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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Tens of thousands protest against Canary Islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model

Crowds of protesters in front of a beach.
People take part in a protest to demand an urgent rethink of the Canary Islands' tourism model, in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, on Saturday. Photograph: Carlos de Saá/EPA

Tens of thousands of people are protesting across the Canary Islands to call for an urgent rethink of the Spanish archipelago’s tourism strategy and a freeze on visitor numbers, arguing that the decades-old model has made life unaffordable and environmentally unsustainable for residents.

The protests, which are taking place under the banner “Canarias tiene un límite” – The Canaries have a limit – are backed by environmental groups including Greenpeace, WWF, Ecologists in Action, Friends of the Earth and SEO/Birdlife.

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