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21 Feb, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Cuna del Alma – Stop order and fine lifted for the Cuna del Alma project

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Cuna del Alma

The Canary Islands Government has lifted one of the three stop orders for the Cuna del Alma project. The Agency for the Protection of the Natural Environment has revoked the stop order and the €110,000 fine imposed on the project. The stop order had previously been put in place due to construction starting without obtaining the required environmental impact assessment, as they only had a simplified evaluation.

“The decision to lift the stop order by the Agency for the Protection of the Natural Environment is justified on the grounds that the Adeje Council granted a license for the project, limiting the agency’s capacity to intervene. The agency rejects all arguments presented by the appellant except for the alleged violation of local autonomy, in this case, the Adeje City Council as the competent authority for approving the urbanisation project and appointing the environmental body for projects.”

(Canarian Weekly, 2024)

The modelled complete Cuna del Alma project transposed onto the current environment (Canarian Weekly)
15 Apr, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Stakeholder comment – Business owners comment on an eco-tax

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Stakeholder comment

Several stakeholders of the tourist industry in the Canary Islands have declared themselves against the application of a tourist tax or eco-tax in the Canary Islands.

  • The president of CEOE Tenerife, Pedro Alfonso, “The eco-tax is more than dead, it has no sense or reason to be applied”; “It is regrettable that we are still arguing that the effect generated by tourism in the Canary Islands is pernicious. There is no reason for this,”.

  • Oscar Izquierdo, president of the Provincial Federation of Construction Entities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (FEPECO) accuses the demonstrations of being made up of people who ““only seek permanent debate, because a suitable topic will always come up, scrutinized precisely to waste time”.

  • The president of the Círculo de Empresarios de Gran Canaria, Agustín Manrique de Lara suggested implementing an eco-tax would be ” creating a figure that has more costs than the benefits it generates”.

(El Diario, 2024)

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The president of CEOE in Tenerife, Pedro Alfonso, at the headquarters of the organization (EFE)
19 Apr, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Stakeholder comment – Villarroya: “Let’s not play with the hand that feeds us”

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Stakeholder comment

The general manager of Spring Hotels, Miguel Villarroya Adell,  is concerned about the image that the demonstrations planned for the 20th of April will convey to tourists considering the economic dependence on the sector.  Villarroya suggests that the symptoms felt by the public are due to a lack of legislative control on the housing market and a lack of investment in infrastructure but also comments that demonstrating against the tourism model will not address these issues; “Let’s discuss the tourism model, there are solutions to put on the table, but let’s not play with the hand that feeds us.”

(El Diario, 2024)

The general manager of Spring Hotels and president of El Mojón (Diario de Avisos)
20 Apr, 2024 - 9:00 PM

Demonstration – Thousands attend the 20A demonstration

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Demonstration

“Thousands of Canary Islanders assembled on Saturday in Tenerife as well as in other islands of the archipelago to protest against mass tourism. Demonstrations have taken place today across the islands in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and La Palma under the banner “The Canaries have a limit”.  According to the organisers, 120,000 people are believed to have gathered in the city to take part in the march. Activists say the huge influx in tourist numbers is inflicting irreparable damage to the environment and is leading to poverty among the islanders due to low pay and rising property prices.”

(Express, 2024)

Thousands took part in the protest in Tenerife (Jonathan Buckmaster)
02 May, 2024 - 10:00 AM

La Tejita – Mayor of Granadilla will not attend meeting with Clavijo

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La Tejita

“The mayor of Granadilla de Abona, Jennifer Miranda (PSOE), announced this Thursday that she will not attend the meeting called for this Friday by the president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo (Canary Coalition), to which the first mayor of Adeje, also a socialist José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga. Miranda explained in a press conference that the decision was made based on the statements of Clavijo and several members of the regional executive regarding the refusal to acquire the plot on which the La Tejita hotel is being built”

El Diario (2024)

Status of the construction of the La Tejita hotel, in March (Álvaro Morales)
03 May, 2024 - 3:00 PM

La Tejita – Clavijo confirms the government will not buy La Tejita

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La Tejita

Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands, being interviewed post-20th April demonstration, states that “Canarias does not buy land to prevent a hotel from being built” in reference to La Tejita. Yesterday, the major of Granadilla announced she would not attend a meeting with the president because the purchase of the hotel was not up for discussion.

Cahora (2024)

El Diario (2024)