Tens of thousands have been participating in protests across the Canary Islands this week calling for a halt to visitor numbers.today, the owner of Decky Dillon’s bar in Lanzarote, Decky Dillon, said the protests are sending out the wrong message.Mr Dillon said the actual issue is housing.“The problem is, the Government has issued all these licenses for holiday lets on privately owned apartments and a lot of people that live and work here can’t afford it.
The El Golfo coastine in the west of Lanzarote close to the Green Lagoon. Image: David Dunbar / Alamy Stock Photo“The message that’s been given out is that the Canary Islands don’t want tourism, but that’s not the message we want to give at all,” she said.
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