DEMONSTRATORS came out in force today in Spain’s Canary Islands in a historic protest against the tourist massification of the archipelago, and the dangers faced by the natural areas on the volcanic land masses.
The protestors are calling for a series of measures to be put in place to alleviate the issues being faced by the residents of the islands, which are located off the northwest of Africa. They include limits on the purchase of properties by foreign buyers in order to combat the shortage of accommodation for locals, an environmental tax, and a freeze on tourist numbers.
One of the focal points of this growing movement against the effects of tourism has been the island of Tenerife, which today saw the biggest turnout of demonstrators.
The slogan of the protests was ‘The Canaries have a limit’, and they were backed with a series of environmental groups including Greenpeace, Ecologists in Action, the WWF, and SEO/Birdlife, among others.
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