Tenerife: the ecological struggles of a touristic island

Tenerife, an island of less than one million people receives around six million tourists yearly.

This spring, the Spanish island made the headlines when activists organised demonstrations and hunger strikes to highlight the ecological problems their home is facing because of touristic activity.

This is the second of three videos on the issue of overtourism in Europe, published by our Hungarian partner ‪@negynegynegy‬

This shortdoc is part of our “Stories Breaking Borders” series. To watch other films in the series, check out our channel.

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