The Canary Islands offer hugely advantageous terms to foreign investors, paying just 4% tax with free repatriation of profits. That means the majority of the income is funnelled abroad even as new hotels go up, landscapes cemented over, and limited resources squandered. The investment in luxury hotels is staggering: in 2023 the Canary Islands received €1.17 billion in hotel investment (the highest in Spain). But the wages paid are the lowest in Spain (just €1,200 per month on average) and rental prices are rocketing. One third of Canarians are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and many can’t afford a home despite having a job.
The Canary Islands can’t survive without tourism – locals have been warmly welcoming tourists for decades and will continue to do so. Tens of thousands of Canarian residents protested on the 20th of April to make their concerns heard. They want a new tourism model implemented that incorporates their concerns and protects their biodiverse paradise in the Atlantic. GeoTenerife compiles news resources and social media on this developing story below so that locals, students, researchers and journalists alike can access it openly.
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What are locals concerned about?
01- 05-2024
01- 05-2024
The 'Salvar La Tejita' platform has reported to Seprona the erection of a fence on the Cuna del Alma site that affects a protected flora species
The association requests the stoppage of the works and warns that the promoter does not have permission to manipulate this species of protected flora. The 'Salvar La Tejita' platform has reported to Seprona the erection of a fence on the Cuna del Alma site, in Puertito de Adeje. According to the complaint, to which Canarias Ahora has had access , on April 15, the workers began to carry out works to enclose two-meter-high metal fencing, with heavy machinery and in areas where the viborina is present, a protected flora species. (Canarias Ahora)
01- 05-2024
``We are the slaves of the Europeans``: this is how some tourists leave their hotel rooms in the Canary Islands
The spokesperson for the collective of housekeepers in the Canary Islands denounces the legal fraud hiring that occurs in the tourism sector of the Canary Islands and also the attitude of some tourists who leave their dirty clothes lying on the floor. hose who clean the hotels have been asking for years to recognize her work as ``painful`` in order to achieve early retirement. ``It is a painful job, where you do an eight-hour day for twenty-five years and in the end you end up totally damaged. Your body, your cervical spine, your hands, your back. It is a painful job and should be considered as such ,``. (SER 100)
30- 04-2024
``This doesn't work either``: the Tenerife Cabildo charges against the athlete who broke the rules in the Teide National Park
The Teide National Park has become the center of violations against the environment in Tenerife. A French trail runner has become the sad protagonist of the latest violation in the Teide National Park. The elite athlete Thibaut Baronian, who is in Tenerife preparing the next Transvulcania, recorded a training session in the Pico Viejo area where he skips the marked trails and steps on forbidden ground. Baronian, who has already deleted the video from his social networks, has apologized for what happened. (El Dia)
30- 04-2024
— Fernandito (@Fernand87580915) April 30, 2024
28- 04-2024
📢Hilo 1¿Por qué #Canarias tiene una de las rentas más bajas de toda #España?
— Despotricador 📢🇮🇨🇪🇦 (@despotricador0) April 28, 2024
▶️Canarias está entre las CCAA con la renta media más baja por familia
✅El principal sector económico de las islas es el turismo que genera el 40% del empleo y el 39 % del pib directo#Canariasseagota pic.twitter.com/9jkiSqxTGL
“Thread 1Why does #Canary Islands have one of the lowest incomes in all of #Spain? Canary Islands is among the CCAA with the lowest average income per family The main economic sector of the islands is tourism which generates 40% of employment and 39% of direct gdp #Canariasseagota “
27- 04-2024
Water becomes a luxury item in the Canary Islands: ''In summer I had to grab from the sea to flush the toilet''
Barely 1,000 residents live in its streets, and in recent years they have seen how water has gone from being a basic necessity to becoming a luxury . “This summer, for several days I had to grab sea water to flush the toilet,” says Silvia. Lanzarote has had a serious supply problem for months. Although the island produces water through large desalination plants, 56.42% of the liters produced are lost along the way before reaching homes. The infrastructure is old and there are constant leaks, which means that every day different towns on the island, especially in the north, suffer interruptions in supply. (Canarias Ahora)
26- 04-2024
The creation of tourism jobs and the drop in assets bring the Canary Islands unemployment rate to 14.88%, with the largest absolute drop in Spain
The EPA data for the first quarter reflect a powerful increase in employed people, the second largest in the country in January-March and with an absolute figure of 46,800 more in one year, up to 996,200, a record figure for a first quarter in the archipelago since 2008. (Canarias Ahora)
26- 04-2024
No uses agua canario que el de fuera quiere jugar con ella.
— Arabicenen 2.0 🇮🇨 (@ataguperche) April 26, 2024
¿Este pueblo es tonto?#CanariasTieneUnLimite pic.twitter.com/icSOe3jPud
26- 04-2024
En serio tienen la poca vergüenza de salir con esto?
— luis reina (@lr_machin) April 26, 2024
La gente ya no se cree las mentiras de Corrupción Canaria, lo demostraron el pasado fin de semana.
Las compis en huelga de hambre...y ustedes + mentiras #FueradelasInstitucionesYA#CanariasTieneUnLimite #CanariasSeAgota
26- 04-2024
La Guancha, a unique case in the Canary Islands in the supply of water to the population: the reasons why it has prohibited its 5,500 inhabitants from drinking from the tap
100% of the water consumed in this northern town comes from the same place: the gallery system with the highest water flow in the Canary Islands, Vergara I and II. La Guancha becomes the first municipality in Tenerife to adopt drastic measures due to the drought, which has forced the Tenerife Cabildo to declare a water emergency on the Island. The mayor, Antonio Hernández, announced this Thursday that he ``restricts the use of water of the public network for human consumption, both for drinking and for cooking and preparing food`` due to the scarcity of water and also due to problems in the municipal supply network. That is, the 5,500 inhabitants of La Guancha are not allowed to use tap water for drinking or cooking until further notice. (El Dia)
25- 04-2024
La Tejita and Cuna del Alma: tourism macroprojects in the political and social spotlight
A luxury hotel with 883 beds in La Tejita, from the Viqueira group, located in Granadilla de Abona, and which, according to its detractors, has various irregularities and endangers one of the few virgin spaces on the island.
25- 04-2024
The residents of La Guancha will not be able to drink tap water or use it for cooking until further notice
The City Council of La Guancha announced this morning, Thursday, April 25, that until further notice ``the use of water for human consumption is restricted to the entire population, both for drinking, cooking, and preparing food, a decision that affects to the entire municipality of La Guancha” (Diario de Avisos)
🚱 Ya hay varios municipios de medianías de Tenerife que han empezado a restringir el agua y no estamos ni en junio aun. Cuando llegue el verano serán iguales esas restricciones en todas las zonas de la isla ? pic.twitter.com/Sl5J7BpQ1A
— Abraham 𝕏 🇮🇨 (@accphotographer) April 26, 2024
25- 04-2024
24- 04-2024
En La Tejita, aunque el Director de Costas Canarias CONFIRMA que Viqueira no puede trabajar en el DPMT, se sigue trabajando. Esta impunidad, ninguneo a las leyes y el mirar para otro lado del @PresiCan, @granadillaabona y resto de administraciones tiene q acabar. Paralización ya! pic.twitter.com/k0GyqSRlD3
— Salvar La Tejita (@salvartejita) April 24, 2024
24- 04-2024
Costas insists that the developer of the La Tejita hotel does not have permits to carry out works
In a document to which this editorial team has had access, the head of the Provincial Coastal Service, Jorge Miguel Ortega Rodríguez, signs a document in which he makes it clear that the promoter of the hotel being built in La Tejita, Grupo Viqueira, does not have permits to carry out works in public domain areas. The letter verbatim indicates that ``the mere fact that the file is being processed for the purposes provided for in article 13 bis of Law 22/1988, of July 28, on Coasts, shows that, at the current date , the promoter does not have a title that protects the works.” The document from the head of the Provincial Coastal Service confirms that, on April 12, 2024, the Viqueira Group was required to stop the work “immediately.” (MÍrameTV)
23- 04-2024
The Canary Islands remain at the top of Spain in hotel revenue and occupancy levels
Based on what is reflected in these records, the Canary Islands achieved in March 2024, in the third month of the current year, nothing less than a Hotel Price Index (base 100, 2008) of 175.97%, which means that the value average for hiring a room has grown 76% in 15 years (the interannual figure is 10% for the islands, from March 2023 to March 2024). (Canarias Ahora)
23- 04-2024
The data that explains how the 'Airbnb phenomenon' of vacation rentals is heating up rentals in Spain
The data says that this vacation rental, the Airbnb , and the seasonal rental, which is done for months is the door through which exorbitant increases are sneaking in. The numbers seem to suggest that the more Airbnbs, the greater the rise in rental prices.
22- 04-2024
Hoy en el Puertito de Adeje, están trabajando en Tumba de Alma, sobre la vivorina q ya no volverá a brotar con las lluvias. Y con nuestra gente en huelga de hambre y tras la movilización masiva del #20A.#CanariasTieneUnLimite #CanariasSeAgota pic.twitter.com/jCZ88BvneG
— María J. Belda (@MariaJBelda) April 22, 2024
Construction work on the Cuna del Alma resort continues whilst 10.people are on hunger strike.
