Editing Crete (section)

=== Harmful effects ===
Helen Briassoulis, in a qualitative analysis, proposed in the ''[[Journal of Sustainable Tourism]]'' that Crete is affected by tourism applying pressure to it to develop at an unhealthy rate, and that informal, internal systems within the country are forced to adapt. According to her, these forces have strengthened in three stages: from the period from 1960 to 1970, 1970–1990, and 1990 to the present. During this first period, tourism was a largely positive force, pushing modern developments like running water and electricity onto the largely rural countryside. However, beginning in the second period and especially in the third period leading up to the present day, tourist companies became more pushy with deforestation and pollution of Crete's natural resources. The country is then pulled into an interesting parity, where these companies only upkeep those natural resources that are directly essential to their industry.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Briassoulis|first=Helen|date=1 September 2003|title=Crete: Endowed by Nature, Privileged by Geography, Threatened by Tourism?|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09669580308667198|journal=Journal of Sustainable Tourism|volume=11|issue=2–3|pages=97–115|doi=10.1080/09669580308667198|bibcode=2003JSusT..11...97B |s2cid=28002287|issn=0966-9582}}</ref>

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File:Gortys R02.jpg|View of [[Gortyn]]
File:Festos1(js).jpg|Archaeological site of [[Phaistos]]
File:Knossos south propylaeum.jpg|Ruins of the [[Knossos|Palace of Knossos]]
File:Archaeological Museum of Chania.jpg|[[Archaeological Museum of Chania]]
File:AMC Intern of Museum of Chania (Crete) 2.jpg|Archaeological Museum of Chania
File:Chania naval museum.jpg|[[Maritime Museum of Crete]]
File:Pluto Serapis and Persephone Isis Heraklion museum.jpg|[[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]] and [[Persephone]] in [[Heraklion]] Museum
File:Jars in Malia Crete the two.jpg|Jars in [[Malia, Crete|Malia]], Crete
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