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Greece's prime minister has dismissed the notion of overtourism being a national problem. Kyriakos Mitsotakis is more focused on improving the country's infrastructure to handle more tourists.

Most destinations in Greece need more tourists, not fewer, said the country’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Tuesday at a conference titled “Reimagine Tourism in Greece," hosted by the newspaper Kathimerini.

“Greece does not have an overtourism problem,” said Mitsotakis, based on an internet translation of the transcript in Greek. “It faces the challenge of concentrated tourist activity in specific destinations for a few months of