![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/brits-being-offered-free-week-long-holidays-to-rhodes-in-2024-to-make-up-for-wildfire-carnage-says-greek-pm/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/beautiful-st-pauls-bay-rhodes-789441629.jpg&description=HOLS OFFER Brits being offered free week-long holidays to Rhodes in 2024 to make up for wildfire carnage, says Greek PM BRITS are being offered free holidays on Rhodes in 2024 to make up for the chaos from the devastating wildfires. More than 20,000 holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee last month as the raging inferno swept across the popular Greek holiday island. 4 Rhodes is one of the most popular Greek holiday destinations for Brits Credit: Getty Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted the island is now "back to normal" . And he has now offered free week-long holidays next year to anyone who was forced to cut their trip short. Mitsotakis told ITV: "For all of those whose holidays were cut short as a result of the wildfires, the Greek government... will offer one week of free holidays on Rhodes next spring or next fall, so we make sure they come back to the island and enjoy its natural beauty." The PM said the Greek authorities "understand it caused some inconvenience for visitors". Islanders are now battling to reopen hotels to get tourists back to the island - one of the main drivers of the economy. The fierce blaze broke out on July 18 in Rhodes and quickly spread to the eastern and southern coast - an area with many beach resorts. Greek officials said it was the biggest evacuation effort the country had ever faced. The flames burned for nearly a week as Greece was battered by a spell of extreme heat that made it challenging to contain the blaze. Extraordinary scenes showed columns of holidaymakers carrying their luggage and children while trying to escape. Fleeing Brits spent nights in makeshift camps across the island - with young kids forced to sleep on mattresses in classrooms and gyms. New aerial images show stretches of empty beaches surrounded by miles of burned land and trees. The fire scorched swathes of forest and made its way into villages and towns - spreading to at many hotels packed with tourists on their summer holidays. Brit){kind=link}
BRITS are being offered free holidays on Rhodes in 2024 to make up for the chaos from the devastating wildfires.
More than 20,000 holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee last month as the raging inferno swept across the popular Greek holiday island.
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted the island is now “back to normal” .
And he has now offered free week-long holidays next year to anyone who was forced to cut their trip short.
Mitsotakis told ITV: “For all of those whose holidays were cut short as a result of the wildfires, the Greek government… will offer one week of free holidays on Rhodes next spring or next fall, so we make sure they come back to the island and enjoy its natural beauty.”