OVER-TOURISM REBELLION: Visitors Cower in Their Hotels and Airbnb Rentals as Thousands Protest in Spanish Canary Islands

The issue of over-tourism is one that is plaguing communities all over Europe and around the world.

In balancing the need of income from tourism with maintaining the quality of life of the local populations, the business logic is always privileged, to the detriment of the people who live in these tourist hotspots.

In the Spanish Canary Islands, thousands of anti-tourism protesters have taken to the streets en masse.

Daily Mail reported:

“Scores of fed-up locals kicked off demonstrations across the archipelago from 11am, including in Tenerife, where thousands of Brits are currently holidaying.

Dozens of armed officers from the National Police were seen on patrol, while ‘terrified’ tourists stayed inside their hotels.”

Read: From Sunny Spanish Islands to a Dutch City by the River, European Communities Are Mobilizing Against Over-Tourism

Protesters blew huge shells making a loud horn-like noise and banged on drums.

They chanted: ‘The money from tourism, where is it?’

“One placard read: ‘Stop excessive tourism… this is our home.’ Another said: ‘My misery is your paradise’

One banner declared the Canary Islands ‘is no longer a paradise’ thanks to tourism.”

Read: OVERTOURISM WOES – New Zealand Triples Tourist Prices to Enter the Country – Rome May Start Charging for Access to Famed Trevi Fountain

“We are not against individual tourists, just those who don’t respect the rules, who throw trash and pollute and commit crimes.

[…] ‘The number of Airbnbs is too high and there is nowhere to rent, it is catastrophic for the island’.”

THE CANARY ISLANDS: TOURISM IS CRUSHING US!

This weekend, thousands of people in Spain’s Canary Islands protested not against tourists—but against too many of them.

Over 1 million tourists land on the islands every month.

That’s half the population of the islands, which… https://t.co/EODq4lNbg0 pic.twitter.com/twk5hFQhZL

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 18, 2025

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