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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the canary islands, calling for a rethink of what they say is the �*unsustainable tourism�* model, which draws millions of visitors to the spanish archipelago every year. the protests — held under the banner �*the canaries have a limit�* — have gained support from major environmental groups such as greenpeace and friends of the earth. 11 protesters have already been on hunger strike for a week in protest at the construction of two luxury developments on tenerife. clio o�*flynn, a freelance journalist living in adeje — on tene...

Thousands protest in Canaries over mass tourism

Said 32,000 people have taken part in the protest, a lot more than i think people expected. this was planned a couple of weeks ago. one of the main thing is they are also stressing as they are not against tourists, and some of the international headlines might have led people to believe that local businesses don�*t want tourism any more, but the model is, way tourism profits are reinvested, that needs to change and it needs to benefit the local economy and the local eco structure more. 50 the local economy and the local eco structure more.— structure more. so is it about reinvestment _ str...

Think people expected when this was planned a couple of weeks ago. one of the main thing is they are also stressing as they are not against tourists, and some of the international headlines might have led people to believe that local businesses don�*t want tourism any more, but the model is, way tourism profits are reinvested, that needs to change and it needs to benefit the local economy and the local eco structure more. so is it about reinvestment or limiting numbers? is that the problem — the scale or the way the money is reinvested 7 i think it is a number of things. certainly some of ...

The number of visitors. here's simonjones. in the baking spanish heat that helped bring in 16 million visitors to the canaries last year, local people are hot under the collar. the message from tenerife — tourism has gone too far. translation: the canary islands say, "enough is enough." _ they have a limit. 0ur resources and our population can't take any more. the environment is continuing to deteriorate and residents are suffering as well. the demonstrators insist they're not against tourism itself, it's vital for the economies of the island, but they want controls. there's particular conce...