The rome2rio website attributes "Ottoman Crete" to an error

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Το νησί της Κρήτης Source: Wikimedia

In "an error caused by the automatic updating of its systems", attribute the website rome2rio its reference to "Ottoman Crete".


One of the leading online travel platforms in the world, rome2rio caused a storm of reactions, as it mentioned Crete on its website, as "Ottoman".
 
"We experienced a production error during an automated update to our systems."
 
"This resulted in several places being incorrectly labelled for a short period of time.

"We apologise to any person who was offended by this error." wrote to a statement to SBS Greek the company.


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