Santorini, a premier tourist destination in Greece, is striving to recover from a series of small earthquakes while hoping for a successful tourism season. After two difficult years, the island welcomed its first cruise ships of the year, with a predicted 10% increase in visitors. However, local hoteliers report a decline in bookings, suggesting a challenging start for revenues in April, which they expect to improve as summer approaches. The balance between mystery surrounding the earthquakes and the tourism sector's resilience underlines the island's determination to return to normalcy.
Weeks after being rattled by thousands of mostly small-scale earthquakes, the island of Santorini is determined to return to business as usual as it relies heavily on tourism.
The union of cruise ship owners predicts a 10 percent increase in cruise visitors this year for Santorini, despite hoteliers expecting a slower recovery.
Alexis Yannoulatos, a hotelier, indicated that occupancy for April is about 30 percent, reflecting a tough start for tourism revenues following the earthquakes.
With the recent return of cruise ships, Santorini aims to revitalize its tourism sector, even as many uncertainties swirl around the ongoing earthquake phenomenon.
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