ATHENS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - About 50,000 tourists are
stranded in Greece, mainly on islands, as a result of British
travel firm Thomas Cook's collapse, a Greek tourism ministry
official told Reuters on Monday.
The tourists, mainly British, were vacationing in the
islands of Zakynthos, Kos, Corfu, Skiathos and Crete, the
official said.
"The top priority now is to get them back home," the
official said, declining to be named.
Thomas Cook, one of Britain's oldest companies, ran hotels,
resorts and airlines for 19 million people a year in 16
countries.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou, writing by George
Georgiopoulos)