federal Economic Affairs and Energy Ministry.
Turkey calls on Germany to lift travel warning
Turkish foreign minister on June 12 called on Germany to lift travel warning for Turkey.
Speaking to German weekly Der Spiegel, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu commented on Germany's decision to lift travel warning for EU countries while extending it for all other countries until Aug. 31.
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German official hopeful for summer holidays in Turkey
Germany is in talks with Ankara over measures that could make it possible for German tourists to travel to Turkey for summer holidays, a senior government official said on June 4.
‘Greece is doing a great job,’ says German tourism official
When he was appointed to the job in 2018, Thomas Bareiss, a deputy minister at the Department of the Economy and Energy and Germany's commissioner for tourism, probably didn't expect it to be quite so challenging.
German tourism official says ‘do not write off’ Greece for holidays
Germany's federal commissioner for tourism, Thomas Bareiss, expressed optimism on Wednesday that Germans will be able to enjoy summer holidays in other European countries "where infection numbers are also developing favorably."