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[โ€“] 70 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Canary Islands. Great place, but the mass tourism is actually killing them, provoking skyrocketing rent and shortages of power and water.

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  • [โ€“] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Indeed. My girlfriend lives there, last time I was over we went to the big demonstration against mass tourism. I felt a bit sick at the airport listening to all the north European pensioners talking about how they rent a place year round for 800โ‚ฌ/month just to spend the odd week now and then there. While many locals working in tourism make minimum wage, around 1300โ‚ฌ/month I believe.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    how is rent related to tourism?

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