EXCLUSIVE: Tensions are growing on the Canary Island, which has seen the number of tourists soar since Covid.
Locals living in Tenerife have blasted holidaymakers for turning their paradise into a 'tourism ghetto' thanks to soaring rents, inflation and yobbish behaviour.In 2023, Tenerife received 5.6million visitors, up 600,000 compared to 2019, setting a new record.
He told MailOnline: 'It can be a nightmare when the tourists come, I only get four hours of sleep every night because of the music and noise, which keeps me up until three in the morning.
Anti-tourism campaigners claim an increase in Airbnb homes and holiday lets means an increasing number of homes are unavailable to rent to locals. Last May, hundreds of protesters took the streets of Playas de Las Americas, holding up signs reading 'The Canaries are no longer a paradise' and 'the Canaries are not for sale'.
She told MailOnline: 'Life is very hard here now, the only people who live well are the foreigners and tourists.Anti-tourist graffiti that reads: 'Tourists, your luxury, my misery' 'If I was in power I would try to reduce the number of holidaymakers, there have been so many more in the past year and it is noticeable.
'I totally get the view point of the anti-tourism people, a lot of young people feel that way, the prices are crazy and inflation has made everything more expensive while our wages haven't increased at all.' Emiliano del Pino, 58, who was born and raised on the island, admitted there were problems but insisted tourism is still very much welcomeIslanders are said to be angry at the build-up of traffic from tourists
'But there are the same problems all over the world, not just, here, we can't blame tourism for that.' Meanwhile, British bar owners raced to defend themselves over what they see as an attack on their businesses and way of life.Anti-tourism campaigners claim an increase in Airbnb homes and holiday lets means an increasing number of homes are unavailable to rent to locals
Scott Walters, 35, from Stoke-on-Trent, has owned the Havanas bar in Playas de Las Americas for 10 years.
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