21- 04-2024
The reasons for a historic demonstration in the Canary Islands: “I am here out of pride”
Ten profiles of protesters tell the reasons that have moved them to take to the streets to protest mass tourism in the archipelago (El Pais)
19- 04-2024
The most controversial work in Tenerife: the construction company of the La Tejita hotel defends the legality of the project and accuses the activists of ``manipulation``
Grupo Viqueira denies that the work is being carried out in the public maritime-terrestrial domain, which is the argument used by groups opposed to the project to demand the stoppage (El Dia)
19- 04-2024
Tourism creates a daily floating population of 420,595 visitors in the Canary Islands
The tourism sector adds a total of 420,595 visitors to the resident population of the Canary Islands daily, A Promotur report estimates the tourist pressure on island citizens at 16% in 2023, the highest figure in the last decade (Csnarias Ahora)
18- 04-2024
The Canarian environmental paradox: more protected spaces than anyone else, fewer protection agents than average
Almost half of the Archipelago's surface is protected, but the lack of means to monitor it leaves images of overcrowded national parks and continuous violations. Professionals and experts in the sector demand more means to truly preserve the unique nature of the Islands (Canarias Ahora)
17- 04-2024
A shanty town next to luxury villas as a snapshot of the Canarian reality behind tourism
Inequality 'bathes' each tourist enclave of the Islands with images like that of El Pajar, in the south of Gran Canaria, where substandard housing and hotel resorts are practically wall to wall. Experts highlight how the sector “uses common goods for private purposes”, excluding the local population (Canarias Ahora)
18- 04-2024
The Canary Islands foresee another record of tourists in 2024 (17 million) that reinforces the central complaint of 20A
Virtually all indicators advance this goal, as they grow at levels of 10%, which means exceeding the record of 16.2 million visitors in 2023; the war situation in the Middle East, such as the Arab Spring, a possible unifying element for foreigners (Canarias Ahora)
19- 04-2024
The Kellys of Tenerife: “Despite the record numbers of tourists, we have worse working conditions”
According to reports from the Workers' Commissions, 71% of housekeepers suffer from generalized anxiety disorders and are medicated to be able to endure the workdays. The housekeepers have stated that, with tourist occupancy rates of almost 90%, they have “the worst working conditions of their lives” and work piecework. (Canarias Ahora)
18-04-2024
The 20A promoters believe in changing the canary tourism model
The protest’s main claims are the regulation of home sales to non-residents and stopping the territory’s destruction that they are blaming on megaprojects and the proposed trains for Gran Canaria and Tenerife (Canarias7)
16-04-2024
Almost 84% of the population of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria believes that vacation rentals increase the price of housing rentals
reflected in a survey by Socioanalysis Technicians for the company Turismo LPA, carried out among 1,200 people between February 26 and March 11 in all districts of the city.; 83.6% agree that vacation rentals increase the rental price, while 78.3% agrees that it makes it difficult to find rental housing. 36.4% believe that the current regulation of Vacation Homes is not appropriate. (El Diario)
15-04-2024
Tourism workers who have nowhere to live in the Canary Islands: ''It's a bubble that has to burst''
``It’s all reserved for vacation use. When a new offer appears, they just let you rent for a couple of months and kick you out eventually when the high season comes`` (El Diario)
05-04-2024
The Canary Islands are fed up with tourism that grows without control: ''We are going to die of success''
On April 20, a large demonstration will take place on five of the eight islands that aims to become “historic” and demand a limit to uncontrolled growth, surveillance of natural spaces and that the right to housing of the local population be protected. (El Diario)
21-02-2024
CANARY ISLANDS GOVERNMENT LIFTS STOP ORDER ON CUNA DEL ALMA PROJECT
The Canary Islands Agency for the Protection of the Natural Environment has lifted one of the three stop orders that were in place for the construction project of the Cuna del Alma tourist complex in Puertito de Adeje in the south of Tenerife. (Canarian Weekly)
20-02-2024
How are locals demonstrating their concerns?
01- 05-2024
El grupo de activistas del colectivo 'Canarias se agota', quienes habían estado en huelga de hambre desde el 11 de abril, decidieron poner fin a su protesta este martes por la tarde. #Canariasseagota #Tenerifehttps://t.co/ga90Fa2ac4 pic.twitter.com/0lonSHwdud
— Islas Informa (@Islasinforma) May 2, 2024
The group of activists of the collective ‘Canarias se agotta’, who had been on hunger strike since April 11, decided to end their protest this Tuesday afternoon. #Canariasseagota #Tenerife
01- 05-2024
``Save La Tejita' asks the Tenerife Cabildo to abandon the Motor Circuit and buy the La Tejita plot
The platform has sent an open letter to Rosa Dávila: ''This initiative would return one of the most emblematic landscapes to the people of Tenerife, it would avoid an environmental catastrophe and resolve one of the main demands of the protesters'' (Canarias Ahora)
Carta abierta enviada a la prensa dirigida a la Sra Presidenta del @CabildoTenerife @rdavmam #salvarlatejita pic.twitter.com/iaD3LZ7NW6
— Salvar La Tejita (@salvartejita) May 1, 2024
01- 05-2024
More than 47,000 signatures against “predatory” tourism in La Palma
The 'ecoresort' that is intended to be built would occupy more than one million square meters, the equivalent of 141 football fields.The lawyer and secretary of Más Canarias , Florisela Rodríguez , points out that “it is time for the current Government to listen to the feelings of the citizens against this model of predatory tourism .” (Diario de Avisos)
01- 05-2024
Better salaries, shorter hours and a general strike: the demands of the thousand protesters on May 1 in Tenerife
Nearly a thousand protesters have taken to the streets of Santa Cruz de Tenerife during this May 1, Worker's Day, to demand an improvement in salaries that allows for greater redistribution of wealth as well as a reduction in working hours that facilitates family conciliation. Another of the attendees' requests was the holding of a general strike, something they considered ``ideal`` at a time when citizens are more mobilized after the recent celebration of the April 20 protests under the slogan Canary Islands has a limit. in which a change in the economic model was advocated.
01- 05-2024
A group of activists paralyzes the Cuna del Alma works for a day
The protesters remained seated in an attitude of protest on the dirt track that gives access to the Site of Scientific Interest of La Caleta, adjacent to the area where 420 tourist villas are planned in Puertito de Adeje. (Canarias Ahora)
01- 05-2024
Huelga de hambre 🔚@parcan se da 5 meses para diseñar plan sobre #Canarias
— Rebelión Científica Canarias (@RC_Canarias) May 1, 2024
¿Adoptarán por fin las peticiones de #Canariasseagota #Canariastieneunlímite?
¿Atenderán a #lacienciaesclara?
🛑🏨🏨
💚💧🚜
👥🗣👥@EsRebelCientif ⏳️🔎
Mientras contribuye enhttps://t.co/TbCOf47rbi
The #20A movement evolves to concretize the change of model. Participate in #Canariaspalante.
30- 04-2024
Les invitamos a asistir a la Asamblea virtual que se celebrará el día 6 de Mayo a las 19:00 horas canaria) para dar a conocer nuestra situación y las intenciones que con el apoyo de UGT y CCOO llevaremos a cabo
— Kellys Unión Tenerife (@Kellysunionten1) April 30, 2024
ENLACE PARA LA REUNIONhttps://t.co/GKFiX2mhoC pic.twitter.com/V5Xj9JpVnd
We invite you to attend the virtual Assembly to be held on May 6 at 19:00 Canary Islands time) to make known our situation and the intentions that we will carry out with the support of UGT and CCOO.
30- 04-2024
Here is a different version of “La utopia en que vivimos” in support of all those people who are fighting to change things for the better.
Especially for the comrades who today have been on HUNGER STRIKE for 20 DAYS demanding a change of model for the Canary Islands.
