Thousands Protest Against Overtourism in Spain’s Canary Islands | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Thousands Protest Against Overtourism in Spain’s Canary Islands | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Thousands of people protested in Tenerife last weekend, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals. Foreign visitors to the Canary Islands, an archipelago of 2.2 million people, reached 13.9 million in 2023, 13.1% more than in 2022. Overtourism has become a menace across the globe, with tourist hotspots imposing restrictions and asking tourists to stay away, even if their economy depends on it. So how can countries deal with overtourism? Palki Sharma tells you.

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[oretteayton]

The problem is, there are a lot of tourists out there who want to just 'backpack' across wherever it is they're going and basically spend as little as possible, and so tend to scope out resources usually utilized by locals. This can be coupled with the 'closed-loop' nature of 'tour packages', which are often times most beneficial to the hotels and not the 'Mom and Pop' shops in the area. Personally, whenever I travel I look to go to areas less sought out, and certainly make sure to eat at local places and stuff of that nature...

[ftl]

This happens when only the few rich gains from it but the majority pay the price

[gbb]

Just start charging tourists more money for visiting.

[kamranali]

Boycott theses countries who welcome money not tourist

[ccrp]

They Want the Benefits but don't want to deal with the Problems, very Convenient

[elsarlavino]

Canary islands are beautiful just like the Philippines. It has desert, air forest, beaches and volcanoes. If there are advantages that tourists bring there are also disadvantages that they bring like garbage . I think countries that attracts millions of tourists every year should have time to clean their tourist spots. They have to schedule it every year. If they will stop tourist to come in, this will greatly affect their economy. Millions of jobs will be affected like airline companies, hotels, catering services, transport operators, handicrafts and other support industries like farmers, fishermen, etc., and each of these people have families to support.Theres no problem in tourism industry. Just make it sustainable.

[PIL-tx]

Next report: Bali, Indonesia (waste management collapse, trash on beaches, salt water into freshwater aquifers, traffic congestion, rice fields converted into villa/businesses, noise and air pollution, influx of money of questionable origin, etc etc)

[mr.g]

They got spoiled...
Not going to these overpriced places.
I am going to Albania!!!
Great food, friendly people, and beautiful country.

[codestartup]

Agreed. Block US and UK tourists spies.

[ramanbhandary]

Come to Nepal. You all are welcome here. ❤

[mr.g]

Albania welcomes you!!!
We have 2.8 million and 13 million last year.
Not complaining...
On the contrary we welcome more.

[Ebawoaz]

I saw a blog video on ‘over tourism ‘ in Canary Islands. Seems the locals thst don’t depend on tourism are the whiners.

[jamesdavies]

I like the idea of Venice's daily fee model. By charging $5-$10 per day they can increase revenues and lower the number of people coming at the same time. They could also manage minimum stay lengths; new fewer than 10 days in a hotel for example for non-residents.

[udaykumara.j.]

Keep a track of the number of travelers entering the city and exiting. Making a limited number would be advisable. Stop entering after a certain number. This is my opinion.

[Amari-Leman]

The smiling coast awaiting your welcoming The Gambia West Africa .

[IdairaGarcíaGonzález]

Demanding some control over an uncontrolled and almost not regulated sector. Tourists always welcomed 😊

[hurricanenigel]

Cost of living is high for the normal citizens

[charlieyerrell]

The answer is simple. Stop all tourism for five years and then see how they will survive.

[ルユク-hh]

Same here in Japan. Its just a matter of time we will also get big demonstration

[IND]

Come to Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, INDIA
Jai Hind