Greek island missing out on tourism boom
Hurt by its geography and Greece's severe financial crisis, tiny Pamvotis Island is missing out on the country's tourism boom.
Not in the Aegean or the Ionian Seas, the island is in a lake near Greece's border with Albania, and was popular domestic destination before Greece came to the brink of bankruptcy four years ago.
Pamvotis' 300 permanent residents have seen bookings drop by half, and have had to adapt their businesses while waiting for crippling recession to end.
Many locals split their time between fishing and working in tourism services, and have expanded lake fish exports to eastern Europe, while promoting the island as a destination of weddings and family ceremonies, as well day-trip stop thanks to a newly built highway that spans across northern Greece.
