Beaches are public in Greece, a country receiving millions of tourists every year, mainly in the summer, its top tourism season. However, an increasing number of businesses have received licenses to rent out sun beds and umbrellas which they set up along a stretch of beach. In Naxos, more than 5,000 people have joined the Facebook group "Save the beaches of Naxos now! Greece has a 16,000 kilometre long coastline and hundreds of beaches where companies hire sunbeds. The country emerged from a debt crisis five years ago and relies heavily on tourism for economic recovery.

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Persons: sunbeds, Ronit Nesher, Paros, Eleni Andrianopoulou, Renee Maltezou, Deborah Kyvrikosaios, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Facebook, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: ATHENS, Paros, Naxos, Greece