The Department of Foreign Affairs is urging people not to travel to parts of Greece affected by wildfires. Thousands have been evacuated to safety from the islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Evia.
The Irish Travel Agents Association says most Irish tourists currently in Rhodes are staying in northern resorts which are largely unaffected.
President of the Organisation, Paul Hackett, says beaches in Corfu have also been evacuated. "We're getting reports of last night of evacuations from one of the beaches in the north of the island, we have no other reports of any resorts or hotels being evacuated at this stage," he explained.
"In terms of the volume of Irish consumers in Corfu, Aer Lingus has two flights a week, Ryan Air has two flights a week and TUI has two flights a week, so in the order of 1,000 to 1,200 Irish people on the island at any given time and just to give that context there's 300 flights a week to Spain."
