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Greece Among Top 3 on ‘At Risk Tourism Index’Greece is among the world’s top three destinations at risk due to climate change, overtourism, or human activity, according to the newly established “At Risk Tourism Index” created by the London-based Latin America Travel Company.
Greek population diminished in 2018, data showsThe total number of deaths in Greece in 2018 outpaced the number of births for an eighth consecutive year, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the nation’s losing battle to raise its birth rate.According to ELSTAT, one in seven (14.3 percent) babies born in Greece in 2018 had a mother who was a citizen of another country, while the vast majority (91.2 percent) were born to couples who were married or had signed a cohabitation pact. The average age of first-time mothers was 31.5, from 30.5 in 2011 and 31 in 2014.ELSTAT said the total number of weddings and cohabitation agreements in 2018 was 53,797. Church weddings came to 24,418 (45.4 percent) and civil weddings to 23,010 (42.8 percent), while 6,369 couples (11.8 percent) signed cohabitation agreements – including 286 pacts between same-sex couples.The number of couples choosing to sign cohabitation pacts has steadily increased since the institution was first introduced about 10 years ago. The number rose from 4,921 in 2017 to 6,369 last year, a 30 percent increase.
