Santorini should follow the example of Bhutan

Sustainability is costly, but you need a balance in order to protect your natural beauty, culture and people, the prime minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, said in an interview with Kathimerini, explaining how his country has opted for setting a limit on the number of visitors it can accommodate, while encouraging investments with the aim of attracting high-end tourists.

The Bhutanese premier, who visited Greece and made an impression during his appearance at Kathimerini's Reimagine Tourism in Greece conference last week, talks about the unique index his country uses to measure peoples' happiness and expresses admiration for Greek culture and the way Greeks have preserved it.

You use a unique index, the Happiness Index, which goes beyond traditional economic measures like gross domestic product and gross national product. What is it exactly? It focuses on how...