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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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John Psaropoulos

Tourism’s dark side: Are those who love Greece killing it?

Tourists take selfies as they visit the Acropolis in Athens, Greece [File: Costas Baltas/Reuters]

Athens, Greece – Shortly after the conservative New Democracy party came to power in Greece in 2019, computer scientist Nikos Larisis left his job in the Netherlands and repatriated to the Mediterranean country for a salary worth a third of the 9,000 euros ($9,500) he was making per month.

He appeared to vindicate New Democracy’s pledge to bring back about half a million educated young workers who had fled the country’s economic depression from 2010 to 2018.

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