Santorini officials met with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) representatives to discuss managing the large number of tourists arriving on cruises every summer at the island, which finds its systems and infrastruture increasingly unable to handle the volume, ANA reports.
Santorini, also known as Thira, introduced a berth allocation system for cruiseships in 2018, and set a maximum number of disembarcation within 24 hours at 8,000 passengers.
The officials discussed the allocation system, the need to distribute arrivals throughout the island as well as the use of the cable car to relieve the burden of donkeys and mules carrying tourists up the lengthy and twisting stairs from the landing site at Athinios port to the road.
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