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Greek Island of Symi Implements Fee to Curb Overtourism
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Greek Island of Symi Implements Fee to Curb Overtourism
The idyllic beauty of Symi. Officials are now taking steps to ensure sustainable tourism. Credit: Big Albert, Wikimedia Commons CC1 Greece’s picturesque island of Symi in the Dodecanese—situated in the southeastern Aegean Sea—is making headlines this week, as it has decided to take measures to curb overtourism. To prevent the issues of excessive overtourism and in an attempt to alleviate pressure on its limited infrastructure, the Municipality o…
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Tourists who will visit the Pytheas of the island of Simi only for one day, without spending the night there, may be obliged to pay a fee of 3 euros. The authorities intend to introduce this...
"The highest fee of 20 euros will be paid on Santorini and Mykonos in the "central" season.
Hidden in the south-east of the Aegean Sea, the island of Simi, part of the Greek Dodecanez archipelago, draws attention to a courageous measure taken in the face of challenges generated by supraturism.
The island of Symi will charge a three-euro fee to tourists who visit it but do not spend the night there. The funds collected will be invested in improving the island's infrastructure. Similar measures have been introduced in the past, for example in Venice.
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