PORTO RAFTI, Greece (AP) — Bus coupon in hand, Diamantoula Vassiliou headed for the sea, determined to make the most of her brief beach excursion.

The Athens resident was among thousands who took a four-hour tour this month to Avlaki Beach, one hour north of Greece’s capital, many hauling plastic coolers and homemade lunches — the accoutrements of summer holidays in leaner times.

“We come here because there’s no money,” said Vassiliou, for whom day trips have replaced weeklong vacations for four years.

Greece’s tourism industry is booming and the crystalline waters along its vast, rugged coast have transformed the nation into a source of envy-inducing Instagram posts. Foreign arrivals this year are expected to be up to four times the country’s population of 10 million, according to indu

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