This week on Foreign Correspondent, a popular European hotspot is facing a very different kind of crisis beyond the postcard views.
Reporter Rhiannon Shine travels to Greece to uncover a shrinking population and the growing impact on communities across the country.
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Greece is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations – more than 30 million visitors travel there every year.
But extraordinarily, Greece itself is in danger of running out of Greeks. The population is in freefall with predictions it will drop by twenty percent by 2050.
On Foreign Correspondent reporter Rhiannon Shine (pictured above) travels to the birthplace of her grandparents to see the problem first hand.
Right across the country, ghost towns are becoming all too common. There are far more deaths than births, young people have left in droves and migration is deeply unpopular.
If modern Greece can’t solve its population problem, it’s at risk of joining its ancient ancestors as a living museum.
Watch a preview of tonight’s program in the player below.