THANK YOU ❤️ (Rupatrupa)
30- 04-2024
Aprovechando la celebración de la Conferencia de Presidentes de #Canarias... 😏
— Más Canarias (@Mas_Canarias_) April 30, 2024
📢 Hemos presentado 47.665 firmas contra el #Ecocidio en #LaPalma. ✌🏽🇮🇨🌿
➡️ Exigimos al Gobierno que escuche a la ciudadanía tras la histórica manifestación del 20A.#CanariasTieneUnLímite pic.twitter.com/FaaIgK9cqV
30- 04-2024
Les invitamos a asistir a la Asamblea virtual que se celebrará el día 6 de Mayo a las 19:00 horas canaria) para dar a conocer nuestra situación y las intenciones que con el apoyo de UGT y CCOO llevaremos a cabo
— Kellys Unión Tenerife (@Kellysunionten1) April 30, 2024
ENLACE PARA LA REUNIONhttps://t.co/GKFiX2mhoC pic.twitter.com/V5Xj9JpVnd
30- 04-2024
https://twitter.com/GuasiFuentes/status/1785227297408102407/photo/1
30- 04-2024
Society César Manrique is resurrected in the heat of the protests: three experts analyze the validity of his visionary message
Canary Islands On April 20, more than sixty thousand people took to the streets of the Canary Islands to protest against the effects of mass tourism. Some of the protesters carried signs with the face of the artist César Manrique, a precursor of environmentalism . ``Manrique's position was always aimed at achieving quality tourism, avoiding overcrowding, seeking a balance between the island's reception capacity and the number of visitors,`` (SER 100)
30- 04-2024
30- 04-2024
Identifican a las activistas, protegen a los delincuentes. El pueblo exige ser escuchado y la paralización inmediata de los macroproyectos ILEGALES Cuna del Alma y Hotel de La Tejita. La huelga de hambre continua, la Primavera Canaria también. #CanariasSeAgota #MadridSeAgota ... pic.twitter.com/yMXGJJwgg7
— Javier Ríos (@JavierRios180) April 30, 2024
29- 04-2024
20A groups urge the Government of the Canary Islands to create a negotiation table for a change of model
Collectives linked to the April 20 demonstrations have begun a process of collecting proposals to demand a change in the economic and social model that improves the lives of people in the Canary Islands, respects the territory and puts life at the center and urges the Government regional to create a negotiating table. (Canarias Ahora)
29- 04-2024
The ``Canary Islands are exhausted`` movement calls for a popular assembly to propose ``a change in the economic model of the islands``
The ``Canarias se Agota`` movement, which emerged in the heat of massive protests on April 20 throughout the archipelago, has called a popular assembly with the aim of proposing a new economic model for the Canary Islands. This call arises amid growing concern about the environmental and social sustainability of the islands, and in response to citizen demands for a tourism moratorium, a new development model and the stoppage of controversial works such as the hotel on the beach of La Tejita and the Cuna del Alma urbanization in Puertito de Adeje. (Libre Diario)
29- 04-2024
The Cabildo of Tenerife and its false Ecotax
After 20A, attempts began by those in government to calm the population and leave us under the anesthesia of Tenerife Amable for another three decades. In this specific case, they have approved in the plenary session of the Cabildo of Tenerife held on April 26 and without coordinating with the platforms or associations that look after the territory an “ecotax” that, according to what they announce, will come into operation from January 1 2025 , only applicable to tourists who visit different protected spaces and all after the necessary studies. (El Pais Canario).
29- 04-2024
Statement from the organizing groups of 20A about the alleged “discomfort” with the Canarias se Agota platform
Given the information leaked by some media about the discrepancies between the Coordinator of organizing groups the massive demonstration under the slogan “Canarias has a Limit” and the platform Canarias se Gota and given the media commotion that is being generated in recent days as a result of certain actions undertaken by this platform, the Coordinator of groups responsible for 20A wants to make the following clear: the information published in some media about the Coordinator's discomfort with Canarias se Agota is biased and only seeks to create discord. (Sol del Sur)
28- 04-2024
“The Canary Islands have a limit”. The sustainable tourism revolution begins in the archipelago
“ Canarias se agota “, the Canary Islands run out . With this slogan, the population of the archipelago took to the streets on April 20th to denounce the difficult coexistence between a tourism model that pays little attention to sustainability and a natural wealth with few equals in the world. (Artribune)
27- 04-2024
Lo mismito pic.twitter.com/VShTuNeIW7
— Padylla (@Padylla) April 27, 2024
26- 04-2024
'Canary Islands are sold out' calls for a new demonstration in Tenerife
The platform has called this Saturday for a new demonstration that will start from the San Benito park, in La Laguna. The group assures that they are taking this measure ``in response to the apathy`` of the President of the Government of the Canary Islands , Fernando Clavijo , with whom five representatives of this group met last Tuesday. The demonstration will be visible from the Tenerife North airport 'The Canary Islands are exhausted' asks people who attend this protest march to bring a suitcase ``to represent how they throw us out of the islands`` , since the idea is that ``they will see us from the airport`` in Tenerife North. (RTVC)
26- 04-2024
Peaceful sit-in in Saulo Torón in support of activists who are on hunger strike in Tenerife
A hundred people held a peaceful sit-in this friday in Saulo Torón Square (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) in support of the Tenerife activities who have been on hunger strike since April 11. (Canarias 7)
26- 04-2024
"Hice una fiesta en mi casa y se me fue de las manos": el paralelismo que explica la denuncia de ‘Canarias tiene un límite’ con el turismo. Una usuaria de TikTok lanza un vídeo comparando Canarias con una fiesta que se satura de gente pic.twitter.com/Fij1HpgwtC
— La Provincia (@laprovincia_es) April 26, 2024
26- 04-2024
The hunger strike
Who said all was lost? Hungry stomachs in resistance have entered the unknown world of double digits. The days continue to pass, the energy of battle leaves the bodies and the mind will do its job of blurring the dreams of sinking its teeth into a good bite. A handful of brave people consider it appropriate to dangerously deteriorate their health and even die if necessary. It is a dark recreation of martyrdom and I feel terribly sorry. (El periodico - Victor Yanes)
25- 04-2024
Seguimos diciendo alto y claro que #CanariasTieneUnLímite y que #CanariasSeAgota.
— Fernando Ruiz (@FernandoRuizTF) April 25, 2024
De nuevo casi mil personas en La Laguna, pacíficamente pero con la contundencia que merece la gravedad de la situación
Si después de esto el Gobierno de Canarias sigue sin mover ficha yo ya no sé pic.twitter.com/pueyDf8sUT
25- 04-2024
Peaceful sit-in in La Laguna to demand the stoppage of the La Tejita and Cuna del Alma projects
The Plaza de La Concepción, in the center of the Tenerife city of La Laguna, was the place where on Thursday afternoon a large number of people demonstrated “peacefully” to protest the need for a change in the tourism model in the Canary Islands (Canarias Ahora)
25- 04-2024
The organizers of 20A demand a “total” hotel and vacation moratorium
The eighteen groups in favor of a change in the Canarian tourism model have demanded this Thursday that the regional government adopt several measures. In a statement, they comment that the Government of the Canary Islands, if it really intended to change the tourism model, should ``immediately`` stop the works on the Cuna del Alma and La Tejita tourist complexes, in Tenerife. (Diaro de Avisos)
24- 04-2024
🔴 Roberto Mesa, activista en huelga de hambre:
— El Intermedio (@El_Intermedio) April 24, 2024
💬 "La situación en Canarias es muy extrema"
💬 "Hablan de turismofobia, pero lo que queremos es un cambio de modelo, que sea sostenible, que beneficie a la población local y que no la perjudique"
Entrevista de @andrearopero pic.twitter.com/hdHfpc4Tu2
24- 04-2024
Están ahí para defender los intereses económicos de quienes están utilizando las islas para hacer negocio privado. Y por lo tanto demuestran que no son representantes del pueblo, ni gobiernan para el beneficio común. https://t.co/EnmyTYVnCL
— ElTípicoDeTenerife (@eltipiquisimo) April 24, 2024
24- 04-2024
“Canarias tiene un límite “ que el VANDALISMO acaba de superar.
— Tenerife Vial (@TenerifeVial) April 24, 2024
❌ ASÍ NO ❌ pic.twitter.com/AO3LKvQv7C
24- 04-2024
El Hotel de La Tejita construyéndose sin permiso de Costas y Cuna del Alma pillada 'in fraganti' colocando un vallado sin licencia.
— Víctor D. 🇮🇨 (@BiodiverSiTal) April 24, 2024
Pero políticos y afines pronunciándose por una pintada en el asfalto. Carajo.
24- 04-2024
¿Toletismo infinito o prepotencia del PP de Tenerife?
— Premios Tolete (@PremiosTolete) April 24, 2024
Una pintada en el asfalto = construcciones ilegales + precariedad laboral + problemas de vivienda + agotamiento de los recursos + un montón de problemas más para Canarias.
Muy #pocospremiosdamos 🤦🏽 https://t.co/o7VhuTu6P6
24- 04-2024
Of escraches and sittings in La Laguna
Opinion piece by Santiago Perez. These days there has been a “sit-in” outside the family home of Fernando Clavijo, the president of the Government of the Canary Islands, and it seems equally unacceptable to me. I heard today that some event of this nature is being prepared again for the next few days, the justification of which its promoters intend to support by invoking the constitutional right of demonstration. (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
The new graffiti with the 20A motto: a “vandalism” that threatens Teide
The Teide National Park woke up this morning with the image of “The Canary Islands have a limit” painted on the asphalt of one of the access roads.The vice president and advisor of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Lope Afonso, denounced that ``the Teide National Park is a World Heritage Site and deserves care and respect`` (Diario de Avisos)
24- 04-2024
Clavijo and Canarian coalition despise the massive mobilisation
CC, PP, AHI and ASG reject the ecotax, the moratorium, controlling tourism growth and limiting the sale of homes to foreigners in the Canary Islands Parliament. Clavijo, who had declared that the demonstrations were in line with the line proposed by his executive, rejected in the plenary session of the Canary Islands Parliament, together with his government partners, a proposal presented by Nueva Canarias-Bloque Canarias (NC-BC) (Radio Pimiento)
24- 04-2024
Los que hacen escraches a la familia de Fernando Clavijo NO representan el sentir de una parte de la sociedad canaria que se manifiesta legítimamente para pedir un cambio en la protección de nuestros espacios naturales.
— Rosa Davila (@rdavmam) April 24, 2024
El hogar y la familia son intocables y no pueden ser objeto… pic.twitter.com/BTX3wO4yQg
Activists have attracted criticism for demonstrating outside the home of the Canary Island President.
