Live camera footage from Elafonisi, the world‑famous beach in Crete’s Chania region, is showing thousands of tourists crammed onto its pink sands and turquoise waters, raising fresh concerns about overtourism in a protected Natura 2000 site.

Greece’s islands, long the much-coveted crown jewels of Mediterranean tourism, are facing a sobering question: how much success can they sustain?

In one of Europe's oldest neighborhoods, Plaka, over-tourism, noise pollution, and the rampant growth of short-term rentals have driven residents to despair. The situation has reached a crisis point, the British Guardian reports in an article, with the mayor of Athens, Charis Doukas, announcing the creation of a special task force to protect the historic neighborhood.