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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Helena Smith in Athens

‘Everywhere jam-packed’: mayor of Santorini warns of overtourism crisis

White and yellow buildings with blue sea and sky in background
The Greek island of Santorini has more hotel beds per square metre than any other Greek tourist destination apart from Kos and Rhodes. Photograph: VW Pics/VWPics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Santorini, the island so Instagrammable it has become Greece’s most popular destination, will not be able to “save itself” if runaway development – the most tangible effect of overtourism – is not instantly curbed, the mayor has warned.

With more than 3.4 million tourists expected to visit the Cycladic hotspot this year, Nikos Zorzos called for urgent action to stop a construction spree that risks spurring the island’s ruination.

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