Overcrowding Sparks Concern at Greece’s Elafonisi, a Protected Natura 2000 Beach

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. Images from Wednesday morning show hundreds of umbrellas packed tightly together, stretching even onto rocks in the sea, with bathers shoulder to shoulder along the shoreline. Elafonisi, which recently placed second in TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awa...

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