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The tour operator hopes to create harmony between residents and holidaymakers in Spain
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TUI Group, one of the world’s top travel companies, is dipping its toes into something new: long-term rentals in the beautiful Canary Islands. They want to fix problems like tourism-and-housing-model-in-canary-islands_1000039863-a.html”>crowded tourist areas and expensive housing, all while helping the local community thrive.
The global tour operator is looking ahead to another bumper season, but its CEO Sebastian Ebel is more than aware of the recent upset in Tenerife and other tourism destinations due to “overcrowding”.
“Putting it bluntly, the main targets of the complaints are AirBnb and similar platforms,” he said.
“These are not protests against tourism, but rather protests calling for responsible tourism that is also economically successful for local people.”
Locals have been taking to the streets complaining about the stress too many holidaymakers put on the area and the impact…
