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Firefighters in Greece gained ground Thursday against a wildfire outside the third-largest city of Patras, while water ...
Wildfires are raging across southern Europe, killing at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania. Thinly-stretched ...
Firefighters have battled wildfires across Greece in recent days, including on the island of Zakynthos. Video Credit: ...
A massive wildfire raged on Zakynthos, a Greek tourist island, on Tuesday, August 12, forcing the evacuation of residents and ...
A nightclub on the Greek island of Zakynthos — or Zante, as it's known among British tourists — has sparked national outrage after footage emerged of a so-called 'chocolate-licking' contest ...
The 2025 Leaving Cert exams are finally a thing of the past and 18-year-olds have begun their annual pilgrimage to party hotspots across southern Europe to blow off steam after a year of study ...
In 2023, one of Europe’s worst over-tourism hotspots — the Greek island of Zakynthos — drew 150 times more people than it has permanent residents.
Zakynthos overwhelmed by 150 tourists per resident The new research analysed the impact of overtourism through three different metrics, based on figures from the European Commission.
A recent study by ‘Which? Travel’, highlighted in The Guardian, has placed Zakynthos (Zante) at the top of Europe’s most overcrowded destinations — not only among seaside resorts, but ...
Communities across European countries struggle with overtourism and Zakynthos is crowned as Europe's most overcrowded tourist destination.
Tourists queue to see a famous shipwreck in Zante (Picture: FREDERIC MOREAU/Hans Lucas via AFP/AFP via Getty Images) It’s no surprise that tourists flock to Zakynthos. The island is famed for it ...