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‘Athens cannot operate as a giant hotel’: mayor vows to rescue capital from overtourism
Athens mayor Haris Doukas is pushing for a full ban on new tourism-related development including short-term rentals, hotels, and serviced apartments in the historic Plaka district, plus a potential freeze on new hotel construction, to address overtourism that has displaced local residents, driven up housing costs, and strained city infrastructure after a record 8 million visitors in 2025. Doukas received unexpected support from the head of Athens' hoteliers association who endorsed a hotel construction cap, citing similar overtourism mitigation policies already in place in Barcelona.
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9 tagsovertourismtourism regulationshort-term rental banhotel construction freezeaffordable housinghistoric district protectionGreek tourismresident displacementurban infrastructure
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‘Athens cannot operate as a giant hotel’: mayor vows to rescue capital from overtourism
Apr 25, 2026, 4:00 PM
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