TENERIFE NEWS UPDATE- Tourism FALLS after protests? Cheap Flights, Solutions & CURRENT SITUATION!🗞️
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2024
- A Special News Report from Los Cristianos in South Tenerife, discussing the Tourism Protests, the UK Media and Fake News, Holiday Concerns, Cheap Flights and more! The report also includes a visit to Buddies Bar in Los Cristianos to ask some of the people from the UK here on Holiday if they have felt any affects from the protests and if they have still felt welcome in Tenerife.
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So it goes ……….. we’ll keep coming back for our well earned holidays to support tourism on the Island!!!!
We as a family have been coming to Tenerife for decades. We won’t be stopping that. We will be over in july then September and hopefully January. The uk media are rats and should be ignored. Come over and enjoy folks ignore the poisonous noise
Totally agree,UK media telling lies tourists are welcome in Tenerife
My son is married to a canarian woman.He has lived in Tenerife for 35 years . Speaks the language fluently. Its not the people coming on holiday the protests are about. Its about British buying up properties And using them as holiday lets. It hikes up property prices .And limits the number of long term rentals for the local communities. Who can not afford to buy or rent . Because wages are low .
Has anyone else thought this guy would make a great Tenerife governor or tourism official? A business background, articulate, no agenda or drama, smart and informed.
It's nothing to do with the tourists ' it's about the tenerife government making billions of the workers and not investing in cheap rentable housing for them. I would be pissed if I worked there and couldn't afford to live.
there is a lot more social housing in spain then the UK ,the main problem is illegal renting via airbnb and booking to tourists for properties that are not marked as for tourists so lack of supply for local workers . also all public buses are free for residence so living outside the tourist areas is the best option .
The people have a perfect right to protest to the govenment protect their home without the British media twisting things . Visited Tenerife for eight week Jan and Feb no problems and had a wonderful time. Will be visiting Lanzarote for four weeks Oct/Nov . Prefer not to leave it to the British media to make my holiday plans then I can decide for myself and be the judge pretty sure all will be fine.
Can’t trust any media these days will be leaving tonight to come to paradise
My man, I am truly sorry about this situation. Believe me, these individuals are a tiny fraction of the entire population of Tenerife, let alone Canary Islands. I am from Tenerife -living abroad for quite some time now, and I am sorry. Believe me, stuff like this doesn't represent the community as a whole and definitely, tourism is essential now and will likely always be.
Thank you for being in Tenerife, thank you for your videos!
Correction: I admit I watched UK's news and they seemed to be distorting the whole thing. Jesus, I thought this stuff was only in Spain. Either way, I am sorry.
I live in the North with my family and have experienced nothing but kindness and acceptance from the people in general. Renting an apartment is a different story! Andrew got to the key problem at 13 minutes - It's the AirBNB free for all that is driving the problems and that is affecting the whole island, not just the South. Specifically on that issue the protestors have a point. AirBnb should not be banned but the laws around AirBNB need to be properly enforced. I can see some comments about flight prices, you can fly to Tenerife South from Liverpool this Saturday for 31 pounds, one way. I think we were due a slight correction on car hire prices as it was just getting out of hand - 1,250 eur a month for rental of a small car over the Dec/Jan/Feb winter months was nuts and could not continue. Walk around the two airports and look at how many cars the big 4 have available now, I think things are going back to a bit of normality on that front. The protestors are having a moan about all-inclusive Brit's but the hotels in Canaries are still charging big money for these packages compared to Turkey and that is already driving a shift away from Spain. For a 4 or 5 star hotel holiday, I would not consider the Canaries as a cheap holiday destination overall at least, not right now.
HI ANDREW
I HAVE BEEN TO TENIERIFE 2023.
THE SPANISH PEOPLE ARE SO HARDWORKING & FRIENDLY,
THEY WORK SO HARD TO KEEP THEIR COUNTRY CLEAN & SAFE,
I WILL SAY TO ALL EXPAX.
INCLUDING IRISH BY THE WAY IAM IRISH,
RESPECT THE LOCAL PEOPLE OF TENERIFE.
Thanx again andrew not put off at all I don't like our press anyway, and to say no tourists that's lot of nationalities.we always go s/c and spend our euros plus we respect tenerife because we love it so much.❤
Thank you for your superb broadcast. We are resident in Lanzarote & we are not against tourist who are welcomed 365 days a year(or 366 days this year)the cabildo and overall Canarian government need to address canarian/resident ssues that have been bubbling below the surface for years.
