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by _1_1_1_1_1_1_ 798 days ago
They could change the laws so as to halve the tourist load, but double the money extracted per tourist.

Really just a matter of stopping unscrupulous businesses from renting out common (public) resources at rock bottom prices and externalizing the costs.

Sure it would destroy the cheap end of Canary Islands tourism, but the local government should be looking out for it's citizens interests, not the interests of outsiders who want a cut-rate vacation.