Visitors, many from tours and cruise ships, crowd into the Palace at Knossos on the Island of Crete. Interested in history or just a site to tick off?
The Palace of Knossos receives a huge amount of visitors each year. Tourist number at all the Heritage tourst sites are growing. Many factors have lead to this - the rise in tourist numbers coming from the Far East and the number of cruise ships disgourging huge numbers of passengers at a port or tourist site are two influential factors in this rise. Often moving in large groups these visitorsmake life very difficult for the individual visitor.
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Location: Palace of Knossos, Knossos, Crete.
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