British tourists could be slapped with £600 fine for breaking little known rule
British tourists travelling to Greece could be hit with a hefty fine for a small error on a beach
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British tourists travelling to Greece could be hit with a hefty fine for a small error on a beach.
To preserve the pebble beaches in Skiathos, local authorities have made it illegal for tourists to take any pebbles with them home.
The fine for removing them is a huge €775 while authorities have also introduced "pebble return boxes" in airports.
The Culture Association of Skiathos are now appealing to tourists to “take a picture, not a pebble” from one of their most beautiful beaches that is being destroyed.
The fine for removing them is a huge €775 while authorities have also introduced 'pebble return boxes' in airports
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Visitors to the picturesque Lalaria beach, are being warned with a sign that tells that taking pebbles is strictly prohibited.
The campaign by the local Cultural Association in cooperation with the Port Authority of Skiathos urges tourists to comply.
It comes as a further 30,000 British holidaymakers with holidays booked find themselves in limbo, for hotels and resorts across the Greek islands have closed indefinitely.
Rampant wildfires in Rhodes have left 5,000 Brits stranded, as the Foreign Office and holiday operators scramble to put on emergency repatriation flights.
The seventh day of wildfires in Greece, infernos have spread at an alarming rate, scorching the earth and herding humans towards the beaches.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek prime minister, declared "war" on the fires yesterday and cautioned that this might only be the beginning.
The wildfires come as temperatures in Greece continue to soar over 40C, with forecasts warning that highs of 44C could take hold of the country.
Jet2, Britain’s biggest holiday company, put on four emergency flights on Monday night, while Tui announced an extra repatriation flight on Tuesday morning for the 1,000 British tourists it has stranded in Greece.
Tui, like most other operators, are offering free cancellations or rebookings to other destinations.
The Dutch foreign ministry has issued a travel warning for Rhodes, Corfus and Evia.
However, ministers in the UK have weathered calls to bring in Foreign Office advice warning against all but essential travel to the affected parts of Rhodes.