Rubbish on the UK media will not ever stop us from our holidays in Tenerife We love the island will be back soon XX
Here now. Only difference i have seen is places we go to year after year now closing 1/2 days a week due to staff shortages
My friend working in surfing was telling me that they normally had about 50 surfers on slow season but it is only 27 now. I need to tell him about this protest against tourist.
Thanks again for the update, myself and all our family are back again in May can’t wait and have been coming for the last 5 years.
I work in the travel industry so it’s great to get honest updates for us to pass on.
Nothing will put us off coming to Tenerife. We are back in September. And the media. I would like to say things but I can't say it on here.
It’s definitely not put us off at all ! They need us to spend money to keep the economy going. The only thing that has put us off it the general state of Tenerife, it’s so run down now ! Stayed last year at the Sabilia and it was nice however going back to Gran Canaria as Meloneras is much cleaner and not run down. TENERIFE NEEDS TO CLEAN ITS SELF UP .
I don't know where your flight prices came from but Gatwick is still charging £239 minimum return
Who are those people protesting? In the Netherlands we have a group protestors paid by George Sores. If they don't get a grip on air travel this is maybe their new way of offensieve.
Nearly all protest's are paid for by that evil Sores 😡
I'm in UK and when I first saw these protests I said George Soros would have funded it.
Hi Andrew, I am very grateful for to you and your channel for the information you provide to those of us that have plans to visit in September. The propaganda from the MSM was causing a few worries but has been put to rest with the help of your channel.
EVERYONE should pay to get into attractions not just tourists like in the UK.
We are looking forward to coming back to Tenerife on Saturday for the 61st time since 1994. We don’t really expect to see any change. It will still still be our favourite destination. 😎
Thank you for this x really tempted to book a cheap break in the sunshine ☀️ 😊
The protesters said they want a "better class of tourists" that sounds pretty hostile to me.What class am I?
We're over soon with our friends. We love Tenerife. The British newspapers are only good for putting in the bathroom in case you run out of toilet paper!
It's a warning to Tenerife that the Brits are needed.
Many are saying give it a miss this year. Our son and 3 families have dropped coming back and booked Turkey in June.
Thank you for videos great at keeping us updated. We have booked up today for November. X
Flights are ridiculous in June as a family of 4 with 2 young children £1100 return 😮
Don't believe anything the main stream media say , just find out for yourself.
Booked flights for mid December to mid January 28 days £97 London to Tenerife south return £197 Tenerife to London includes 20kgs. Certainly that's not cheap.
I have just read in the Canarian Weekly that 17,000 VV licences have been issued in the Canary Islands since October. Prior to this only 40,000 were issued in the 8 years 2015 to 2023. I guess at least half of the 17,000 will be properties retreating from the long term market. This is where the pressure on rents and availability for “ locals” is coming from as landlords pursue higher rents and more security in the short term holiday rental market
I stopped watching the mainstream media years ago - I suggests others do the same - it's no loss and you will feel much better.
The protests and the uk media scaremongering, will not stop us coming to Tenerife and other Canarian islands , off to Fuertaventura next week, Jackie and the girls are over to Tenerife in august, we are both back in December with my sister and her partner, plus we have already booked 14 days next march in Tenerife 👍🏻 save us a table in buddies, our usual please 😃🍹🍹🍹🍹
Coming over in June, can’t wait x
Another reason not to watch or trust the media. Thanks for keeping us properly informed Andrew and big support for the Canaries ❤
It will never put us off coming to Tenerife Andrew ❤😆😆
I love the place despite this scaremongering by the British media.They are obsessed with negativity.My mother loved it!!!! So as a loyal tourist I will continue to visit
This year for the first time since I can remember there are no flights to Tenerife from Aberdeen between end of April and start of October.
Thanks for update andrew❤
We are still coming in august an we got cheap flights
Thankyou Andrew.for giving us piece of mind..myself and rob are still coming out to tenerife. We love tenerife. And we won't let anything stop us from booking our holidays.thankyou once again xx
No, it has not put me off Tenerife.We stayed in Feb in Los Cris at a hotel.We were aware the restaurant staff had had trouble retaining younger staff because "they can't find a place nearby to live in" but we wouldn't have known.The staff were as good and welcoming as always.
