ECONOMY

Lesvos visitors at a record low this August

Lesvos visitors at a record low this August

Mytilini airport data showed on Monday that last month was the worst August on record for Lesvos tourism.

The island that has been flooded with refugees and migrants in the last year received just 8,078 passengers on 58 charter flights.

Last year Lesvos had received 124 charter flights with 16,588 passengers.

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