24- 04-2024
One of the activists on hunger strike takes his protest to the Congress of Deputies
One of the activists from the 'Canarias se Agota' platform will travel to Madrid this Wednesday with the aim of demanding immediate action from the state government. After the meeting with Clavijo, which they describe as “disappointing”, one of the strikers has decided to travel to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid due to “the passivity of the Canary Islands institutions” (MírameTV).
24- 04-2024
Change must be possible
he first data that the Government Subdelegation in the Tenerife capital considered was 15,000 people and then 20,000 and later went to 32,000 attendees, while the organization remained at 80,000 participants. The latest data speak of about 150,000 people, although the Government Subdelegation estimates the attendees at 55,000.On the island of Gran Canaria, the organization estimated 50,000 attendees, while official data speaks of 14,000 people. Likewise, there were 9,000 in Arrecife, Lanzarote, more than 300 people in San Sebastián de La Gomera and about 120 attendees in Valverde, El Hierro. (El Dia)
24- 04-2024
Costas threatens to sanction the developer of the hotel in La Tejita if it does not stop the works in the public domain
The Head of the Provincial Coastal Service in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Jorge Miguel Ortega, has threatened to sanction the promoter of the hotel in La Tejita, the company Construction, Promotion and Derivados, SA, owned by businessman José Viqueira, if he does not stop the works in the maritime-terrestrial public domain. (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
One of the hungerstrikers has travelled to Madrid protest
THIS MORNING ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE HUNGER STRIKE TRAVELED TO MADRID TO BRING THE DEMANDS TO THE CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES. (Radio Pimienta)
24- 04-2024
The organizers of the last massive protest in the Canary Islands decide to take the protest to the heart of Madrid.
BREAKING NEWS | The organizers of the last massive protest in the Canary Islands (80,000 people in Tenerife alone) decide to take the protest to the heart of Madrid. TOMORROW.</p> <p>We must give them all our support. Everyone who can has the obligation to go, we have a lot at stake. (Rubén Hood)
22- 04-2024
The 'Canary Islands are exhausted' platform requests the mediation of the Common Deputy with the Canary Islands Government
The platform 'Canarias se Agota' , promoter of the demonstrations this Saturday for a change in the tourism model , has demanded that the administrations ``act now, immediately``, for the definitive stoppage of the works on the La Tejita and Cuna del Alma resort. (RTVC)
22- 04-2024
Última hora!! El estado d salud d uno d lxs participantes en la huelga d hambre 👉 12 días, ha empeorado. La gravedad ha obligado a la intervención d una ambulancia para prestarle asistencia y trasladarla a un centro hospitalario A q esperas @FClavijoBatlle?#CanariasSeAgota pic.twitter.com/hieSqFawKn
— María J. Belda (@MariaJBelda) April 22, 2024
One of the hunger strikers has needed medical treatment after 12 days without food.
21-04-2024
The day that the Canaries demanded the end of mass tourism and made history in the streets: “We want to be hosts, not slaves”
Close to 200,000 people have demonstrated in the archipelago against poverty, water shortages, natural landscape destruction and lack of housing: ‘there’s people that live here’ (El Diario)
Ahora ellas en breve rueda de prensa.
— María J. Belda (@MariaJBelda) April 22, 2024
Sus vidas, su Salud, sus Cuerpos los han puesto para defender el Territorio .#CanariasTieneUnLimite #CanariasSeAgota pic.twitter.com/DsFUf2oPBY
20-04-2024
Protests across the Canary Islands
Protesters approachiED the end of the march route AT 16:00 local time where they listened to speeches from organisers. The demonstration passed off peacefully and without incident. Thousands of frustrated locals in Fuerteventura joined a march very similar to that held in Tenerife and elsewhere in the Canaries. (Express)
#CanariasTieneUnLímite desde Lanzarote. ✌🏽🇮🇨🌿 pic.twitter.com/5WOFmMEAcD
— Más Canarias (@Mas_Canarias_) April 20, 2024
20-04-2024
50k March in Santa Cruz
Thousands of Canary Islanders have already assembled as they prepare to protest against mass tourism. Demonstrators unfurled a banner saying ``You Enjoy, We Suffer`` and while another protester issued a brutal message this morning in Tenerife's capital, Santa Cruz. Riot police are also in attendance due to the large numbers of protestors.
Desborde total. Éxito sin precedentes. Decenas de miles de personas en las calles de Canarias gritando alto y claro que Canarias no se vende, se ama y se defiende.
— Fernando Ruiz (@FernandoRuizTF) April 20, 2024
Estas manifestaciones van a marcar un antes y un después en la Historia del archipiélago.#CanariasTieneUnLimite pic.twitter.com/jjRzTCWjLD
18-04-2024
The 20A demonstrations receive an incessant trickle of support 48 hours after taking to the streets of the Canary Islands
The protests, which are set to have a massive attendance, have already been an all-around success, given that their very planning have already opened room the political, economic and social debate to be had in the archipelago (El Diario)
18-04-2024
Activists enter the La Tejita hotel construction site and stop part of the construction to “make the law be obeyed”
The Dirección General de Costa y el Mar considered on march that the developed of the Galician group Viquera lacks the habilitating title to resume construction in a part of the parcel, which has been worked on these past days with a shovel and an excavator (El Diario)
17-04-2024
450 teaching and research staff from various universities have called to join the citizen protest on 20A
From the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, abundant bibliography is produced that results in the idea that the archipelago is marked by a scheme of social and political organization that predators the soil, pollutes the waters, destroys the cultural heritage and is harmful, in general, for all the species that inhabit the islands. (RTVC)
17-04-2024
The people on a week-long hunger strike in Tenerife reaffirm the life risks they’re undertaking If new hotel and villa constructions aren’t stopped
Although the six striker’s health is worsening, which forced an ambulance to interfere this Tuesday afternoon, they maintain their orders without any public reaction yet. This Thursday they will reveal their names. (El Diario)
16-04-2024
Concerns grow for the activists in Tenerife after a 6 day long hunger strike: “the data is very alarming”
Since last Thursday, six activists remain on hunger strike with campaign booths installed in front of the Church of La Concepción in La Laguna, Tenerife; The strikers have vital signs outside normal limits that can ``seriously compromise their health.`` (Diario de avisos)
11-04-2024
A human chain and a hunger strike kick off the 20A protests in the Canary Islands
The group known as Canary Islands are sold out staged a protest on Thursday in La Laguna with a demonstration and a human chain, setting the stage for upcoming protests across most of the Canary Islands next week. (El Diario)
What have the political responses been?
02- 05-2024
The Canary Islands are looking at Malta and Finland: they commission a study to determine whether they can limit the purchase of housing to foreigners
The Archipelago is already the third community where foreigners make the most home purchases, they take over 28.5% of the transactions. The Government of the Canary Islands has requested a report from the legal services on the viability of a legislative reform that would allow limiting the purchase of housing by foreigners in the Archipelago. (SER 100)
01- 05-2024
Mogán goes ahead and will approve its own tourist tax before the end of the year despite the employers' association
The Gran Canarian tourist municipality in the south of Gran Canaria led by Mayor Onalia Bueno will be the first in the Canary Islands to approve a tourist tax, Mayor Onalia Bueno reveals in La SER that they are finalizing the study that will lead to the approval of the first tourist tax for overnight stays in the Canary Islands.
30- 04-2024
Rodríguez demands differentiated actions for La Palma that guarantee its recovery
The president of the Cabildo of La Palma, Sergio Rodríguez, participated in the Conference of Presidents of Island Councils, convened in the regional Parliament, where he claimed the need for differentiated actions for the Island that guarantee and give legal security to the recovery process.
30- 04-2024
The Government of Spain responds to that of the Canary Islands: the Oliva Beach concession is a state competence, not an autonomous one
As expected, the Government of Spain has responded to the Canarian Executive that the “compensatory” concessions on the maritime-terrestrial public domain, such as the one held by the company Geafond Number One Lanzarote to manage the RIU Oliva Beach hotel, are a state competence and not autonomous, rejecting the argument put forward by the Administration led by Fernando Clavijo (CC). (Canarias Ahora)
30- 04-2024
Clavijo, at the Conference of Presidents: “Maybe we should tell Europe that we should discourage people from coming to the Archipelago”
Clavijo has also said that we must “seek scientific and legal solutions” to demographic growth but has not hidden the difficulties that it entails, within the EU, to set limits on the purchase of housing by foreigners or limit mobility, hence “ Maybe we should tell Europe” that the archipelago is RUP and through article 349 “regulate the population” or establish fiscal figures to “discourage people from coming” but all within a “calm, scientific and legal debate” . (Diario de Avisos)
30- 04-2024
The Canarian Government and the councils agree to create working groups on tourism, demographic growth and planning
The Government of the Canary Islands and the seven councils agreed this Tuesday to create five working groups to address a better distribution of the wealth generated by tourism, increase agility in territorial planning and establish a demographic challenge strategy given that the growth of archipelago with almost half a million inhabitants is “unsustainable.” (Canarias Ahora)
29- 04-2024
The president of the Cabildo of Tenerife requests studies on the loading capacity in the Canary Islands
The president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, announced this Monday that she is going to defend at the Conference of Council Presidents held this Tuesday in Parliament the preparation of studies on the load capacity or the application of a measure to remove the empty homes market. (Canarias Ahora)
26- 04-2024
Aprobamos la implantación de la ecotasa para nuestros espacios naturales protegidos. 👇🏻👇🏻
— Rosa Davila (@rdavmam) April 26, 2024
🌱 Una tasa de carácter finalista y 100% bonificable para residentes que irá destinada exclusivamente a la protección y conservación de estos espacios.
