THIS is the alarming moment tourists at a Brit holiday hotspot are ordered to leap from their ferry into the sea. The baffled group clutched onto belongings as they made the jump before wading through the neck-deep water. After the sunseekers arrived in a popular Greek lagoon their ferry ride took a dramatic turn for the worse when the crew instructed them to disembark the boat far away from land.
Shocking video footage shows the chain of confused holidaymakers wading through crystal clear waters in pursuit of the shore. They desperately try to keep their bags dry, holding them above their heads as they make their way to the beach in Crete. The gaggle were forced to enter the water after officials banned the use of a floating platform due to fears of overtourism, local reports said.
But following authorities' viewing of the footage, they have agreed to install a platform next week. A platform would have helped the passengers leave the ferry with far less hassle - but instead, swarms of tourists, both old and young, found themselves having to swim to get to land. With the help of a rope and ferry crew, the passengers were sent out of the hatch and into the dazzling sea to reach the shore.
The reason behind the passengers having to disembark the ferry remains unknown. The small children and the elderly were instructed to stay on the ships as they were deemed unable to reach the beach, according to local reports. In the alarming footage of the fiasco some passengers in the water.