“Tourists go home”: Inside the angry protests on Spain’s holiday islands

In scenes echoed across southern Europe, Spain’s Canary Islands are suffering from a crisis of too many tourists – 18 million are projected to visit in 2025. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn On Tenerife, where tourism accounts for 35% of the economy and which draws the largest number of mostly British holidaymakers, it is tourists, not immigrants, who are seen as a threat to local identity. As protests across the Mediterranean continue, local people vent their anger at an exploitative, extractive and unsustainable tourism model. But is it still possible to change course, and are political leaders listening? The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Chapters: 00:00 – Anti-tourist protests erupt on Tenerife 01:22 – The cost of living crisis on the Canary Islands 02:37 – Holidaymakers and locals react to the mass tourism protests 06:24 – A new holiday resort show Tenerife's overtourism problems 08:34 – La Palma and the goal of sustainable tourism 10:44 – A politician with the chance to do things differently Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/guardian The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #tenerife #masstourism #touristsout #touristsgohome #lapalma #canaryislands #spain #lascanarias