Locals in the Canary Islands are mobilizing for protests against excessive tourism, blaming visitors for pricing them out of their homes and causing environmental damage.
Locals in the Canary Islands are mobilizing to protest against excessive tourism, blaming visitors for pricing them out of their homes and causing environmental damage. The Spanish archipelago, which sits in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, has long been a popular holiday destination for its temperate year-round climate. However tourist numbers have exploded from 11.
“Next Saturday April 20 we will take to the streets to demand what should be common sense: to take control of a situation which is drowning us and expelling us from our home,” reads the statement. “It’s time to demand a change in approach and to shout, once more, from all of the islands, that the Canaries have a limit.
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