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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Greece tourism at record high amid alarm over environmental cost

With 32 million visitors expected this year, fears grow that the country cannot cope Greece is braced for another bumper year. The tourists will not stop coming. For every one of its citizens, three foreign visitors – 32 million in total – will arrive in 2018, more than at any other time since records began. Tourist numbers have increased by an additional 2 million every year for the past three years. Arrivals from China alone have doubled since 2017. But with forecasts predicting record numbers over the next decade, a growing number of Greeks are asking: can Greece really cope? Continue reading...


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