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Craig Saueurs

Climbing, collecting rocks, going off-trail: Tourists accused of trashing Tenerife’s Teide Park

Environmentalists in the Canary Islands are sounding the alarm over the damage tourism is doing in Teide National Park, home to Spain’s highest peak.

Jaime Coello Bravo, director of the Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello Foundation, called out the Tenerife Island Council for promoting what he described as the “massification and destruction” of the park, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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