After two bad years, tourist numbers bounced back spectacularly last year, and this summer the Aegean island hopes to do even better. theSun theSundaily travel tourism pandemic Greece
Tourists walk in the fishing village of Naoussa at sunset on the Cycladic island of Paros on April 5, 2023. AFPPIX: It's early morning in the picturesque village of Naoussa on the Greek island of Paros, and jackhammers are already echoing as locals ready for what they hope will be a record tourist season.
“It’s crazy right now,“ said local plumber Nikos Kritikos, hammering away at an old sewer pipe of a house under renovation.At the house next door, where three new rental rooms will soon be available, workmen are unloading boxes of tiles and ceramic slabs from a truck.Tourist arrivals in Greece hit 27.8 million last year, an 89.3-percent increase over the previous year, according to the Bank of Greece.
Tourism accounts for nearly a quarter of Greece's GNP, and has been instrumental in helping to shore up the country's economy during the pandemic. “In the 1990s families would build a house for their children... now it’s non-stop building for tourists”, said Kritikos. “Having an island where certain people think they are above the law is inconceivable,“ said Mitsotakis, who faces voters in a May 21 general election.
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