It is not nonsense: the port of Las Palmas is no longer the currency generating machine of the island of Gran Canaria, that is a matter of tourism. Tourism is what is eaten throughout the Canary Islands and that is located in the south of Gran Canaria. As the years go by, there are things that are not understood: that the island's Tourist Board is not in the south and that for IGIC in Gran Canaria a RIU hotel in Meloneras and Maspalomas pays more than what is collected from IGIC on the island of El Hierro. Staff working at the El Hierro Tourist Board? 25 people. Gran Canaria Tourism Staff? About 56 people, of which 26 are administrative and there are 9 construction workers.
BBVA Research has revised upwards the GDP growth of the Canary Islands in 2023 and 2024, with an expected increase in activity of 2,8% and 3,3%, respectively. The archipelago will not recover the level of GDP prior to the pandemic until 2024. Whether Las Palmas continues to collect revenue at the expense of Maspalomas and Mogán depends on the decisions of businessmen regarding tourism, generating, however, a power vacuum on the island. to the detriment of the liquidity generation machine.
At the moment, none of the parties competing in the 28M local elections have on the table an increase in the weight of Maspalomas in decision-making by moving power centers such as Turismo de Gran Canaria, the island's collection agency, to the south of the island. Valora, headquarters of Promotur or Gesplan, the public regional company in charge of management tasks and that has left the shopping centers in the south of the island without a future map for the purposes of territorial planning.
