Santorini beneath siege by vacationers. Residents requested to not… go away their houses

11,000 guests arrived in simply sooner or later on the island of Santorini, inhabited by round 15,000 folks. As a result of mass inflow of vacationers, native authorities requested residents to restrict their actions.

Santorini throughout the summer season /Shutterstock

Panagiotis Kavallaris, a consultant of the authorities in Santorini, printed a put up on social media by which he appealed to residents to restrict their actions because of the elevated vacationer visitors – writes the eKathimerini portal.

The put up, which has since been deleted, caught the eye of the Greek public and resulted in lots of destructive feedback. For the great of vacationers, a lockdown was imposed on residents, some have been irritated.

The authorities in Santorini are involved in regards to the results of overtourism on the island, the web site notes.

Throughout the assembly of high-ranking representatives of assorted ministers, the mayor of Santorini, the governor and deputies from the Cycladic Islands, the subject of limiting flights to the island was raised.

Santorini Mayor Nikos Zorzos stated the variety of guests arriving on the island each day mustn’t exceed 8,000. He introduced the reinstatement of the restrict on the variety of folks arriving in Santorini from subsequent 12 months.

It is usually obligatory to construct a brand new port, enhance vitality infrastructure and concrete planning, the mayor added.

He additionally spoke in favor of regulating the actions of resorts and Airbnb.

The Greek Ombudsman reported in a current report that the Greek island of Santorini, in style on social media and residential to round 15,500 folks, receives greater than 5 million guests a 12 months. In 2012, that quantity was half that. It emphasised that on Santorini, “even vacationers complain in regards to the massive variety of vacationers.”

Many Greeks, no matter their political opinions, are involved in regards to the phenomenon of overtourism.