The Chamber of Commerce of Gran Canaria remains silent. But Santa Cruz de Tenerife has rejected the tourismphobia campaign "orchestrated" by minority groups and has asked public administrations to prevent these messages from proliferating "which go against 35% of the Canary Islands' GDP and 40% of employment." . On April 20, demonstrations are held in the Canary Islands, with the support of Greenpeace and Ecologists in Action, throughout the archipelago in favor of tourismphobia and which have the support of Podemos and part of Nueva Canarias. CC and PP, the parties that control the Government of the Canary Islands with a Gomera minority, have stood up to the mobilizations by accelerating the organization of the private tourism business. In total, there are dozens of anti-system groups that are pushing to establish a residence law that stops the presence of foreigners on the islands when buying and selling houses.
For now, the platform has already achieved its objective: to make the Government of the Canary Islands nervous. This Monday the president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, said that "I believe that whoever comes to enjoy, to spend a few days and leave their money in the Archipelago, does not have to be rebuked." The vice president of Tenerife's hoteliers, Gabriel Wolgeschaffen, has stated that the destination's reputational crisis is occurring in a "perfect storm" situation and has pointed out: "the cow that gives milk must be left alone." In an accelerated manner, this week the Government Council approved the processing of the law that will regulate holiday housing in the Canary Islands, the public consultation and the hearing process, with the idea that the draft bill enters Parliament in September and the regulations comes into effect this year. The Minister of Tourism and Employment, Jessica de León, has indicated that as soon as these two procedures are completed, on May 2, the emergency procedure will be declared to shorten the deadlines.
Starting Wednesday, April 3, and for twenty business days, until May 2, the legal text will be submitted to public hearing and information to receive all contributions that may enrich it. In this way, after the sectoral meetings held in recent weeks within the round of consultations that were initiated to obtain the opinion of different professional sectors and public institutions, the text of the preliminary draft will be available to citizens on the Transparency web portal. . In addition, it is planned to hold complementary information meetings with the Canarian Federation of Municipalities (FECAM), the most representative business and union organizations and with the island councils. Subsequently, once the contributions received have been analyzed, the Ministry of Tourism and Employment will request the mandatory reports and the final text will subsequently be submitted to the Government Council for approval. From there, the bill will reach the Parliament of the Canary Islands for debate and voting.
