Ecoclub Focus™ - Tourism & Geopolitics from an ecologic perspective

The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports has announced that a selection of 91 sunken ships and aircraft, most of which are German, Italian and British from WW1 and WW2 and in depths ranging from 10 to 120 metres, will be legally visitable for the first time by escorted diving groups. A detailed list provided by the Ministry includes HMHS Brittanic, the largest ship lost in WW1, a sister ship of the Titanic and a requisitioned hospital ship, which sunk after hitting a German naval mine near Kea island in 1916. 1,035 survivors were rescued by Kea islanders. The ship was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1975. It is unclear, however, if permission has been given by the British government, as it is a British war grave.

Related: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/greece/articles/could-titanic-sister-shipwreck-britannic-save-greek-tourism-industry/