Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The mayor of Santorini, Nikos Zorzos, feels immediate action is necessary to mitigate the effects of ...
[+] overtourism. getty Santorini is chic, charming—and crammed with tourists. This summer has seen another high-pressure season for the Greek island—it received 11,000 cruise passengers in a single day on 23 July, yet a 2018 study by the University of the Aegean concluded that the island can at most welcome 8,000 tourists per day sustainably.
Greek authorities are mulling introducing limits on the number of cruise ships allowed to moor at hotspot destinations including Santorini and Mykonos. However, the mayor of Santorini, Nikos Zorzos, feels immediate action is necessary to mitigate the effects of overtourism. Santorini Will Bring In Limits On Cruise Ships Talking to national news site the Greek Reporter, Zorzos announced he will reintroduce a digital berth allocation system, which distributes cruise arrivals at intervals throughout the day to avoid floods of visitors descending on the island simultaneously.
The system was first brought in back in 2018, during the mayor’s previous term, but was suspended in 2019 by the subsequent administration. “Those 8,000 visitor arrivals per day suggested by the University of the Aegean study are totally sustainable if we allow the designated time between cruise ship berths, thus preventing congestion at all spots on the island,” Zorzos told the Greek Reporter. “The San.