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REPORT: Greece in the Top 10 of travel destinations at risk of natural disasters

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Greece is among the top ten travel destinations that are vulnerable to natural disasters, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the journalism research company Journo Report, in cooperation with Intersec.

Several determinants were used to identify the most dangerous areas to visit. Some of them are the frequency of earthquakes per year, the average population affected by floods, volcanic activity and the air quality index.

From these, a composite score was created on a scale of 0 to 100. Japan took first place with a score of 87 out of 100.

As one of the most seismically active regions in the world, Japan has to deal with about 1,500 earthquakes a year. Mexico, which has the most earthquakes on average with 1,632, was ranked No. 4 with a composite score of 62.

For Japan, seismic activity contributes to a high volcanic activity index score of 122, which is the highest on the list. However, its air quality index of 53 is the lowest.

Number 2 on the list with a composite score of 76.5 is Indonesia.

The volcanic activity index of 120 is the second highest; the only other country with a three-digit score in this category is Russia, which is ranked No. 5 in the overall ranking, with a score of 117.

Indonesia is one of four destinations on the list that experience 1,000+ earthquakes per year; the last is Chile, which is ranked 3rd overall with a composite score of 68.5 and 1,024 earthquakes.

Travelers visiting remote islands in volcanic regions of Indonesia should exercise extreme caution, as more than 635,000 people are also affected by flooding annually in Indonesia, and an average air quality index of 152 was recorded.

The highest current average flood-affected population and average air quality index belong to the number 6 destination, India, with 4,835,259 and 188, respectively. The country’s composite index is 59.

Rounding out the top ten are China, in seventh place, the Philippines, in eighth, Greece in ninth and Peru in tenth place, with composite indices of 55, 53, 52 and 51.5, respectively.

“This ranking takes into account factors such as the complexity of monitoring technology, the comprehensiveness of risk coverage and the effectiveness of alarm dissemination systems. It is important to note that all these countries are continuously working to improve their disaster monitoring and early warning capabilities,” an Intersec spokesperson said in a statement.

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