Rich tourists rejoice! Greece is finally doing something about the cruise ship problem

Celebrity Equinox at Santorini, Greece (Photo credit Celebrity Cruises)Greece’s prime minister is reportedly moving to limit the number of unattractive cruise ships clogging the harbors of the country’s most popular islands — ruining views of sunsets and leading to overcrowding on the picturesque narrow streets.

“There are people spending a lot of money to be on Santorini and they don’t want the island to be swamped,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Bloomberg.

Since the pandemic, the European nation has seen an influx of tourists. About 36 million people visited Greece last year, up 20.8% from 2022, according to data from the Bank of Greece.

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