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  Which Greek island is best for digital nomads? Consider this, though: if you get yourself all the way to Mykonos, do you really want to spend your time working there? I once did (though a spell of bad weather helped, as the beach wasn't an option) and later regretted /rɪˈɡret/  it. Remember that Mykonos is just one of hundreds of Greek islands, and probably not one where you'd want to spend a winter unless you find poetry /ˈpəʊətri/  in shuttered up shops and beach clubs. For year-round sun there are plenty of other places like Syros, with its cosmopolitan island capital of Ermoupoli, dreamy Corfu and the largest Greek island, Crete. Some  smaller Greek islands like Astypalea , which is shaped like a butterfly that landed in the middle of the Aegean Sea, have even before the pandemic been courting  a savvier sort of traveller that stays longer . The island's mayor /meə(r)/ , Nikos Komineas, recently  said in the Greek press  that "incentives will be ...

Greece is one of the first European countries to reopen for tourism. Tourists desperate /ˈdespərət/  for a holiday have wasted no time in   getting over there . But this shouldn't put you off. The beauty of Greece is its hundreds of islands where overtourism isn't a problem. Even better, some of them are already   covid-free . But with the flexibility in working location that the pandemic has brought, why stop at a holiday? Especially when the Greek government are incentivising digital nomads to work from the Hellenic country. Greece is working to bring more digital nomads to its islands Thanks to legislation /ˌledʒɪsˈleɪʃn/  passed in the Greek Parliament last year, digital nomads who come to Greece can take advantage of a 50 percent tax break for the first seven years. Ostensibly those are Greek taxes we're talking about, which is something to consider. You should of course check out tax laws in relation to your individual situation. Why do countries want digital n...