Brits impacted by Rhodes wildfires to be offered 'free week-long holidays'

After wildfires spread across large parts of the south of the island, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek prime minister, told ITV’s Good Morning Britain the country’s government will offer free one-week breaks to the island next spring or autumn to those whose holidays were cut short. 

"For all of those whose holidays were cut short as a result of the wildfires, the Greek government – in cooperation with the local authorities – will offer one week of free holidays on Rhodes next spring and next fall, so that we make sure that they come back to the island and that they enjoy its natural beauty," he reportedly said. 

Around 20,000 tourists were evacuated from resorts in the south of the island and placed in emergency shelters set up in schools and public buildings, including Designer Travel’s Darren Bien.