✅ Junto a esta ecotasa impulsaremos… pic.twitter.com/jJptlhf0rt
26- 04-2024
Santa Cruz defends that to improve Las Teresitas a hotel should be built
The construction of a hotel on Las Teresitas beach is necessary to be able to finance the improvement works, the cost of which will amount to around 35 million. ``It is a question of economic viability.`` This is how the councilor for Urban Planning, Zaida Gonzalez (PP) , defended it this Friday, April 26, during the plenary session held by the Santa Cruz City Council, in the face of the criticism expressed by the PSOE spokesperson, Patricia Hernandez, who accused the first to lie, assuring that they can intervene on Chicharreras beach, to improve it, without having to build any hotel. (El Dia)
26- 04-2024
Valbuena: “El 20A es la reacción de la ciudadanía en contra del retroceso que vive actualmente Canarias”
— EL PAÍS CANARIO (@elpaiscanario) April 26, 2024
Eso dicen desde el PSOE. Como si la gente no estuviera igualmente cansada del Gobierno de las flores. Lo peor del 20-A son los partidos políticos tratando de sacar cacho 😡.
26- 04-2024
¡CANARIAS EN PIE DE LUCHA!#CanariasSeAgota convoca:
— Juanfer (@Juanfer_hm) April 26, 2024
- Mañana 27 de abril a las 12:00: MANIFESTACIÓN
- Martes 30 de abril a las 17:00: ASAMBLEA POPULAR
No podemos dejar sol@s a l@s huelguistas de hambre, porque #CanariasTieneUnLimite y #ClavijoSoluciónODimisión pic.twitter.com/2vchyckMbM
25- 04-2024
Las administraciones implicadas abordarán el 3 de mayo el futuro de Cuna del Alma y el hotel de La Tejitahttps://t.co/QUa40bcxIx
— RTVC (@RTVCes) April 25, 2024
25- 04-2024
Continúa el conflicto en torno a la construcción del Hotel de La Tejita
— RTVC (@RTVCes) April 25, 2024
El Servicio Provincial de Costas de Santa Cruz de #Tenerife ha ordenado la paralización de los trabajos en la zona y la promotora defiende su legalidad#TN1Canarias pic.twitter.com/sBR8RRdR1f
25- 04-2024
El centro de debate en el Congreso 'Futurismo', en Tenerife, ha estado en la #ViviendaVacacional. El sector hotelero hace un llamamiento a su regulación pic.twitter.com/jYdtgJtVAI
— Televisión Canaria Noticias (@RTVCCanarias) April 25, 2024
25- 04-2024
The Adeje City Council suspends this Friday's plenary session, which included a motion on Cuna del Alma
The Adeje City Council, in the south of Tenerife, has suspended the plenary session that was going to be held this Friday and in which, among other issues, a motion presented by Unidas Sí Podemos was going to be debated to request the stoppage of the works on the tourist complex, Cuna del Alma. The controversial works have recently been taken up by the construction company after the regional Executive chaired by Fernando Clavijo lifted the precautionary stoppage imposed by the previous Government after it was found that the project lacked the environmental impact report required by current regulations. “It does not seem random that a very serious and potentially irregular decision such as the suspension of the plenary session without prior communication occurs when the City Council must take a position on a macro-project that accumulates sanctions and stoppages due to its alleged illegality.” (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
CC and PP reject the purchase of the land in La Tejita that the previous Government began to stop the hotel
Even the promoter of the future complex asked the current regional Executive to continue with the purchase procedure. The Minister of Ecological Transition, Mariano Zapata, said this Tuesday in Parliament that said purchase file for the land that the La Tejita is being built upon does not exist and thus the government can not purchase the land. (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
Clavijo proposes that the Government of Spain buy the plot of the La Tejita hotel
The President of the Executive, the nationalist Fernando Clavijo , has rejected such possibility and has passed the ball to the State: ``Why don't you ask the Government of Spain ? We are talking about very large budgets and, if that is your criterion, you should ask the Environment or the Coasts ,`` (El Dia)
24- 04-2024
The Cabildo of Tenerife affirms that it will support Granadilla if it withdraws the license from the La Tejita hotel
Rosa Dávila assures that the corporation will even provide “economic resources to reverse the situation, renaturalize and repair what has been done so far” in the area. (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
Only one of the tourism controlling proposals has been approved in parliament
The plenary session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands voted this Wednesday on a motion from the Nueva Canarias-Bloque Canarias (NC-BC) group that included seven measures to control tourism growth and that included many of the demands demanded by the population in the massive demonstrations of the past. Saturday (10A). Only one of the proposals has gone ahead, despite Vox's contrary vote, and the rest have been rejected. (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
The rate that the Cabildo of Tenerife wants to apply for visiting natural spaces will be 100% discounted for residents
In principle, the protected spaces considered by CC and the PP to implement this tax would be the Teide National Park, the Anaga Rural Park and the Teno Park, although the possibility of adding more to the list is not ruled out. Tthe PP voted this Wednesday in the Parliament of the Canary Islands against a tourist tax or ecotax on overnight stays , although it did vote in favor of charging for entry to the natural spaces of the islands in a motion presented by NC-BC (Canarias Ahora)
24- 04-2024
Ecotax discussed in Canarian Parliament
CC, PP, AHI and ASG reject in the Canary Islands Parliament the ecotax, the moratorium, controlling tourism growth and limiting the sale of homes to foreigners<br /> Yes, it has been approved, with the negative vote of Vox, to urge the regional government to charge for access to protected natural spaces (El Pais Canario)
24- 04-2024
Clavijo suggests raising the IGIC on hotel overnight stays
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, suggested yesterday the possibility of raising the IGIC on hotel overnight stays, as a ``more efficient`` and better redistributed alternative to the tourist tax that the PSOE has proposed (Diario de Avisos)
24- 04-2024
Costas orders the La Tejita hotel to be paralyzed but the developer continues with the works
in a statement, Grupo Viqueira informs that it has requested the Provincial Coastal Service of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to annul said order because ``it lacks legal support and the works are covered by all the mandatory legal titles and can be executed on the demarcation of the maritime-terrestrial zone.” The promoter has requested the Provincial Coastal Service of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge to take into account the allegations presented and declare the requirement formulated null and void, since the works being carried out “have all the urban and sectoral titles to be executed.” (EFE)
The former president of Socialist Youth defends that the island “continues to be the containment dam against mass tourism”
In recent statements to the La Palma Opina forum, and in his capacity as president of the Socialist Youth of La Palma, a position from which he was dismissed a few days after his intervention in said communication initiative, Andrés Paz Pais assured that the Dichosa Wellness Clinic tourism project “It is not going to be built,” remembering that “every project needs an environmental impact report and I doubt that the Dichosa Wellness Clinic is going to get it.” (THE LA PALMA NEWSPAPER).
