Locals are angry at high prices, congestion and litter that leaves a 'bad smell'
The Instagram effect in action as tourists queue to take photos of the town of Oia in Santorini, Greece after the authorities sparked anger by advising locals to stay at home as record numbers of tourists arrive this year.coming, where they leave rubbish and litter everywhere and sometimes there is a bad smell – it’s hard for locals because we live here.
“They need to find the right balance, they could limit the amount of cruise ships, but the government is not doing enough – if this continues I will leave the island.”Tourists wait to take photos from one of the balconies with a view of the sea and sunset at Fira on Santorini in July Panos Kavalaris, an elected Santorini councillor, this week urged residents to stay at home because 17,000 tourists were arriving in the island’s port of Thira.
The post was met with anger by residents. Lifo, a Greek weekly newspaper, said the announcement showed the situation is out of control., who said in June that the government may cap the number of cruise ship arrivals to Greece’s most popular islands., adding: “There are people spending a lot of money to be on Santorini and they don’t want the island to be swamped.”
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