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Friday, April 26, 2024

A rare sight as Santorini Island eerily empty

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A rare sight as Santorini Island eerily empty
A rare sight as Santorini Island eerily empty

Rarely is Santorini Island in Greece, with its picture postcard views, not spilling over with millions of tourists.

But now its cobblestone streets, once overflowing, lie empty, its layers of whitewashed houses crammed together from jutting cliffs, and volcanic rock beaches, are silent due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Santorini's cobbled streets are quiet and its famous sunsets go unwatched as people are forced to stay indoors (SOUNDBITE) (Greek) BUSINESS OWNER YIANNIS SIGALAS SAYING: "Tourist groups would be constantly passing through these streets, going up and down, Chinese, Americans, you name it.

And now you see a totally deserted street.

Where will this end?

This is the end of our economy."

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