Beware of what you wish for - Canary Islands (1 Viewer)

[gpat]

They just might be. However, the quest for a better class of tourist is for the birds. Tenerife is essentially a lump of rock covered in uninspiring hotels and cheap bars aimed at UK & German visitors looking to replicate whatever they get up to at home but in the sunshine. Apart from vulcanologists, I’m not sure what cultural highlights there are? Maybe they need a branch of Waitrose or Booths?

You clearly haven't seen it all. Vast parts of the north are really beautiful. Lovely fishing villages. Lush forests and vineyards as well as a stunning coastline.

 

[Mullet Man]

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[The Wino]

You clearly haven't seen it all. Vast parts of the north are really beautiful. Lovely fishing villages. Lush forests and vineyards as well as a stunning coastline.

But presumably bringing relatively little in terms of income from tourism compared to the much more developed south

 

[nicholsong]

I do that because it's cheaper than trying to live in the UK. I'd pay more in rent or on a mortgage than I spend most months.

Tam, you bit on my tease.

I think you need to get back into the lands of sarcastic humour.

 

[nicholsong]

You clearly haven't seen it all. Vast parts of the north are really beautiful. Lovely fishing villages. Lush forests and vineyards as well as a stunning coastline.

That was the original tourism before they built Tenerife South airport which opened in 1978.

The South airport attracted the mass tourism which expanded the areas in the south which has more sunshine.

The North airport has few direct flights, usually necessitating a transfer either via mainland Spain or another Canary Island.

We know La Palma, Gran Canaria and La Gomera and will one day visit the North of Tenerife, but never the South.

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[EuroTrotters]

I do that because it's cheaper than trying to live in the UK. I'd pay more in rent or on a mortgage than I spend most months.

I hope to be following in your tyre tracks soon.

Its only my Family that hold me back.

 

[Yorick]

They just might be. However, the quest for a better class of tourist is for the birds. Tenerife is essentially a lump of rock covered in uninspiring hotels and cheap bars aimed at UK & German visitors looking to replicate whatever they get up to at home but in the sunshine. Apart from vulcanologists, I’m not sure what cultural highlights there are? Maybe they need a branch of Waitrose or Booths?

Have you been and looked around?

Or just waffling?

 

[JRT]

They should try living in a cold part of Northern Britain where the industry has died and no one comes to spend one bean on tourism and then complain about making zillions from visitors .

True, but even here in East Cleveland, a hardy ex iron ore mining area we get locals whinging on Facebook about tourists in Saltburn, Skinningrove, etc.

Some people just want to moan, maon and moan again.

 

[JRT]

You clearly haven't seen it all. Vast parts of the north are really beautiful. Lovely fishing villages. Lush forests and vineyards as well as a stunning coastline.

But isn't the folly of promoting the unspoiled parts that in a few years there will be protests about over tourism there?

 

[The Wino]

True, but even here in East Cleveland, a hardy ex iron ore mining area we get locals whinging on Facebook about tourists in Saltburn, Skinningrove, etc.

Some people just want to moan, maon and moan again.

The thing is that around us the landscape was really shaped by industry mining, farming,iron smelting, fishing etc but now if anyone tries to develop any industry in the north Yorkshire moors national park they seem pretty much against it. In Whitby the biggest industry by far is tourism I often say to people would you rather Whitby was like Redcar where the industry has largely gone and there doesn't seem to be a lot left. Maybe as a newcomer I ought to keep quiet!

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[Garfields]

Small town up the road road has become a big mountain bike centre
It keeps some cafes takeaways and pubs going along with accommodation.
There used to be a couple of mills that in there time were big employers but long gone.
There is a minority that spend there days moaning about the biking and that the town is not liked it used to be.
Without the biking/tourists there would be nothing left in the place.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Some moaning people in the high rise above Tiki Bar in Benidorm tried to get it shut down a few years ago because of the music during the daytime (was quiet at night and even during the day it's not that loud) just checked on Facebook, it's still open
People have got to accept they are a minority sometimes.

