Tourism in the south of Gran Canaria attracted large companies and generated great transformations with the arrival of foreign companies from Las Palmas such as Ungdomens Resebyra, Europaflyg, Kanarie Resor or Independente Air Travel and Brodin, which fell into oblivion due to the emergence of Thomas Cook. , Fritidsresor, Ving or TUI. San Agustín was where the success story of tourism in Gran Canaria began and which included the economic efforts of the Swede Bertil Harding. The Nordic community has always been collaborative with the people of the south of Gran Canaria.