Mass tourism in Spain is prompting protests, government pledges to combat its effects, and a hunger strike.
Rising concern in the world’s second most-visited country comes as authorities try to reconcile the interests of locals fed up with overcrowding, high rental prices and landscapes threatened by developments with a lucrative sector worth billions of euros.
The holiday hotspot of the Canary Islands is the focus of a backlash against the industry. Rallying under the slogan “The Canaries have a limit”, a collective of groups on the archipelago off northwest Africa are planning a series of protests on Saturday.
Several members of the collective Canaries Sold Out also began an “indefinite” hunger strike last week to put pressure on the authorities. “Our islands are a