23- 04-2024
Tenerife, getting closer to charging tourists to visit protected spaces
The president of the Cabido of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila , proposed this Tuesday the creation of a tax on the island intended for tourists and linked to access to protected natural spaces and with a finalist nature so that the proceeds go towards their conservation and maintenance (Diario de Avisos)
23- 04-2024
Clavijo receives five members of the Canary Islands, who see the meeting as “disappointing”
The activists affirm that they have seen “no desire” for change on the part of the president of the regional government, whom they have asked to intervene to paralyze the tourist projects of La Tejita and Cuna del Alma. In statements to EFE, one of the spokespersons for the Canarie se agota, Víctor Martín, has indicated that the situation is “practically the same as before the meeting”, since they have not appreciated “any desire” for change on the part of Clavijo, whom they consider that “he came with the practised speech`` (Canarias Ahora)
22- 04-2024
The mayor of Granadilla calls on the rest of the administrations to protect La Tejita
Jennifer Miranda (PSOE) opts for a meeting with the State, the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo of Tenerife to find “a viable solution” that guarantees the protection of the beach. A hotel is being built on that beach, the construction of which has been requested by environmental groups , some of whose members are on hunger strike, and by tens of thousands of protesters in the 20A protests. The mayor herself reported weeks ago of the agreement between the developer and the previous Government of the Canary Islands (Canarias Ahora)
22- 04-2024
NC-BC proposes seven urgent measures to limit tourism growth in the Canary Islands
Nueva Canarias-Bloque Canarista (NC-BC) will ask in Parliament for measures to urgently limit tourist growth, the application of the tourist tax, limit the purchase of housing by non-resident foreigners and an urgent moratorium on vacation rental authorizations or Otherwise, there will be “an avalanche of requests.” (Canarias Ahora)
22- 04-2024
The mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on 20A: ``I think we have to put a limit on current tourist growth``
The mayor of the island's capital, José Manuel Bermúdez , spoke at the microphones of 'Despierta Canarias', on Radio Marca Tenerife, about 20A: `` Saturday's demonstration is the expression of a feeling that must be heard .`` Bermúdez assured that `` I have never aspired for the city to grow in population or hotel beds. It is not an objective .``
22- 04-2024
The Canary Islands will take the State before the Constitutional Court for the powers over the coast
JUSTICE AND COURTS<br /> The Canary Islands will take the State before the Constitutional Court for the powers of Costas<br /> The Minister of Public Works of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pablo Rodríguez (CC), announced this decision in a press conference after the Commission<br /> The Canary Islands will take the State before the Constitutional Court for the powers of Costas<br /> EFE<br /> clients@efe.com<br /> Published on 04/22/2024<br /> The Government of the Canary Islands has confirmed this Monday its intention to present an appeal to the Constitutional Court to resolve the conflict it maintains with the State over the scope of the coastal powers transferred to the autonomous community, after having failed the attempt to reach an agreement. (DIariodeavisos)
22- 04-2024
The Canarian Government summons Adeje, Granadilla and the Cabildo to evaluate the 'Cuna del Alma' and La Tejita projects
The Canarian Government summons Adeje, Granadilla and the Cabildo to evaluate the 'Cuna del Alma' and La Tejita projects</p> <p>The president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, announced this Monday that he will call a meeting with the mayor of Adeje, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, and the mayor of Granadilla, Jennifer Miranda, to analyze their plans regarding tourism projects from 'Cuna del Alma' and La Tejita.</p> <p>Leer más: https://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-gobierno-canario-convoca-adeje-granadilla-cabildo-evaluar-proyectos-cuna-alma-tejita-20240422115728.html</p> <p>(c) 2024 Europa Press. Está expresamente prohibida la redistribución y la redifusión de este contenido sin su previo y expreso consentimiento. (Europa Press)
22- 04-2024
Clavijo affirms that “things have to change” in the Canary Islands after the massive protests of 20A: “We have to reset”
The same president stated just three weeks ago that the economic model on the islands would not be changed because it was “a success.” Clavijo, in statements to the media, has announced that he is going to summon the mayor of Granadilla, Mayor Adeje and the president of the Cabildo of Tenerife to discuss the construction projects of the La Tejita hotel and the Cuna de Alma tourist development
22- 04-2024
Granadilla and Adeje municipalities are responsible for the promotion of the resorts
Fernando Clavijo commens that The La Tejita and Cuna de Alma projects were promoted by the municipalities of Granadilla and Adeje. These two municipalities are the ones who must decide what they want to do with them. That is why, in order to listen to their opinions, I will call them together with the president of the cabildo, so that they can inform what steps they want to follow. (Gobierno de Canarias)
22- 04-2024
The president of the Tenerife Cabildo admits that the model must be reviewed because “there are tourists everywhere”
The president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila (Canary Coalition), pointed out this Monday that the massive demonstrations experienced last Saturday on all the islands are a “turning point” to address changes in the tourism model in the archipelago, such way that has been in favor of starting to charge tourists for access to natural spaces and has recognized that there are visitors “everywhere.” (CanariasAhora)
El modelo turístico que permitió mejorar la calidad de vida de nuestros padres tiene que cambiar para construir un futuro mejor. pic.twitter.com/gwlK2lCajw
— Rosa Davila (@rdavmam) April 19, 2024
21- 04-2024
The Government of the Canary Islands will summon the mayors of Adeje and Granadilla to address the future of Cuna del Alma and La Tejita
First political movements after the massive demonstrations held in the Canary Islands last Saturday to demand a change in the tourism model of the islands. As Cadena SER has learned, the regional executive will summon the socialist mayors of Adeje and Granadilla de Abona to address the future of two controversial projects in Tenerife: Cuna del Alma and the La Tejita hotel. (SER100)
21- 04-2024
``Tenerife is not a theme park``: an 'ecotax' in natural spaces, the response of the Cabildo after 20A
Rosa Dávila believes it is necessary to study ``all fiscal and legal measures`` that allow limits to the occupation of the territory. A turning point for Tenerife. This is how the island president defines the demonstration to demand a change in the tourism model that was held last Saturday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and which brought together 32,000 people according to the figures of the Government subdelegation, 80,000 according to the organizers. (SER100)
21- 04-2024
Casimiro Curbelo, president of the island of La Gomera, excuses mass tourism and says that the main issue is overpopulation
’Like in that old Carlos Puebla song, the problem isn’t the cow’s milk but the amount of people that are drinking it’, he wrote in an article this Sunday. Curbelo insists that the clogging of the large metropolitan areas of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, with almost a million inhabitants, creates dysfunctions that are not the same as those suffered by the Green Islands.
19- 04-2024
Clavijo admits that the demographic challenge has to lead us to think “how many tourists should come”
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo , admitted this Friday that the demographic challenge in the archipelago has to lead us to think about ``how many tourists should come, how many citizens these islands can accommodate, how much infrastructure, how we are going to address mobility``, among Another questions.
18-04-2024
The Tenerife Chamber of Commerce asks to redirect the tourism debate towards the planning of a sustainable and democratic model
48 hours before the 20A protests against the island’s situation and the existing development model, Santiago Sesé says that ‘it is time to find solutions, not who to blame’ to avoid ‘a negative impact, with unpredictable consequences about the Canaries’ future’ (El Diario)
18-04-2024
PSOE accuses hotel employers of the Canaries of manipulation to relieve pressure and not increase wages.
Representative Gustavo Santana criticizes the proposal from Ashotel asking municipalities to donate territory for the construction of housing by businessmen near touristic areas that will later be rented out to workers as being ``opportunistic`` (El Diario)
17-04-2024
The government of the Canaries agrees to create a panel discussion to face the vacation housing project.
This Wednesday’s meeting was between the regional executive and the Association of Touristic Municipalities, the first panel is planned for April 26th (El Diario)
17-04-2024
The PSOE registers a PNL requesting this tax on overnight stays, an idea supported by parties such as Podemos or Nueva Canarias
In the Canary Islands, on the eve of the mobilizations called for next Saturday, the debate about tourist tax has been reactivated. The Balearic experience, has shown that introducing a tourist tax does not reduce the number of visitors. (El Diario)
14-04-2024
Canarias PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) respects and shares the demands of 20A
The PSOE respects and deeply shares the motivations behind the manifestations, always betting on a sustainable tourism model that’s respectful with our territory. Tourism that’s committed not only with its quality but also with progress and wellness of the canary citizens, through redistribution of wealth and collective negotiations to better the salaries and working conditions of the labor force (El Dia)
13-04-2024
Half a dozen geographers question the future Canary vacation rental law: “It is an Orwellian norm”
The Canary Islands draft to regulate vacation rentals to a maximum of 10% within residential areas has been described by the Minister of Tourism and Employment as the first stone of the “change of model”. However, experts in tourist geography point out that his percentage is even higher than what is present in the Canary Islands currently - creating more precedent for vacation rentals in communities. (El Diario)
13-04-2024
Clavijo, president of the Canaries, doesn’t rule out a tourism ecotax on the islands, although he recognizes it wasn’t a part of his program with the PP (Partido Popular)
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, does not rule out the possibility that a tourist tax could finally be implemented in the archipelago, although he has recognized that this measure is not within the government program signed with the Popular Party, which maintains its opposition to this measure. (El Diario)
10-04-2024
“They’ve come to stay and they can eventually be very positive”
The spokesman for the Canary Islands’ Presidency has said that holiday homes will remain in the Canary Islands and are creating positives for locals. (El Dia)
10-04-2024
The Canary Islands will limit vacation rentals to apartments larger than 39 square meters
The new regulations establish, in turn, that the express authorization of the owners' meeting will be necessary when the statutes allow this practice. On the ground floors a premises cannot be converted into a holiday home. On the first floor, tourist use with a common access will be allowed if its useful surface, added to the rest of the non-residential uses in the building, does not exceed 250 useful square meters. On the upper floors, only one tourist apartment will be allowed if there is no one below for residential use. (El Pais)
08-04-2024
Canary Islands’ president towards the tourism sector employers: “The businessmen have to change, they have to be responsible”
Fernando Clavijo is “enchanted” with the movement of Canarian residents for positive change for the islands an urges that buisnesses take responsibility. Previously Clavijo has urged the tourism employers' association pay workers more to ``democratise`` the profits being made in the industry which does not seem to reach the residents. (El Dia)
08-04-2024
Clavijo asks the tourism sector to “democratize” wealth because “it exploits something from everyone”
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, insisted this Monday on demanding a salary increase in the tourism sector and thus ``democratize the wealth`` it generates, because ``they are exploiting something that belongs to everyone.`` : our sun, our landscape, our wonderful islands.” He stated that “for the first time we all agree that we cannot continue like this, the political forces and the entire society,” and he considered “it is important for society to come out and express its discontent, because it is a wake-up call for everyone.” in reference to the demonstrations called on April 20. (EFE)
04-04-2024
CANARY ISLANDS PRESIDENT REFUSES TO ADDRESS ‘TOURISMOPHOBIA’
The President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has called for ``common sense`` from those protesting against tourism in the archipelago, emphasising that it is the ``main source of employment and wealth.`` Clavijo, who admitted that the regional government is concerned about the organisation of such demonstrations, as well as the harassment or insults directed at those ``who come to enjoy, spend a few days, and leave their money in the Canary Islands,`` stressed the need to ``act responsibly`` in this matter. (Canarian Weekly)
02-04-2024
Lanzarote refuses to declare the island a tense residential area
The government group of the Lanzarote Cabildo , made up of CC and PP , has refused in this Tuesday's plenary session to declare the island a tense residential area . They have denied the motion presented by the PSOE to control the rise in real estate prices in accordance with the Housing Law Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cabrera , the Housing Minister of the Island Council, has explained that they have refused to apply this measure because in Barcelona ``what it has achieved is the opposite effect, which is to increase the price of rent (RTVC)
01-04-2024
``The cow that gives milk must be left alone``
“Concern” in the Government of the Canary Islands and in the hotel employers' association due to the protest called on five islands against overcrowding (El Diario)
30-08-2023
THE MINISTER OF TOURISM BELIEVES THAT TOURISMOPHOBIA ‘IS STARTING TO GET WORRYING’
“The tourismphobia that is being fuelled by some sectors in the Canary Islands is beginning to get worrying. Yes, tourism is colliding with residents, but we must face these points of conflict and tackle them head-on, as in the case of housing, but we mustn’t demonize the sector that, before the pandemic, represented 35% of the GDP of the Islands and is the main driving force of the economy.” (Canarian Weekly)
28-02-2023
Ecological Transition declares the expiration of the Oliva Beach hotel in Fuerteventura and orders its demolition
The Ministry asks the company Geafond Number One Lanzarote to “lift and remove from the public domain” the facilities after verifying non-compliance with the established conditions (Canarias Ahora)
Tourism stakeholder comments
28- 04-2024
The controversial video of the owner of Loro Parque against animal activists: “They want us to live like vegans, not to have pets”
“A new industry has been born. They call themselves environmentalists, but they are not. ``They are just people in search of wealth,`` says Wolfgang Kiessling, president of a group that has built its assets with large public subsidies, tax benefits and a close relationship with the political class, the Loro Parque Company. Kiessling is the visible face of a project that has received large subsidies from the Canary Islands public administrations and that has benefited from tax incentives such as the Canary Islands Investment Reserve (RIC), a tool that allows it to pay taxes on only 10% of the profits.
