Greece has lost some 250 square kilometers of its beaches in the past 30 years and will see even more of its coastline being swallowed up by rising sea levels, Costas Synolakis, a preeminent authority on the impact of natural hazards, has warned.
REIMAGINE TOURISM IN GREECE
Fifteen years after its controversial debut at the foot of the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, a 226,000-square foot structure of glass and concrete designed by Swiss-American architect Bernard Tschumi, has seen the debate over its design quiet down to near-universal acceptance.
Nikos Efstathiou, an Athens based journalist and author, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the first major heat wave in Greece this summer, and look at how this is impacting everything from daily life in Athens to tourism.
The mayors of Santorini, Serifos and Lefkada have raised the banner of despair over the effects of hypertourism on the sustainability of resources on the Greek islands.
Greece is considering imposing a cap on the number of cruise ships visiting the country’s most popular islands to mitigate the damage from over-tourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with Bloomberg released Friday.
Infrastructure, destination management, investment and competitiveness, employment, and sustainability are the five central priorities for the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).
The UK newspaper explores 16 serene Greek islands offering tranquility, stunning scenery, and authentic experiences away from the crowds.
Greece needs to reduce rampant construction and protect water resources and coastal areas if it wants to maintain a healthy tourism industry across its mountainous mainland and beach-lined islands, the country’s ombudsman said in a report on Thursday.
Preveza has become a tourist attraction for Serbians. According to Leonidas Argyros, deputy mayor of tourism for Preveza, during a recent visit by Serbian journalists organized by CK Strategies, tourist flows from Serbia to Greece increased by 15% in 2023.
In One & Only Aesthesis, a project worth €300 million in Glyfada which began operation in late 2023, occupancy in the summer is 100%.
Syrna is not an island you can just go to. It lies practically alone in the north Karpathian Sea, southeast of Astypalaia, with just five tiny islets to keep it company.
Astypalaia (also spelled Astypalea) has not lost its charm. At the end of spring, this Dodecanese island is still lush and green.
An itinerant workshop of builders, architects, engineers and others specializing in traditional construction methods and materials are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Europa Nostra heritage awards for their work in restoring vestiges of Greece’s vernacular infrastructure and architecture.
The real question for the Mediterranean and, by extension, Greece, is not whether the coming summer will be hotter than last year’s, but whether it will be cooler than the previous one. If, that is, the increasingly high temperatures that have been recorded for several years in a row represent a passing climate disturbance or are a systematic trend.
The government’s decision to expand interventions in the short-term rental market, especially in Athens, seems definitive, following the new statements Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made on Wednesday.
Greece has once again secured its position as a top destination for pristine beaches, maintaining its second-place ranking globally in the coveted Blue Flag awards for 2024.
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