Tens of thousands of people protested the Canary Islands' "unsustainable" tourism model. Organizers said 50,000 people joined calls for limits on tourist numbers, saying the model was making life unaffordable and straining resources.
Tens of thousands of people have protested across the Canary Islands to call for an urgent review of the Spanish archipelago's tourism strategy and a freeze on visitor numbers, arguing that the decades-old model is making life unaffordable and environmentally unsustainable for residents.
Environmental groups such as Greenpeace, WWF, Ecologists in Action, Friends of the Earth and SEO/Birdlife support the protests held under the banner 'Canaries have their limits'.
The Canaries Have Lived Enough collective, which helped coordinate protests on eight islands on Saturday. sözcü“Especially in the last year, we have reached the point where the balance between the use of resources and the well-being of the population here has been disrupted,” said Víctor Martín.