26- 04-2024
Jorge Marichal charges against the politicians who put themselves in profile: “They should stop making stupid announcements and work”
The president of Ashotel and Cehat, Jorge Marichal, yesterday attacked the Canary Islands politicians who are now ``in profile`` after the tourist demonstrations on April 20 , since ``it is the fault of all`` the political parties for the bad planning in the Canary Islands. (Diario de Avisos)
25- 04-2024
🎙 El enfado del presidente de @Ashotel por las críticas al modelo turístico: "Hay mucha población en Canarias para las infraestructuras que tenemos".
— COPE Tenerife (@COPE_Tenerife) April 25, 2024
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25- 04-2024
``It's everyone's fault``: the hotel employers of Santa Cruz de Tenerife charge against politicians and poor planning
He has insisted on his defense of the vacation rental modality as a ``classified and planned economic activity `` and paying employees ``according to the tourism agreement.``<br /> ``People are angry, people can't make ends meet, no matter how much we increase their salaries, they can't`` (El Dia)
24- 04-2024
``How much does the cleaner charge?``: moments of tension between the president of the Las Palmas tourist association and a journalist
The president of the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism (FEHT) of the province of Las Palmas stars together with Eric Pestano, journalist from SER, in an uncomfortable live moment when talking about the salaries of cleaning staff. In the middle of the confrontation with the journalist, Mañaricua asked for ``freedom to explain myself,`` something he repeated on several occasions. (SER 100)
19-04-2024
Villarroya: “Let's not play with the hand that feeds us”
The general director of Spring Hoteles and president of El Mojón, recognizes that “there are symptoms of discontent, but without traffic jams and with housing, no one would have that feeling of collapse”
17-04-2024
The hotel owners of Tenerife offer to build homes to house workers
Only a few days until the April 20th protest, the hotel sector employers in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife offer this solution to the housing crisis in the canaries (El Dia)
15-04-2024
Canarian businessmen charge against the ecotax and accuse the organizers of 20A of being lazy
The leaders of different business organizations in the Canary Islands have declared this Monday against the possible application of a tourist tax or ecotax on the islands (El Diario)
13-04-2024
The Tenerife tourist employers' association holds the public authorities responsible for the claims of the 20A demonstration
The president of the Tenerife hotel association, Ashotel, Jorge Marichal, in an opinion article sent this Saturday to the media, has held the public authorities responsible for the 20A demonstrations. Marichal has expressed his point of view on the current state of tourism in the Canary Islands, and in his article, he compares it to a “great piñata” that receives constant blows, but that brings wealth to the Islands. (El Diario)
25- 01-2024
🔊El presidente de @Ashotel, Jorge Marichal, considera que la petición de Fernando Clavijo a los empresarios de aumentar los sueldos para encontrar a trabajadores no va dirigida a su sector.
— Canarias Radio (@laautonomica) January 25, 2024
Recalca que se deben respetar los convenios firmados con sindicatos.#InformativosCR pic.twitter.com/kRhsq2l9Fw
The president of @Ashotel , Jorge Marichal, considers that the request of Fernando Clavijo to employers to increase wages to find workers is not aimed at his sector. He stresses that the agreements signed with unions must be respected.
05- 04-2021
The president of the Spanish hotel association, Jorge Marichal, makes his position available after being convicted of tax fraud
The president of the Hotel and Non-Hotel Association of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Ashotel, has been sentenced to two years in prison and to pay a fine of 585,896 euros. This ruling ratifies that of the Criminal Court number 8 of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which in 2019 convicted the president of Ashotel for defrauding 292,947.86 euros together with his partner in Marmon Atlantis SL, Juan Antonio Moncada, in a real estate transaction involving no declare in the Corporate Tax the amounts for the sale of nine apartments to Clínica San Eugenio SL. (Canarias Ahora)
What was the international response?
30- 04-2024
Nuestro apoyo y solidaridad con las compañeras de Canarias que hacen 20 días en huelga de hambre, hoy hemos realizado una vigilia en Málaga. #canariasseagota#MalagaconCanarias pic.twitter.com/0JO1H289G5
— Extinction Rebellion Málaga (@MalagaRebellion) April 30, 2024
29- 04-2024
How to live off tourism without dying because of tourism: ``What is happening in the Canary Islands is a red alert for the rest of the country``
Among thousands of slogans that mixed up tourism with colonization, that bellowed that the Canary Islands are running out, that no one wants to be a foreigner in their own land, that politicians are all corrupt and that what some call tourismphobia is actually ``a canaricide`` , There was last weekend, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a small banner made with a crumpled piece of cardboard that said: ``It's not called fish and chips , it's called potatoes with mojo``. (El Mundo)
27- 04-2024
'My misery, your paradise': The problem with tourism in the Canary Islands
If you're looking for what's behind the wave of protests, you need to look back decades, Sharon Backhouse tells Sky News. Along with her Canarian husband, she owns GeoTenerife, which runs science field trips and training camps in the Canary Islands and conducts research into sustainable tourism. ``It is absurd to have a system where so much money is in the hands of a very few extremely powerful groups, and is then funnelled away from the Canary Islands,``. (Sky News)
27- 04-2024
#CanariasSeAgota #MalagaTieneUnLimite 29J Manifestación por una #Malaga habitable y justa @retoglobal_eu @malagaHAVESOS @EeaMalaga @InquilinatoMLG @PAHmalaga @PepeDamianRS @zambrac https://t.co/9qt6ZsfQLz pic.twitter.com/LTEi1UsKTx
— Ramón 🌍☮️ (@R_agmig) April 27, 2024
24- 04-2024
New Tenerife Tourism statement after 'go home' protests put off UK holidaymakers
Tourism chiefs in Tenerife have issued a statement as it emerged that many UK tourists are reconsidering their holiday plans in the wake of massive protests. The Canary Islands have been hit with massive protests at the weekend complaining about overtourism in the area. In a new statement, reported by the travelgossip site Tenerife Tourism insisted it is safe for holidaymakers to visit. It said: “The Canary Islands, and Tenerife in particular, are a safe tourist destination” adding that the demonstrations on 20 April were not against tourists but the ‘tourism model’.
