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May 18, 2025
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OVER-TOURISM REBELLION: Visitors Cower in Their Hotels and Airbnb Rentals as Thousands Protest in Spanish Canary Islands


Citizens from Spainโ€™s Canary Islands out in force against over-tourism.

The issue of over-tourism is one that is plaguing communities all over Europe and around the world.

In balancing the need of income from tourism with maintaining the quality of life of the local populations, the business logic is always privileged, to the detriment of the people who live in these tourist hotspots.

In the Spanish Canary Islands, thousands of anti-tourism protesters have taken to the streets en masse.

Daily Mail reported:

โ€œScores of fed-up locals kicked off demonstrations across the archipelago from 11am, including in Tenerife, where thousands of Brits are currently holidaying.

Dozens of armed officers from the National Police were seen on patrol, while โ€˜terrifiedโ€™ tourists stayed inside their hotels.โ€

Canary Islands, Amsterdam: different realities, one problem โ€“ too many tourists.

Read: From Sunny Spanish Islands to a Dutch City by the River, European Communities Are Mobilizing Against Over-Tourism

Protesters blew huge shells making a loud horn-like noise and banged on drums.

They chanted: โ€˜The money from tourism, where is it?โ€™

Holiday rentals and foreign purchases of properties create a homelessmess crisis.

โ€œOne placard read: โ€˜Stop excessive tourismโ€ฆ this is our home.โ€™ Another said: โ€˜My misery is your paradiseโ€™

One banner declared the Canary Islands โ€˜is no longer a paradiseโ€™ thanks to tourism.โ€

New Zealand and Rome: same over-visitation.

Read: OVERTOURISM WOES โ€“ New Zealand Triples Tourist Prices to Enter the Country โ€“ Rome May Start Charging for Access to Famed Trevi Fountain

โ€œWe are not against individual tourists, just those who donโ€™t respect the rules, who throw trash and pollute and commit crimes.

[โ€ฆ] โ€˜The number of Airbnbs is too high and there is nowhere to rent, it is catastrophic for the islandโ€™.โ€

Read more:

โ€˜YOU ARE NOT WELCOMEโ€™: Barcelonaโ€™s Citizens at War With โ€˜Over-Tourismโ€™ โ€“ Angry Protesters Shoot Water Guns at Visitors

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