CNN, like British media such as Daily Mail in London, brought to the scene this Thursday a debate that refuses to raise PSOE, Ciudadanos and Nueva Canarias for political correctness. If control measures were established during confinement and an unwritten agreement was established to leave the dunes of Maspalomas, that has fallen on deaf ears. CNN says nothing about passing a tractor for a race or the state of security in the area due to the arrival of boats. The North American network states: "tourists who have sexual relations are behind the gradual destruction of a beach and a nature reserve in Europe."
For the chain, "tourists trample vegetation, remove plants and sand, make their own "nests", even fenced ones, and throw away waste such as cigarettes, condoms, toilet paper, wipes and cans." What's more, the giant lizards of Gran Canaria, a popular sight in the Canary Islands, "died after eating condoms left by pleasure seekers," says Patrick Hesp, one of the authors of the scientific report, in an article for The Conversation , which CNN quotes.
And the news network points out that a study published in the Journal of Environmental Management --"Sand, sun, sea and sex with strangers, the 'five S'. Characterizing the activity of 'cruising' and its environmental impacts in a field of protected coastal dunes"--"investigates for the first time the environmental impact on the coastal reserve that is used as a cruising area (having sex with strangers in public places)."
"The researchers inventoried 298 'sex spots' on the beach, in a total area of more than two square miles, mostly among 'close, dense vegetation' and nebkhas, which are dunes that pile up around the vegetation. The researchers studied during May 2018, a period that included the local Gay Pride festival." "Tourist sex and 'cruising trampling' impacts 'directly' not only nebkhas, but also eight native plant species, three of which are endemic." They also use the dunes as a bathroom, as researchers found "places to urinate and defecate." The authors point out that "there is no intention to criticize part of the LGBTI community," and highlight that it is not only LGBTQ visitors who have sex in the dunes in Maspalomas.
