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Santorini’s Oia Swarms Tourists as 70-Year-Old Logs 500 Trips

8/10/2026

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Tourists are flocking to Oia on the Greek island of Santorini.
Al Lenza, a 70-year-old semiretired American, has taken about 500 trips in 50 years.
His parents immigrated to the United States in 1961 and made three overseas trips afterward.
He said Americans now have more time and money for travel, noting “the clock is running out.”

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Tourists are flocking to Oia on the Greek island of Santorini.
Al Lenza, a 70-year-old semiretired American, has taken about 500 trips in 50 years.
His parents immigrated to the United States in 1961 and made three overseas trips afterward.
He said Americans now have more time and money for travel, noting “the clock is running out.”