Overview

• The Regional Association of Municipalities of the South Aegean has formally asked the government for authorization and hired law professor Michalis Papageorgiou to draft the legal framework.
• Mayors have floated specific measures, including a €3 per-person day fee on Symi and a daily cap of 8,000 day visitors on Santorini.
• Since July 2025, cruise passengers already pay port-entry levies—€20 on Mykonos and Santorini and €5 on other islands—while overnight visitors pay a separate bed tax.
• The government in Athens must approve any new day-visitor charges, and a timeline for a decision has not been set.
• Tourism businesses warn the fees could curb arrivals and revenues, while municipalities argue they need funds to maintain local services used by day visitors.