Greece debt crisis: Advice for foreign tourists

More than a million British holidaymakers will be heading to Greece this summer, and as the debt crisis unfolds many will naturally be feeling nervous about how it could affect them.

The country's banks are shut and there are restrictions on how much Greeks can withdraw from banks.

But credit and bank cards issued abroad can be used at functioning cash machines freely - subject to queues and the amount of cash in them.

Gillian Edwards, from the Association of British Travel Agents, spoke to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, and said tourists should consider taking enough cash to cover the entire duration of their holiday.

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