Posted on 07/29/2023 3:03:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The tiny Greek island of Lipsi that banned the creation of swimming pools due to their environmental impact, is expected to reach 100 percent occupancy in August.
Loyal to the mission of offering an unspoiled natural paradise to its visitors, Lipsi recently made headlines for making the case against artificial swimming pools, whose construction on the island is rejected and discouraged by the local authorities and tourism professionals, in favor of a more environmentally-aware approach to sea and sun vacations.
And holiday-goers seem to be appreciating the effort, judging by the latest data.
“The response of tourists to our call for sustainability is great and bookings for Lipsi are on the rise, with occupancy estimated to reach 100% percent in August. Interest for September is also being very lively,” the island’s mayor Fotis Maggos told AMNA.
Tiny Greek island warns of environmental footprint of swimming pools Lipsi is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, in the southeastern Aegean, and is not just one island, but actually a cluster of islets. The collective name comes from the largest island of all, Lipsi, which is formed by land masses joined by a narrow isthmus.
Grecian Delight supports Greece In recent years, Lipsi has been pioneering sustainability through a series of initiatives promoted on the island.
An innovative process of planting underwater gardens of an important seagrass species took place in Lipsi in June, organised by the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, while it was also recently announced that Lipsi are becoming a model destination for water autonomy with zero water waste.
The decision to ban swimming pools on the island is a “no” to wasting natural resources, the local Municipality says.
It is true that experts have often warned that the high water and energy use of artificial swimming pools, as well as the harmful chemicals involved in their sanitization and maintenance, have their own toll on the environment, although new techniques to minimise their footprint continue to emerge -including self sustaining systems.
However, this is rarely the case within the tourism sector.
Greek islands reaching high occupancy In terms of high occupancy in August, Lipsi is followed closely by another eleven Greek islands, according to AMNA.
Samos, Lesvos, Ios, Skopelos, Astypalaia, Andros, Kalymnos, Sifnos, Karpathos, Paros, and Naxos, all are estimated to exceed 90 percent occupancy in August, at the peak of the tourist season.
Mykonos and Santorini remain consistently high in popularity worldwide, according to MTC GROUP surveys, and Crete is again the leading force in the Greek tourism sector.
I’ve been looking for a vacation spot... and the first thing I do is make sure they have no swimming pools.
Yeah that’s the ticket
“Loyal to the mission of offering an unspoiled natural paradise to its visitors”
How do they get to the island? Sailing ship? I hope no fossil fuels are involved.
What about the babes with the beautiful bods?
I’ve been to Greece - Chios and Athens. Everybody is dressed in black and they eat a LOT of French Fries. There was so much black clothing I thought I was at the Johnny Cash Museum again.
I’ve got the suspicion that “no swimming pools” is intended for something other than environmental concerns.
Like that CA town that tried to declare itself a mountain lion sanctuary to avoid residential construction densification.
Being Europe, the babes all smoke like chimneys.
Ruins the image of a gorgeous babe to imagine the nicotine breath.
Who need pools when you have waters like that?
I’ve been to a few Greek Islands and truly do not like disturbing the magnificent scenery with artificial anything.
Seems like a lot of them vape now.
I never understood the point of travelling half-way around the world just to swim in a pool.
With beautiful beaches like that I see no problem.
This is Greece, my FRiend, what do you expect? You want Zorba, you get Zorba.
Ruins the image of a gorgeous babe to imagine the nicotine breath.Some things can be temporarily overlooked.
I prefer places that have no tourists....
100% of what?
I'd almost prefer that to all the ink and metal you see on American women.
Now if they could ban loud music . . .
Pierced ears are one thing but never understood all the other holes both sexes poke into. Down right hilariously sad to cattle nose rings.
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