Foreigners flock to Greek islands for wedding vows

This year is going to be a record year for weddings in Greece, and the Greek islands, starring Santorini, seem to be gaining a significant share of the pie.

Now more than ever, brides and grooms from around the world are flocking to the Caldera for vows of eternal love…

As the Municipality of Thira pointed out to "NEA" newspaper there has been a huge  surge in weddings this year since the beginning of the season. It seems that weddings scheduled to take place in 2020 and 2021 were canceled, with the result that this year, from the end of March and the beginning of April, the weddings on the island have started en masse.

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About a thousand weddings a year take place on Santorini which has 15,000 inhabitants. 90% of them are visitors from abroad, while more than 60% are from the UK.

The weddings bring a huge turnover to the island. "Most people come to get married, bringing with them from 50 to 150 guests, while returning to their homelands with the wedding photos, they advertise the island even more", say local officials.

The mass influx of brides is also confirmed by the wedding planners based on Santorini, with those involved pointing out that the real increase is even greater than the one reflected by statistics.

This is because in addition to the official weddings that are undertaken by City Hall, hundreds of others are held informally in the most picturesque parts of the island.

As the municipality pointed out: "Asians, mainly Chinese and Japanese, who have already gotten married in their country, come here with their entourage and the tour operator they have chosen, undergo a ceremony in which they say "I do" and are photographed...