From Las Palmas, the coordinator of 20A in Gran Canaria has pointed out this Thursday to the Cabildo as the main responsible for "scandalously worsening" the environmental and social situation of the island, which is currently in an extreme situation. "This platform is basically formed by officials or personnel with high professional dependence on the public sector assures that the south of Gran Canaria is in "collapse". the island.
For the liquidationists of the Canary Islands "what is coming in the south with the construction of the 5-star Hotel in Pasito Blanco, with capacity for 1.104 people; the new tourist villas in El Pajar de Arguineguín, with capacity for 2.000 beds; or the new Lopesan hotel in Meloneras, with capacity for 1.200 people". The front born in Tenerife criticizes: the expansion of the Telde tangential highway, the expansion of the Gran Canaria airport, the construction of the train or the materialization of Siam Park, are some of the expansions to which it refers and that are also included within of this Island Plan approved by the Council.
As always, they confuse beds with rooms. "The construction of more than 129.000 new tourist beds, doubling the current accommodation offer is just one of the aspects contained in the new PIO that delves into the predatory model of the territory and natural resources." There are usually two beds per room.
The platform that claims to be made up of "numerous groups" denounces that the Cabildo openly promotes a tourism growth plan that has nothing to do with the eco-sustainable island model that it claims to defend. "At the time of the approval of the new PIO there were around 132.550 accommodation places on the island," indicates the social pressure group, which adds: "this plan provides the crazy possibility of doubling the number of beds that currently exist and to impact barely touristed areas of the island. The greatest tourism growth forecasts of the new Island Plan continue to be concentrated in the southern part of the island, with more than 88.000 new accommodation places.
