Thursday, October 10, 2024
UK holidaymakers are being inspired to maintain the Canary Islands on their journey radar regardless of rising tensions and anti-tourist protests sweeping throughout standard locations like Lanzarote and Tenerife. The surge in demonstrations has sparked fears amongst locals that tourism would possibly take a success.
Some critics warn that except the inflow of vacationers to the Canaries is curbed, the area might face a “systemic collapse”. The native environmental group Ben Magec – Ecologists in Motion has voiced issues, stating that “The Canary Islands territory was more than overexploited”.
They added: “We had exceeded the carrying capacity of the territory by seven times, resulting in a scenario of systemic collapse due to the urban development structure.” Nonetheless, regional tourism official Jessica de Leon urged Brits to proceed visiting, telling the Telegraph she is keen to “delightedly welcome” vacationers.
She assured: “It is still safe to visit the Canary Islands. People who come here to visit and spend their money must not be criticised or insulted. We are playing with our main source of income”.
Echoing her sentiments, Fernando Clavijo, the president of the Canary Islands, earlier this month urged vacationers to proceed with their vacation plans to the archipelago, as reported by the Mirror. He stated: “We are worried because tourism is our main source of income and I think that whoever comes here to enjoy, to spend a few days and to leave their money in the Canary Islands, shouldn’t be rebuked or face insults.”
In the meantime, Pere Joan Femenia from the group Menys Turisme, Mas Vida (Much less Tourism, Extra Life), which organised a protest final month, shared their perspective with The Telegraph, stating: “What we want is to change the tourism model which is overwhelming the island. We cannot live here because house prices are so high. Beaches are swamped by tourists and public services are under incredible strain.”
A 25 12 months previous pupil has revealed that protesters are demanding a ban on overseas nationals, together with Brits with out residency, proudly owning properties on the island because it makes it not possible for locals to purchase properties. Regardless of anti-tourism protests throughout Spain, The Mirror reported earlier this week that overseas acquisitions of Spanish actual property had dipped solely marginally by 0.1 per cent within the second quarter of 2024 in comparison with the identical interval the earlier 12 months, in accordance with recent information from Spain’s Affiliation of Registrars.
Brits accounted for 8.4 p.c of worldwide gross sales, outstripping Germans at seven p.c and Moroccans at 6.1 p.c. Abroad consumers made up 14.8 per cent of all property purchases, a slight lower from 14.9 per cent in 2023.
