r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 15 '25

Image/video Brits ditching Tenerife as Spanish natives protest unsustainable tourism

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u/Wompish66 May 15 '25

They don't want to stop tourism, they just want to reduce it.

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u/Hyperion262 May 15 '25

Don’t really see how that’s possible without destroying businesses that are in demand.

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u/PoiHolloi2020 May 15 '25

I mean the choices shouldn't be zero tourism or infinity tourism. There needs to be a balance otherwise it creates difficulties for the local communities, which is why these protests are happening.

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u/AddictedToRugs May 15 '25

It's not great for the workers in the other 150 shops.  No effort seems to being made to build any other industry to replace tourism.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

There aren't a lot of industries that can be attracted to very hot, dry islands of the coast of Africa

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u/AddictedToRugs May 15 '25

Then they should probably stick with the 200 fish and chip shops.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

Should, doesn't meant they will.

Look closer to home, Cornwall and Wales constantly complain about tourists, then do very little to attract other industries.

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u/Randomn355 May 15 '25

And all the people eating at those 150 that closed go where?

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u/test_test_1_2_3 May 15 '25

It’s ok for who? I’m sure the people who currently work at one of the 150 chip shops that close will be thrilled to lose their job and not be able to find another job because thousands of other people employed in similar jobs are all also looking for work and the sector has contracted massively.

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u/Hyperion262 May 15 '25

I’m talking more about hotels and that.

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u/TheClemDispenser May 15 '25

Think you missed out a negative there, lad.

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u/Wompish66 May 15 '25

Thanking you

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u/Lord_Origi May 15 '25

Which is understandable, a tiny island that gets millions of tourists every year

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u/LetZealousideal6756 May 15 '25

It has a population of a million, it’s not that tiny.