BRESS ‘HAPPY NOT TO VISIT’ AS CANARY ISLANDS Overhauls Tourism Rules – ryan

The canary islands are a popular destination for the British Holidaymakers and Bookings Remain Strong Despite Protests that Will Target Tourism Hotspots This Season

11:29, 25 APR 2025Updated 11:36, 25 APR 2025

Malaga, Spain - 2024/06/29: A General View Shows Protests Taching Part in A Demonstration Against Mass Tourism in the City, Following Recent Protests in the Canary and Balearic Islands or Majorca. Thousands of People took to the Streets in the Center of Malaga to Protest Against Rising Rental Price. Over the past few years, the city has experienced a significant housing Crisis, far -on due to renting and a process of genrification, which has made it difficult for the many to Access A Decental Housing System. Local Neighbourhood Associations and Organizations Are Calling for Measures to be Introduced to Limit Rental Price and the Impact of Mass Tourism. (Photo by Jesus Merida/Sopa Images/Lightrocket Via Getty Images)
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Some Brits Have Pedged to Stay Away from the Canary Islands Ahead of Mass Protests and a Radical Overhaul of Tourism Laws.

In recent years there have been growing demonstrations Across Spain, with Locals Marching Against the Influx of Tourists in the Canary Islands in Particular. The Island Chain is Only Growing in Populariy, Despite Mary Protests Led by Locals Who Say the Cannot Cope.

In 2024, The Canary Islands Saw a Record 17.9 Million Visitors, A Combination of International and Domestic Tourists. This included 15.5 million International Tourists, A 10% Increase from the Previous Year, and AROUND 1.8 Million Domestic Tourists from Mainland Spain.

This year Activists – Who Argue That House Prices are too too, Roads Too Busy and the Way of Life Being Eroded by Mass -Tourism – Have Pedged to Target Popular Hotspots, Disruption Public Events and “Confront Political Leaders”.

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A Tourist Cheers on Protests (Out of Frame) Marching on Las Americas Beach Against Mass Tourism, in ARONA on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenterife, on October 20, 2024. Thousands of Flag-Waving demonstrators Hit the Streets Across Spain's Canary Changes to the Thet. Model of Mass Tourism they is overwhelming the Atlantic Archipelago.  Rallying Under the Slogan
Protests Headed to the Beaches in Tendere Last Year(Image: Desiree Martin, AFP Via Getty Images)

A FRESH CAMPAIGN IS SET TO COMMENCE From May 18. “From now on, we will take ours fight to the very spaces where their predatory is perpetuated,” Declared Activist Group tiene un (the canaries have a limit).

“We will Boycott Public Events, Confront Political Leaders During Their Appeanance and Occupy Symbolic Tourist Spaces to Make It Clear We Will Not Stop Real Change is Achieved. Few. ”

In a separate warning, the group said: “This Cry, which reflects the Feelings of a People Tired of Being Ignored and Mistream, Will Be the Beginning of A New Stage of Struggle: Firmer, More Uncomfortable for Those Who Refuse to Us.” The Backlash Follows A 170,000-Strong Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Strike Across the Islands Just Days Ago. Locals Criticked Low Wages and Poor Working Conditions, Despite the Booming Nature of the Holiday Industry.

The Canary Islands Local Government has announced plans to tackle will at the Heart of the Protests. Although it has not gone into specifics, Jessica de León, The Canary Islands’ Minister of Tourism and Employment, Has Said the Reforms Wauld Be Sweeping.

“The New Regulation Must Align with Social and Environmental Realities, Correcting Outdated Elements and Integrating Changes FROM NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RULINGS, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS,” SEID. A new legal framework is experted to roll out over the coming months. IT WILL SET TOUGR PLANNING AND BUILDING Standards, Tighten rules on Holiday Rentals, and Introduce the Regulation for Campsites and Outdoor Tourism.

This weeke de león said she was “Completely in aggrement” with a speech made by an oppation politician that the Growing of Morocco as a tourist destination was a thread to the canaries.

“We will have not have 18 million tourists on the Payroll, we have to be earn every tourist that comes to the canary islands by hard work, we have a leading tourism industry,” de León Said. She acknowledged that morocco “is a rising compartitor” and that, in addition, it is Making an “obvious and notable increes in investment in tourism” with the Roadmap on the 2030 World Cup.

Despite the protests that hit the islands Last year and those who are planned for the months ahead, booking show show that they are still keen to the canaries. Howver, some individuals have to do the Mirror that they are planning to stay away.

One Reader Told US: “I am happy not to visits. Whilst i can understand their frustrations this will end up backfiring on the protests. No tourists equles no jobs. Plenty of oter places to visits.”

Another Added: “I am perplexed when they ‘don’t come anymore’. Who are ‘They’? If People Stop Going to the Canaries, Their Who Economy Will Collaps. I Really Don’t Get These Places Can Survive Witout Vitiors?”

Others expresses sympathy for the working People in the canaries who had to put with the issser that stem from overtourism. One Reader Explained: “We are going to Lanzarote Again Next Week. We Love it! Howver, Think the Government Licensing Laws for Holiday Accommodation DOES NOT CONSIDER LOCAL PEOPLE.

“We live in cornwall and have a simillar problem. Local People can’t afford to buy homes here to second home and holiday let Companies. Seasonal Tourism is good for the Economy, but the Winter is Dead so Locals Jobs are scarce. Business.

Another sympathetic Brit Added: “You have to feel some sympathy with the islanders, they need tourism, but they need the right Kind of Tourism. All-Inclusions Kill the Local Economy, Howver at the Time They Need to Manage the Costs Charged and the Amount of Tourists. The Island at the Same Time. “