Kos installs tsunami alert amid complaints from hoteliers

The island of Kos became the first region of Greece to install electronic signs alerting to a possible tsunami, but a local hotelier association complained the signs are "terrorizing" tourists.
"There is a possibility of a tsunami in Kos [in case of an earthquale]," Efthimios Lekkas, head of Greece's Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization and director of the Geology and Geoenvironment Faculty at Athens University, told Open TV channel on Friday.
"We must not hide the problems under the carpet, because it costs lives."

Speaking to state-run broadcaster ERT on August 12, the president of Kos' hoteliers union Dina Svynou said they are scaring tourists and called for them to be removed.
"It's unacceptable to place such signs warning of a possible tsunami risk in the centre of the island, on its port, where dozens or visitors walk through, especially when...

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