23- 04-2024
UK tourists ditching Canary Island holidays after EU rule change
UK holidaymakers appear to be 'abandoning' their sunny retreats in the Canary Islands, including Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, due to a significant European Union rule change. (Manchester Evening News)
22- 04-2024
I'm 15 and from Tenerife - tourists harass us so badly half the island isn't safe
A 15-year-old girl from Tenerife says tourists have harassed locals so badly they have made half of the island unsafe.<br /> Celia Quintero, who was protesting to stop tourists ‘killing the Canary Islands’ last weekend, said she had been followed by a group of German tourists who she claimed harassed her so much in a language she did not understand she had to hide in a bar. (Express)
22- 04-2024
Amsterdam points the way to the Government of the Canary Islands after 20A: no more hotels, fewer cruises and no tourist buses
The Dutch City Council assures that it wants to keep the city livable for both visitors and residents, which translates into a “no” to excess tourism and a limitation on the number of annual tourist overnight stays. The Dutch city of Amsterdam is not going to allow the construction of new hotel buildings as part of its fight against mass tourism. The city will not apply this rule to new hotels that have already obtained a permit. Local government sources indicated that a new hotel can only be built in Amsterdam if another hotel closes. (Canarias Ahora)
21-04-2024
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21-04-2024
MORE TENER-GRIEF Brits could face daily charge to visit Tenerife as thousands gather for mass protest demanding ‘tourists go home’
BRITS could face a daily 'tourist tax' to visit the Canary Islands after anti-tourist protestors demanded a freeze on holidaymakers. The Canary Islands president spoke out about a daily charge as tens of thousands of angry residents took to the streets to rage against the industry. President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has warned that a daily cost for visitors could be on the table. (The Sun)
21-04-2024
Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands over mass tourism
Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals.<br /> Holding placards reading ``People live here`` and ``We don't want to see our island die``, demonstrators said changes must be made to the tourism industry that accounts for 35% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the Canary Islands archipelago. (Reuters)
21-04-2024
Thousands of people in Canary Islands take to streets calling for limit to tourist numbers
Thousands of people have taken to the streets on the Canary Islands to protest against tourism and say the region is ``not for sale``.The residents are calling for the Spanish group of islands to temporarily limit tourist arrivals in a bid to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction - which is driving up housing costs for locals. (Sky News)
20-04-2024
Tens of thousands protest against Canary Islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model
Tens of thousands of people are protesting across the Canary Islands to call for an urgent rethink of the Spanish archipelago’s tourism strategy. Police said 20,000 people had turned out for the demonstrations, but organisers put the figure closer to 50,000, Spain’s TVE public television said. (The Guardian)
20-04-2024
Tens of thousands protest against Canary Islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model
Organisers say 50,000 turn out to call for limit on tourist numbers, saying model makes life unaffordable and puts strain on resources. The protests, which are taking place under the banner “Canarias tiene un límite” – The Canaries have a limit – are backed by environmental groups including Greenpeace, WWF, Ecologists in Action, Friends of the Earth and SEO/Birdlife. (The Guardian)
20-04-2024
We should stand in solidarity with anti-tourism protesters in the Canaries
British tourists are not the target of this weekend’s protests in the Canary Islands – but it’s in our interest to be part of the solution (The Telegraph)
20-04-2024
Emboscada en el barranco de la Puerta del Sol de Madrid #CanariasTieneUnLímite pic.twitter.com/XM4BdzUWNc
— Ignatius Farray (@IgnatiusFarray) April 20, 2024
Large crowds gather in Puerta del Sol, Madrid in support of the Canarian protests
20-04-2024
🇬🇧 Estas imágenes las envía Mónica desde #Londres.
— Pablo Gandía (@Pgandia16) April 20, 2024
🇮🇨 Frente al London Eye y el Big Ben, la manifestación de #CanariasTieneUnLimite reúne a más de 40 personas.
Estas semanas se han organizado por WhatsApp e Instagram. #20A @La_SER @radioclubSER @SER_LasPalmas pic.twitter.com/CcTB0Wz9uN
Protestors in London join in support of the Canary islands.
20-04-2024
Desde Barcelona también gritamos que #CanariasTieneUnLímite pic.twitter.com/A6mvA7sxfd
— mane.fel (@fel_mane) April 20, 2024
Protestors in Barcelona join in support of the Canary islands.
19-04-2024
Tenerife fights back against developers threatening last untouched beaches
Locals turn to extreme measures to halt the development of vast hotel complexes they say will ‘destroy’ Canary Islands. Silent mountains to the northeast seem to stand guard over the red, rocky, almost lunar landscape. Banana plantations are dotted between the occasional lean-to shack near the shoreline and the lapping waters. It could be a picture-postcard image of “getting away from it all”. (The Times)
19-04-2024
Brits - don't be afraid': Ahead of mass 'anti-tourism' protests, Canary Island locals insist they LOVE British visitors
Ahead of mass 'anti-tourism' protests in the Canary Islands, locals there say that they 'love' British people and that tourists are welcome - but that the money isn't trickling down and the number of rental homes is destroying the market for those living on the archipelago. (Daily Mail)
19-04-2024
Canary Islands plead Britons to visit amid fears of mass holiday cancellations after anti-tourist protests
The Canary Islands are urging British people not to cancel their holidays despite a wave of anti-tourism protests set to be carried out by locals. Demonstrations are expected to go ahead on Saturday as residents complain about water usage, a lack of housing and pollution which they suggest is connected to overtourism. (GB News)
17-04-2024
Brits face new daily charge in Canary Islands as tourists threaten to boycott holidays
British tourists could be landed with a new daily charge while holidaying in the Canary Islands. Authorities in Lanzarote and Tenerife are reportedly 'discussing' ways to claw back cash after a surge of visitors. The popular destinations, which also include eight islands, are thinking about introducing a tourist tax for Brits seeking sun. (Mirror)
13-04-2024
The April 20th protest in the Canaries will have national and international reach
Granda, Málaga, Madrid, Barcelona and Berlin have joined the demand for a change in the economic model in the Canary Islands. (Diario de Avisos)
13-04-2024
Canary Islands anti-tourism protesters to descend on London with demonstration planned
Canarian campaigners planning to take to the streets in the Canary Islands this Saturday in anti-mass tourism protests will be joined by supporters in London. Spanish expats living in the UK capital are mobilising for a protest event at the London Eye. The protest is due to start at midday, the same time campaigners demanding a more sustainable model of tourism will take to the streets in islands like Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. (Express)
12-04-2024
Anti-tourist protesters begin HUNGER STRIKE in Tenerife: Desperate move follows wave of anti-tourist graffiti, with demonstrators saying life on the island is 'unsustainable'
Activists yesterday began an indefinite hunger strike in Tenerife as part of a protest against the effects of mass tourism on island life. Nearly a dozen campaigners for a more sustainable type of tourism have gone ahead with their threat outside a church in the historic city of La Laguna. The protest has been organised by a platform called Canarias Se Agota, which in English translates literally as 'The Canary Islands Are Exhausted' and is linked to several associations including ecologist groups. (Daily mail)
08-04-2024
'Don't bite the hand that feeds you!' Britons fume as anti-tourist protests to take place within weeks in Tenerife
Britons hit back as anti-tourist protests are arranged in Tenerife. Spain is extremely popular with British tourists but they have been warned against holidaying in the Canary Islands as protests are scheduled for April 20. These are to fight against overtourism and will take place on five islands, but tourists are not impressed. However, tourists in places like Tenerife have felt unwelcome in recent weeks with anti-tourist graffiti stating things like ``tourists go home`` and ``too many guiris``, which means uncivilised tourists.
03-04-2024
Holiday warning for tourists visiting Canary Islands after April 20
The Canary Islands, including Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Palma, are set to hold a massive protest against overtourism in the hotspots. Tourists planning a holiday to the Canary Islands after April 20 have been warned about possible protests by locals. People living on islands like Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Palma are planning a big protest against too many tourists.
02-04-2024
Canary Islands go to war on against bargain British tourists
Tenerife locals rage against UK holidaymakers who ``drink cheap beer, lay in the sun and eat burgers and chips. Residents in Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, are expressing frustration with the latest influx of British tourists over Easter, leading to a rise in anti-tourism sentiment and controversial graffiti. Locals claim that tourists are driving up housing costs, causing noise pollution and disrupting the natural habitat. (Murcia today)
01-04-2024
Tenerife goes to war against the Brits: Canary Islands demand a tourist tax and clampdown on families flying over to 'drink cheap beer, lay in the sun and eat burgers and chips' as locals brand Airbnb 'a cancer consuming the island'
British holidaymakers arriving in Tenerife for the Easter break have been met with anti-tourist graffiti - and a tense reception from locals.</p> <p>Residents living in the Canary Islands have declared war and say they are 'fed-up' of British tourists who only 'drink cheap beer, lay in the sun and eat low quality food'.</p> <p>They say airbnbs are pushing up the costs of renting and the cost of living while they are sick of the noise and rubbish pollution that comes with the seasonal influx of holidaymakers.
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PRESS RELEASE: Why Canarians are rebelling against a tourism model that ignores them on 20 April
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Our press release giving context in advance of the 20A demonstrations was distributed to 271 international media outlets on 18 April. These were the top viewers in the first 24 hours.
British expat says overtourism threatens to ‘cement over’ Tenerife
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‘This is not a demonstration against British tourists…’
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Director of GeoTenerife, Sharon Backhouse, gives context to ‘anti-tourism’ protests taking place in the Canary Islands.
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Director of GeoTenerife, Sharon Backhouse, gives context to ‘anti-tourism’ protests taking place in the Canary Islands on GBNews.
Plunder for profit
Canarians are taking to the streets on 20 April to protest against a model of tourism that impoverishes them and their islands. This is not a “War on Tourism” - the Canary Islands cannot survive without tourism and they have been warmly welcoming tourists for decades and will continue to do so. But with most of the multi-billion euro profits being drained right off the islands and a third of the local population in danger of poverty and social exclusion despite record-breaking visitor number
A TIME TO LISTEN: If residents are shouting, it’s because they don’t feel heard
Local activists are organising large-scale demonstrations across the Canary Islands on April 20th, to make their concerns heard over the impact of a rampant increase in tourism numbers and large-scale resorts planned in the islands. While the Canary Islands depend heavily on tourism for their income and are among world leaders in providing holidays in the sun, the current tourism model favours international developers with a record return on their investment and unrivalled occupancy rates year-r
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