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Greece urges cruise lines to do more to tackle mass tourism

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Sophie Griffiths
7 November 2024

Greece is appealing to cruise lines to work together more closely to prevent overtourism at popular ports.

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Despite a slow start, agency chiefs are confident cruise sales will improve now (Credit: iStock)

It comes as the country refocuses its efforts to disperse tourists and encourage visitors to Greece throughout the year rather than in just the summer months and the shoulder seasons.

Secretary general Andreas N Fiorentinos insisted to TTG that while Greece doesn’t yet consider overtourism an issue for the country, it was already working on plans to prevent it, accelerated by a €300 million fund focusing on new infrastructure – including the construction of a new port in Santorini.