Residents of the Canary Islands took to the streets on Saturday, April 20, rallying against the surge of mass tourism under the banner “Canarias has a limit,” as they demanded stricter regulations within the sector.
The rally, convened across the islands by the platform “Canarias Se Agota” (Canary Islands is exhausted), called for a moratorium on authorizing new hotels and vacation homes, implementation of an eco-tax, and regulation of housing purchases by foreigners.
The Canary government reported 56,000 attendees, while the organising platform claimed 130,000 in Tenerife and Gran Canaria alone.
Footage here, released by Juan Jimenez Gonzalez, the deputy mayor of Puerto del Rosario, in Fuerteventura Island, shows locals protesting on Saturday. Credit: Juan Jimenez Gonzalez via Storyful
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