The heatwaves in Greece
exacerbated by climate change threaten the present and the
future of Greek tourism and, by extension, the Greek economy,
the daily Kathimerini wrote in an op-ed by Tom Ellis, the
editor-in-chief of the English version of the newspaper. "The
climate crisis - whose catastrophic and sometimes deadly
consequences we are feeling these days - has created a trend
shifting tourist flows to cooler climates and other destination
countries. With the mercury climbing above 40 degrees Celsius
with increasing frequency, the data show a 10% drop in interest
in popular Mediterranean destinations," Ellis wrote. "At the
same time - he continued - countries like Ireland, Denmark and
the Czech Republic are starting to attract tourists looking for
natural beauty but without the suffocating heat" experienced in
Spain, Italy, France, Greece or Croatia. "Obviously, Greece
remains a top destination, but the climate crisis will have
negative consequences, and our country, like others renowned for
their sunny and warm climate, will be one of the first and
biggest victims of the new normal we are experiencing."
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