The rich tradition of Karpathos is highlighted by the German media in recent publications. The travel platform Holiday Check included Karpathos in the 10 Greek islands that Germans must visit to “feel Greece”.

As mentioned in the article, “Karpathos is the ideal travel destination for those who want to enjoy a piece of Greek authenticity away from mass tourism. Its diverse natural environment includes wild rocky landscapes, rich vegetation and turquoise waters, which makes Karpathos particularly popular with photographers and artists. The inhabitants of the island keep their musical tradition unchanged with the sounds of the tsabouna “accompanying” different moments of everyday life.

Apart from nature, art and music, Karpathos is also known for windsurfing and kite surfing thanks to the ideal weather and geographical conditions.”

For the same period, Karpathos is in the “top ten” of islands without hypertourism, according to a relevant survey by the popular information website Merkur.de, which singles out the second largest island of the Dodecanese for its centuries-old traditions and the impressive costumes that the inhabitants diligently preserve in Olympos village.

It is noted that the effort of the Municipality of Karpathos to highlight alternative activities and local culture and tradition in markets such as America, Great Britain, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Austria and Germany is ongoing. In this context, the response of travel editors and agency representatives to ITB 2024, the largest international tourism exhibition in the world, which, through planned meetings with the help of experts, has been remarkable, has identified the shift in travel trends and the interest in destinations with genuine culture and special traditions such as Karpathos.

“We emphasize highlighting the special forms of tourism such as diving, hiking, climbing, kite surfing so that together with all the other aspects, the natural beauty, the heavenly coastline, gastronomy and our inexhaustible cultural reserve, we offer an experiential tourism product that deserves for anyone to enjoy for many days in and out of high season and to experience it again and again for many years without satiety”, stressed the Deputy Mayor of Tourism of the Municipality of Karpathos, Tasos Milios.