Tourism boom sparks backlash in historic heart of Athens

ATHENS: Surrounded by a hubbub of blaring music, restaurant terraces and rumbling suitcase wheels slaloming between overflowing litter bins, Giorgos Zafeiriou believes surging tourism has made his historic Athens neighborhood unrecognizable. The Greek capital’s Plaka district “is threatened by overtourism,” said Zafeiriou, who has lived there for more than three decades and leads its residents’ association.

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