 

[PaddyM]

Similar to residents that live near Oulton Park complaining about engine noise , HELLO you bought a house next to a motorsport race track , HELLO !

 

[Yorick]

Similar to residents that live near Oulton Park complaining about engine noise , HELLO you bought a house next to a motorsport race track , HELLO !

The same thing happened at Croft circuit. The local lady won the case. It turned out that that the lady was the owner's recently divorced wife

 

[gpat]

But presumably bringing relatively little in terms of income from tourism compared to the much more developed south

There is quite a bit of tourist activity and the city of Puerto de la Cruz of course

Its not full of British Chavs though. Only a couple of small nightclubs and loads of great restaurants. Restaurants that are frequented by a good healthy mix of Europeans, local Spanish, Spanish tourists and the odd person form the Isle of Man (Me!)

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[Peavy]

healthy mix of Europeans, local Spanish, Spanish tourists and the odd person form the Isle of Man

just like Benidorm...

 

[Folkranger]

Canarians want to reduce the tourists?

Simple, ban all sunbeds and leave the beaches to those of us who like natural sand or pebbles.

Try and find a beach in Peurto De La Cruz

 

[maison]

There is quite a bit of tourist activity and the city of Puerto de la Cruz of course

Its not full of British Chavs though. ……… and the odd person form the Isle of Man (Me!)

Exactly how “odd” are you?

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

The same thing happened at Croft circuit. The local lady won the case. It turned out that that the lady was the owner's recently divorced wife

And Windsor Castle, fancy building it under Heathrow’s flight path, knocks the value a bit also

 

[Yorick]

Another, more detailed article here..

“Lanzarote is against mass tourism, not tourists”

Last month’s demonstrations against mass tourism development on the Canary Islands made international headlines. However, many of those headlines failed to represent the real reasons behind the protests, which were not aimed at tourists or well-managed tourism. We look at the real issues behind...

gazettelife.com

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[Northernraider]

And another

New Tenerife Tourism statement after 'go home' protests put off UK holidaymakers

Thousands of people took to the streets of the Canary Islands to complain about mass tourism

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[EssexBoy]

Why the need to have millions in banks etc that you will never ever need. That money could better the lives of a lot of people.

Correct me if I'm wrong but what do the banks then do with that money? Don't they lend it out to people to make lives better? ie mortgages, business loans etc?

 

[EssexBoy]

Isn't all this an unintended first world problem?

General wealth in society means we all want similar luxuries and so many can afford them, everywhere is becoming an oversubscribed hot-spot...

 

[Northernraider]

Correct me if I'm wrong but what do the banks then do with that money? Don't they lend it out to people to make lives better? ie mortgages, business loans etc?

Not really. I'd rather return to a time when there wasn't mortgages . Before greedy people claimed and stole everything. But I'm aware I'm in the minority. There's no ethical way to become a billionaire.. and the jury is still out on millionaires. At somepoint it will come to a head , you can see the rumblings going that way already I think there will be worldwide civil war before there's a next world war.

 

[Yorick]

Not really. I'd rather return to a time when there wasn't mortgages .

12th century?

Wasn't very nice then

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[Northernraider]

12th century?

Wasn't very nice then

It's not very nice now ....for millions of people

 

[Yorick]

It's not very nice now ....for millions of people

Mortgages started in 12c

 

[EssexBoy]

It's not very nice now ....for millions of people

Assuming those "millions" consider material wealth/ownership important in their lives...

I do, but only where it allows me to pursue my interests, outside of that, I have no interest in other people's wealth

I agree we're heading for a crash, but only because the modern penchant for green-eyed-monster-ism is driving us into the arms of communism/marxism...

 

[Otter Spotter]

I speak to a lot of workers here and their main complaint is lack of affordable housing.
Too many folk turning long term lets into holiday homes pushing up demand and prices of dwellings.

Same in Shetland, any houses that come on the market, if you can see the sea, it ends up on Airbnb thus no local can live in it, so it’s a fairly universal issue.