Cruise passenger arrivals in Santorini increased by 17% year-on-year in 2023, according to national press reports, while Mykonos recorded 749 ship visits last year – up by 23% compared with 2022.
Several cities around Europe, including Venice, Barcelona and Amsterdam, have moved to restrict cruise arrivals to combat overtourism.
Last October, Barcelona mayor Jaume Colboni banned cruise ships from the city’s central docks – Muelle Barcelona Norte and World Trade Centre – while Amsterdam’s authorities sought last summer to curb cruise arrivals.
Local authorities in Venice, meanwhile, have since August 2021 barred ships weighing more than 25,000 tonnes from entering the city’s Giudecca canal.
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