A new round of inspections by the Environment Ministry began on Mykonos a few days ago, focusing on large coastal businesses on the island that had been checked for planning violations in mid-April.
REIMAGINE TOURISM IN GREECE
The illumination of the castle town of Monemvasia, southern Greece has divided locals, with some saying the project will highlight the landscape and monuments, while others insist it will alter the area’s character and increase its touristification.
Authorities on the island of Mykonos, southern Greece, demolished on Thursday a small structure built illegally on a beach on the northern coast.
The dynamic growth of Greek tourism, driven in recent years by luxury resorts and five-star city hotels, is now spreading to smaller hotel units as well.
The president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) and Electra Hotels & Resorts CEO and co-owner Yiannis Retsos expects a historic high in travel receipts in 2023.
Real Estate group Grivalia Hospitality has its hands full developing high-end, luxury hospitality projects in Greece and beyond.
The operation of the popular Principote beach club on the island of Mykonos has been suspended after a unanimous decision by an extraordinary meeting of the Municipality of Mykonos’ Quality of Life Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
The state is looking to execute demolition orders on the popular island of Mykonos which were finalized in previous years.
The sustainability of tourism on the Greek islands is being questioned as the number of tourist beds is as much as three or four times greater than the number of permanent residents.
The Supreme Court has sent a memo to Greece’s prosecutors sounding the alarm over the “plight” of the country’s shorelines and urging them to crack down, to the fullest extent of the law, on violations where the public character of beaches is being threatened.
Local residents and businesses on Sifnos are backing a letter recently sent by the municipality to three ministries, calling for a ban on swimming pools, underground buildings, the alteration of the island’s architectural heritage and the destruction of paths.
In the latest twist in the Mykonos saga, a new Environment Ministry legislative provision stipulates that if the Principote and Nammos bars on the island demolish all of their illegal structures by early May, they will pay a minuscule fine of just 500 euros instead of the millions first envisaged.
The owners of the Principote beach club in Panormos on the island of Mykonos started work on Monday to remove some of the illegal constructions for which they have been fined 22.2 million euros.
As summer approaches and cruise ships have begun to make their appearance en masse in Greece, the experts who speak of a disproportionately high negative impact on the environment, infrastructure and destinations in relation to the revenue they leave are increasing.
Expressing its deep concern “about the destruction of its cultural heritage,” the Municipality of Sifnos has become the first in the Cyclades island chain to ask the state to stop the construction of cave houses, ban private swimming pools and enforce stricter measures to protect it from dizzying tourist development.
Tourism traffic this Easter is expected to break the record for the holidays, even surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
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