Canary Islands tourism protests: what are they about?
by Nuray Bulbul
Apr 22, 2024
2 minutes
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Thousands of protestors demonstrated in Tenerife on Saturday, demanding that the Spanish island temporarily imposes restrictions on tourist arrivals.
With signs that included, "People live here" and "We don't want to see our island die", protesters demanded that the tourism sector, which generates 35 per cent of the Canary Islands archipelago's GDP, be changed.
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