German travel agencies and tour operators such as TUI have expressed their displeasure at the lack of clear news from the Canary Islands regarding the tourism strike, with a strike notice filed with the Canary Islands Government on April 30, 2025. "The news we are getting from the Canary Islands is that it is very unlikely to happen and here we do not trust that data at all because The Maspalomas digital press continues to provide attendance data and this has us shaken."We need clarity to send tourists to alternative destinations because insurance policies don't cover labor disputes, given that it's not something that can be improvised," said a source from the agency sector working with TUI in Munich on Tuesday.
If the strike goes ahead, which, as it is in the private sector, will not provide minimum services, it could affect the transport sector. The workers are demanding better wages, and the nationalist confederation Sindicalistas de Base, the sector's sponsor and majority union, denounced this Tuesday that "after two unsuccessful attempts at negotiation to reach an agreement on a wage increase with the employers' associations of the hospitality sector in the Canary Islands, which would allow them to recover the purchasing power lost in recent years, the Canary Islands Hospitality Trade Union Roundtable, composed of the majority of unions with representation in the sector, was forced to submit, on April 1st, a notice of a sectoral general strike throughout the Canary Islands for April 17th and 18th, coinciding with the Easter holiday period."
The nationalist federation denounces that "the Canarian employers' association, with total disregard for the sector's working class, has once again demonstrated its insensitivity and arrogance by rejecting legitimate labor demands, despite years of record tourist influx and millions in profits obtained at the expense of the daily efforts of those who sustain the tourism industry." It added that "the Canarian government cannot remain on the sidelines of this situation. Mediation is not enough; action and commitment are essential. It has the power to improve working conditions in the hospitality sector by implementing a new Tourism Regulation Law that limits occupancy per accommodation, avoiding overcrowding of tourists per room, and introducing measures that guarantee worker health, such as the use of elevating beds and ergonomic furniture, which would help mitigate the damage caused by the employers' lack of investment in health and safety."
