1000’s of Canary Islanders have already assembled as they put together to protest in opposition to mass tourism. Demonstrators unfurled a banner saying “You Get pleasure from, We Endure” and whereas one other protester issued a brutal message this morning in Tenerife’s capital, Santa Cruz.
The person was pictured sporting a black t-shirt with the phrases ‘F**okay off!’ emblazoned on the entrance beneath a center finger. Round 20,000 folks have now gathered within the metropolis, with organisers hopeful the whole quantity will attain 50,000.
Activists say the large inflow in vacationer numbers is inflicting irreparable harm to the setting and is resulting in poverty among the many islanders as a consequence of low pay and rising property costs.
Demonstrations will happen at the moment throughout the islands in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and La Palma underneath the banner “The Canaries have a limit”.
Spanish expats within the UK will even maintain a rally in London in an effort to get their message throughout to Brits that “sufficient is sufficient”.
The Canaries are a highly regarded vacation spot for holidaying Brits, with nearly six million visiting the islands final 12 months.
The Categorical.co.uk will likely be reporting dwell from Santa Cruz in Tenerife, with Investigations editor Zak Garner-Purkis on the scene.
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