The problem of over-tourism is one that’s plaguing communities throughout Europe and around the globe.
In balancing the necessity of revenue from tourism with sustaining the standard of lifetime of the native populations, the enterprise logic is at all times privileged, to the detriment of the individuals who dwell in these vacationer hotspots.
Within the Spanish Canary Islands, hundreds of anti-tourism protesters have taken to the streets en masse.
Daily Mail reported:
“Scores of fed-up locals kicked off demonstrations throughout the archipelago from 11am, together with in Tenerife, the place hundreds of Brits are at present holidaying.
Dozens of armed officers from the Nationwide Police had been seen on patrol, whereas ‘terrified’ vacationers stayed inside their accommodations.”
Protesters blew large shells making a loud horn-like noise and banged on drums.
They chanted: ‘The cash from tourism, the place is it?’
“One placard learn: ‘Cease extreme tourism… that is our dwelling.’ One other stated: ‘My distress is your paradise’
One banner declared the Canary Islands ‘is not a paradise’ due to tourism.”
“We’re not towards particular person vacationers, simply those that don’t respect the principles, who throw trash and pollute and commit crimes.
[…] ‘The variety of Airbnbs is just too excessive and there’s nowhere to lease, it’s catastrophic for the island’.”
THE CANARY ISLANDS: TOURISM IS CRUSHING US!
This weekend, hundreds of individuals in Spain’s Canary Islands protested not towards vacationers—however towards too lots of them.
Over 1 million vacationers land on the islands each month.
That’s half the inhabitants of the islands, which… https://t.co/EODq4lNbg0 pic.twitter.com/twk5hFQhZL
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 18, 2025
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