The Canary Islands have urged Brits to continue booking holidays after tens of thousands of residents protested against the Spanish archipelago’s tourism model.
Up to 50,000 people joined protests on the main Canary Islands and the Spanish mainland as they called for a freeze on visitor numbers.The protestors, backed by organisations such as Greenpeace and WWF, argued tourism is driving up house prices and damaging the local environment and infrastructure.The Canary Islands, which include Tenerife and Gran Canaria, have a population of 2.2 million but welcomed 13.9 million international tourists in 2023 alone.
”Many of those in attendance held signs which translated to “Canary Islands have a limit”, in addition to messages of “Canaries not for sale”, “Stop Hotels” and “We don’t want to see our island die”.Tourism contributes to 35% of the islands’ gross domestic product and is responsible for 40% of jobs, yet 33.8% of the population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to Spain’s National Statistics.
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