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Hundreds of protesters in Lanzarote turned out on Sunday evening to show their support for tourists, following a mass protest against the influx of holidaymakers. The pro-tourist protest came just hours after locals hounded British holidaymakers, forced them to flee, and ordered them to “go home” during an anti-tourist march. An estimated 10,000 people took part […]
Thousands of flag-waving demonstrators hit the streets across Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday to demand restrictions to the mass tourism they say is overwhelming their Atlantic archipelago. Rallying under the slogan “The Canary Islands have a limit”, demonstrators began marching at midday in tourist hotspots across all of the archipelago’s seven main islands. Protesters gathered […]
Rallying under the slogan “The Canary Islands have a limit”, demonstrators began marching at midday in tourist hotspots across all of the archipelago’s seven main islands. Protesters gathered outside a convention centre in Maspalomas on the island of Gran Canaria, the only water park on the island of Fuerteventura, and the nightlife district in Playa […]
The protests will take place across several of the Canary Islands, in popular tourist destinations, including: Tenerife: CC Metropolis, Las Americas Gran Canaria: Expomeloneras, Maspalomas Lanzarote: Plaza de Las Naciones, Los Pocillos, Puerto del Carmen Fuerteventura: Avenida Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Corralejo La Palma: Calle La Carrilla, Los Llanos de Aridane El Hierro: Calle Doctor […]
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Third Amendment. Maybe you’ve heard it as part of a punchline. It’s the one about quartering troops — two words you probably haven’t heard side by side since about the late 1700s. At first glance, it might not seem super relevant to modern life. But in fact, the […]