European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pea Elul scenes Wace fwd one Are becoming rare with the influx of tourists on Many greek islands tourism is. Environment in Greece by Henry Kamm new York times tourism and its off cols on the environment arc causing the greek government to re examine longstanding policies to encourage vacationers Al almost any Price the government is considering whether it might be better to Allf acl Lew or tourists but those who would spend More than Iho typical vacationer in this Florl the authorities Are Mealing opposition from the very people whose environment is endangered who say tourists provide an source of earnings they Don t know thai tourism is something thai does t necessarily said Yiannis per Gioulis. An environment ministry planner nowhere Are the issues More evident than in the Cyc Ladic islands to foreigners the cyst ads 24 Dola in the Aegean sea arranged around the once sacred Isle of Delos arc the essence of greek islands. They live up to the vision of whitewashed houses arrayed around Small fishing polls Rocky landscapes dotted Wilh Olive Groves and villages where elderly men sit at Cales on Small squares lacing Liny Blue domed churches. But or at least iwo months of each year the Lou rest invasion Shallers the classical Harmony beginning in june and peaking in july and August visitors descend on my Konos los. Paros and most of the other islands it s a Tiette out of scale said Elisabeth Papari who As the province s prefect is the Athens government s off final in charge of the islands like 45,000 people coming to Visil 4,500. The islands population is 80,000. The present number of visitors is 1z million a year according to Papazi. Each summer Young people carrying backpacks As Well As groups on inexpensive hours invade the beaches and occupy the towns. Stilt islanders say they wish there were More visitors although they often complain Aboul the Low spending Young travellers and their unconventional ways. Tho concern about tourism comes mainly from non islander greeks who have slopped vacationing in places thai have lost their tranquil Lily for some of the islands there Are nol a lol of other possibilities Papazi said in her Ohice hero on the Island of syros. We cannot throw in she acknowledged that she had come to this View Only after having opposed tourism on a Large scale then she became prefect and assumed the task of representing the islanders interests. Since the How of tourists grew so Large in the last decade the Island people have discovered in themselves commercial instincts. Landowners saw a Quick profit said Avghi Markopoulos. A planning adviser at the environment ministry. Tho result has been what she and by Giotis called chaotic tourism inexpensive hotels have proliferated plastic bags of garbage arc piled at roadsides to Avail the passage of overworked sanitation Crews. Sewage systems Aro overtaxed and desalination plans no longer keep up with the demand for drinking water. Roads Hal carried More mules than Morofs Are made dangerous by streams of rented cars and motorcycles. The thump of disco music fills an atmosphere Onca a Issei by still the number of tourists rises annually despite this year s decrease in american visitors but per capita spending is declining this has led the authorities to seek to attract what they Call better tourists visitors Wilh More Money to spend since the government of prime minister Andreas Papandreou came to Power in 1981, changes have been instituted to Lessen the problems accompanying the foreign Exchange Boon of tourism the height of buildings near Shore and their proximity to the water have been limited. Construction permits need High level approval. But the hotels keep springing up. And related services continue to fall behind. In an Effort to restrict the damage to islands already overrun Papazi said the government is stimulating agriculture and other non tourist sources of earnings in such relatively unspoiled islands As Nawm and syros. What s n by Linda White travel editor travel is As popular a subject sever a Visil to the Frankfurt Germany Book fair of Hie old standards in the Guidebook Field Are bringing Oul More and More titles Young firms arc turning up with new ideas in guides and the mapmakers Are introducing innovative maps and globes. Ona of the most exc ung new Sels is the landscape series published by Sunflower books of London. Ii covers the islands of Europe the first books were Madeira Mallorca and Tenerife. New this year Are Cyprus. Eastern or Csc. Gran Canaria and Rhodes. 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