Greek officials say the majority of wildfires affecting tourist destinations were started by "human hands"

The wildfires began two weeks ago

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Greek officials say the majority of wildfires affecting tourist destinations were started by "human hands".

Nearly 700 fires broke out across the country in recent weeks, leaving thousands of people stranded.

Travel operator, Tui who cancelled outgoing flights earlier this week, says it's restarting services to Rhodes today.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR CUSTOMERS WITH UPCOMING HOLIDAYS TO THE SOUTH OF RHODES

Travel Alerts - https://t.co/hH7bWpdi3P
TUI Care Foundation - https://t.co/xRO6v6wH7N pic.twitter.com/xDz6jdhDtl

— tuiuk (@TUIUK) July 27, 2023

Helen Massimo was supposed to be going on holiday on Monday, but her flight's been scrapped.

"Especially with young children, they've learned to count down to the holiday date so it's been really hard to explain to them. We've shown them little clips of what has happened but it's super disappointing"