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On Sunday, local residents and environmentalists demonstrated under the slogan "there is a limit to what the Canary Islands can take", to bring attention to their demands for a more sustainable and equitable tourism. teleSUR

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00:00Welcome back.

00:01The Spanish island of Tenerife, dozens of people took to the streets to protest against

00:05mass tourism and its environmental impact on the Canary Islands.

00:09On Sunday, local residents and environmentalists demonstrated on the slogan, there is a limit

00:13to what the Canary Islands can take, to bring attention to their demands for a more sustainable

00:18and equitable tourism.

00:21Demonstrators called for the implementation of an eco-tax so that tourists can contribute

00:24to the preservation of the environment and the urge for housing purchases by non-residents

00:29be regulated.

00:30According to the Canary Islands Statistics Institute, in 2024, the islands got 18 million visitors.

00:36However, local residents say such influx does not translate into benefits, but has provoked

00:41housing prices to skyrocket.

Spain | Protests took the streets of Tenerife against mass tourism and its environmental impact

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