Overview
- Fodor’s stresses the list is not a boycott but a call to give overburdened destinations a breather.
- Visitor pressure surged in 2025 with 7.8 million arrivals and more than 27 million airport passengers in the first half of the year, about a 5% rise.
- Tourism generates over one-third of the islands’ GDP and supports roughly 40% of jobs, underscoring economic reliance despite costs to residents.
- Local voices, including Tenerife group ATAN, report inflated rents, heavy traffic, degraded natural spaces and declining biodiversity.
- Authorities have barred newly built homes from short‑term rentals, though enforcement is reported as slow, and Tenerife’s declared water emergency is described by some locals as scarcely felt.