Podemos in the Canary Islands increased its attack on the tourism industry in the south of Gran Canaria this Tuesday. If a few weeks ago you said that it was necessary to charge an eco-tax or you were committed to limiting the presence of youth tourism, now it's the salary. The purple party assures that there are professionals who charge 1,92 euros to clean a room in a hotel establishment and PP, through parliamentarian Carlos Ester, has responded that tourism is regulated by agreement and has criticized Podemos for "criminalizing" tourism and entrepreneurs when it is the subsector that helps get out of the economic crisis.
The Canarian communist party has warned that an outsourced floor cleaner charges 1,92 euros per room and the number has gone from 17 or 19 to 25 per day and the salary in tourist areas "does not pay" because housing prices " "They are very expensive." The Gran Canarian deputy Francisco Déniz has pointed out that the employment generated by tourism in the Canary Islands is of "very low quality", precarious and temporary, and he wonders if tourism generates so much economic development why the unemployment rate on the islands does not drop below 20 %. He has commented that tourism has "a b side" and sees it as a "humiliation" for the Canary Islands that it is recognized that there is no alternative to mass tourism. Déniz has commented that there are "environmental problems", as demonstrated by the closure of the Candelaria beaches due to microalgae, and stressed that tourism "expels" the Canaries from tourist areas due to "gentrification". Ricardo Fernández (Cs) has rejected that tourism generates low-quality employment since it is all stipulated in the hospitality agreements negotiated by employers and unions, where the figure of discontinuous permanent employment already worked.
Regarding the increase in rental prices in tourist areas, he has linked it to vacation rentals, something "totally legal" because many are small savers, and to the lack of public housing due to the lack of construction in recent years. He has criticized Sí Podemos for defending "tourismphobia" and trying to expel digital nomads from the islands. Luis Campos, spokesperson for NC, has ruled out "demonizing" tourism for its contribution to the economy of the archipelago, although he has made it clear that there cannot be "worship" of tourism above all else "and at any cost." He has lamented the "scorched earth" tourism that occupies the entire territory and seeks "the more beds the better," recalling that during the time of Román Rodríguez's presidency (1999-2003) more than 400.000 beds were paralyzed. He has recognized that there is "precariousness" in tourism and that it cannot be denied, using the group of floor cleaners as an example, although there are many companies that comply with collective agreements.
