Articles tagged “canary islands”

You know how sometimes you go on vacation and think, "Wow, this place is great, I wish I could live here!" Well, it turns out the people who actually live there might be thinking, "Wow, I wish all these tourists would go away."

Today's podcast looks at China's domestic planes, protests in the Canary Islands, and genuine luxury travel.

A big part of the protests is about stopping the rise in short-term rentals. But that is far from the only area where activists want to see change.

Thousands of fed-up residents took to the streets of Tenerife. Activists want a new tourism model that puts locals first. But businesses seek sustained growth from a tourism sector that drives about a third of the local economy.

From abandoned medieval villages to humanitarian crises, David Cantor's Relocate wants to build a community of legal experts to respond to new mass movements of people around the globe.

The methods for booking a suitable corporate retreat these days still feel very experimental, with so many nuances to consider. But the rewards will be there for the platforms that get it right.

The Canary Islands' new campaign is gorgeous and easy to share making its impact much more powerful than any standard campaign it could have created on its own.