Ahead of harsh winter, tourism roars back in Mediterranean
Tourists visit the Acropolis hill with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the left, and the ancient Erechtheion temple on the right, in Athens , on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Greece is on course to beat its annual record for tourism revenue as southern European Union members made a surprise recovery following a two-year travel slump caused by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
CAPE SOUNION, Greece (AP) — When Stelios Zompanakis quit his job at Greece's central bank to try his luck at boat racing, friends and family pleaded with him to reconsider.
Nine years later, he spends summers on the "Ikigai," a 53-foot yacht he named after the Japanese concept of finding happiness through a life of meaning...
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