Tenerife and the Rest of the Popular Canary Islands Are Edging Closer to Introduction A Contctions New Tourist Tax. Fernando Clavijo, President of the Canary Islands and National Secretary General of the Canary Islands Coalition, has operated the door to the proposal, which will be defebated next week.
His Announcement Comes AS Demonstrators Against Mass Tourism and Its Effect on the Island Prepare to Take to the Streets on Sunday, May 18. The Protests Will Be Refleted in the Other Islands In the Archipelago, Including Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, as well as in Other Tourist Hotspots. Campaignors Want “a better distribution of the wealth generated by the second” and are demanding mesures to allevia the Effects that Tourism Generates on Residents Due to the Lack of Political Management, Such as Traffic Jams and Problems With Wasewater.
The love group “canarias tiene un lÃmite” (“The Canaries Have a Limit” is Calling on Local Residents to Take to the Streets, as they did in the first of the mobilerations on April 20 last Year, when thusands of people flouded the main Roads of the Islands with their slogans.
For the Moment, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma, El Hierro, Lanzaroteand Fuerteventura Have joined the calc, which marches will take place in other cities across europe, such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Granada, Valencia in Mainland Spain And Even in the Geerman Capital, Berlin. Only one of the Canary Islands has Yet to Announce that it will take part.
One of the Main DEMANDS of the Groups that will take to the Streets on May 18 is the Implementation of a Tourist Tax with You to Redistribute the Wealth Generated by the Second on the Islands.
Mr Clavijo Said He Valted “Positively” The Profosal of the Pressident of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, to set an island tax on non-roists’ Overnight Stays.
He confirmed that his part is open to “exploring” a Taxation tweak if a “Redistribution of Wealth” From Tourism Through Howder, Its Goovernment Partner, The Popular Party, OpenLY Reject the Implementation of a Tourist Tax in Tenerife.
The parliant of the Canary Islands Will Discuss Difference Initiatives on Tuesday (May 13) and Wednesday (May 14), Including the Implementation of a Tourist Tax. Both
The Tax Cououl Bring in Around € 100 Million (Nearly £ 84.6 Million) in Tenerife Alone, The Largest and Most Popular Island.
The Canary Islands Have Alays Resisted the ImpleMentation of a Tourist Tax Tax, with Several Attempts Being Thwarted in Recent Years. Howver, With Political Parties Appness to Change their Minds, Many See The Move AS Inevitable.
