On Karpathos, locals seek to make sure they can welcome tourists while also preserving their traditional way of life
Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: A donkey halts along the trail to the ancient Karpathian city of Vrykounda.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: Many women in Olympos continue to wear traditional black dresses and headscarves.: A young girl celebrates the Feast of Saint Irene in May with traditional loukoumades with honey and sesame.
Kontomanoli says that Karpathos is capable of attracting a different type of tourist—people who care about the environment and are happy to pay more. “It’s slower, in terms of financial growth compared to mass tourism, but there’s something beautiful about growing more organically.” An important aspect of Agapiou’s work is involving as many locals as possible—whether it’s through demonstrations of traditional winemaking or through night fishing excursions with local fishermen.
In this way, Agapiou also hopes that the locals will begin to see why ecotourism, instead of mass tourism, is the way forward for Karpathos. “Sometimes people are confused with this definition,” she says, as she drops makarounes by the handful into a pot of boiling water with a healthy dose of sea salt collected from the island’s seashore.
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