Tourism, real estate, and Greece's demographic challenge
Greece’s big economic success over the last years has been tourism, and, as tourists flock to Greece, so is foreign money. This is also coinciding with an increase in Greek homes going to foreign buyers, and in homeowners choosing to put their homes and apartments on platforms like Airbnb. As a result, average Greek property prices and rent have shot up, and many young Greeks fear that homeownership may be out of reach at a time when Greece is also facing a long-term demographic challenge. John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Greece and Al Jazeera's southeast Europe correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Greece’s success story, tourism, could also be contributing to Greece’s demographic challenge.
Read John Psaropoulos’ latest article here: Tourism’s dark side: Are those who love Greece killing it?
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