US EditionCanary Islands: Thousands demonstrate against tourism in holiday resorts
- Thousands of people protested in the Canary Islands against over tourism, stating it prices locals out of the housing market.
- Activists claimed millions of visitors deplete resources and harm the environment, demanding a change in the tourism model.
- The regional government plans to pass a law to regulate short lets, responding to local complaints about housing prices.
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Thousands of people are protesting against mass tourism on the Canary Islands and demanding a limit on the number of tourists.
Residents complain again, six months after the upheaval of April 20, and point the finger at the government “responsible for a bad economic model”
Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands against mass tourism
Thousands of flag-waving demonstrators hit the streets across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to demand restrictions to the mass tourism they say is overwhelming their Atlantic archipelago. Rallying under the slogan "The Canary Islands have a limit", demonstrators began marching at midday in tourist hotspots across all of the archipelago's seven main islands.
Many people in the Canary Islands work in the tourism sector. Nevertheless, thousands of residents of the Spanish islands have once again demonstrated against the masses of holidaymakers.
Constant sunshine and mild temperatures attract millions of tourists to the Canary Islands. This brings in high revenues – but also resentment among the islanders. This resentment has now been loudly expressed.
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