My actual feeling was annoyance with the BRITISH press who are implying the local people are against BRITS.! What rubbish.
The problem I think is those renting out Airbnb , too many and that fault is the Spanish government.(not the Tenerife folk).
They need to restrict how many Airbnbs are available.
I do feel sympathy with the Tenerife locals trying to work in the tourist areas, but unable to find a place to live in.
We are going again later this year.
Tenerife is and will remain a fav for me, and I think for most regular visitors.
We will be supporting Tenerife.
None of this UK media hype will put me off going to the canaries. Reluctant to visit Tenerife but that due a bad experience a few years ago that involved the police and some early 20's Brits causing issues in hotel.
Hi Andrew, thank you for your update! My husband, 2 kids and I are looking into coming to Tenerife at Christmas this year and I’m continuing to keep an eye on flights and accommodation prices.
I think I was the only Canadian on the island, lol - met great Brits, a couple peeps from Iceland and absolutely lovely locals!!!
We just got back and have only great memories of Tenerife - we stayed in Playa Las Americas, in the centre of it all :)
We drove to las Galletas and saw ppl living in shacks and walking into town carrying jugs to collect fresh water 🥲 - it was clear that Canarians were being priced out of the market..their government needs to do better and enough with the rich getting richer!!!
A beautiful island ..and like the host says, not riotous as the press is saying - just not true!
Hi Andrew, fellow travellers!
I've visited this amazing island 2 years ago with my wife and am forever thankful for the amazing content on your channel! It helped a ton preparing, planning, buying tickets in advance (your Siam tips were 1000000% spot on!). We're 50/50 on returning this year with my inlaws, as they've been to Tenerife about 10 years ago and always wanted to go back some day. It's either Tenerife together or going to Egypt as prices there are unbeatable for the 5* resorts (and we're massive history nerds altogether).
Are there any big changes since 2 years ago? It was just post covid (I remember we still had covid travel insurance). From what I gather everyone's still welcome (we're not even British), but my main question is, since there's (fake) bans for the British, are overall prices dropping? Excursions, hotels etc? We stayed in a pretty 'meh' hotel 2 years ago, so we're on the lookout for a good one (strong preference for the South, we like shopping and dining in the Hardrock Café, it's sort of our 'must do' when travelling, collecting the Tees around the world). Any suggestions perhaps on a decent hotel that has vegan food options? My wife has some food intolerances and meat is really tough for her to digest 7 days a week, so she needs to balance it out with vegan dishes, espcially on vacation to prevent having heavy stomachaches for multiple days non-stop. At home its bad but okay, but if we're on the beautiful island for 2 weeks it's really a grievance if she can't enjoy everything of course.
The frustrating thing is in the office we talk about holidays, but then hear that dreaded 'i would but Brits arent welcome' when Tenerife is mentioned. Just shows the impact British Media has on destroying opportunity, consumer choice and business for the sake of a headline. Although, most of these people saying it probably never had any meaningful consideration of booking anyway and will no doubt end up in Benidorm!
The issue re flip flops is about people driving in flip flops. As you say it is the media creating all these issues. I hope people ignore the reports and keep coming.
The UK media have given me the impression that the locals are standing at the airport with pitchforks wanting our head's on a stick.
I literally can't be wait to come back. Was welcomed with open arms, not a sign of anything bad in fact the total opposite. Went around the whole island, midnight walks felt safe. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ. Come and witness Tenerife for your self the only thing you will need to worry about is going back home bcus you won't want too.
Tenerife is open for business! Do not let the bottom feeding media outlets put you off even a jot! I’m thankful for you , Laura and others for presenting the island as it is day in day out 🙏 sure implement a charge for visiting the national parks and other places it will bring additional employment and help to protect and enhance those areas which is brilliant. Just carry on as normal and enjoy your holidays 👍
I book early every year for the last 8 years, I was thinking of cancelling it but after watching this am coming back ❤
I’d happily pay a charge to visit national parks, I’d also happily pay tourist tax! The wear an tear from the footfall needs to be maintained with something. Also I think we could help by not booking air b&bs stick to hotels
I've been coming to Tenerife with my family since I was old enough to fly. I've spent countless holidays & Christmas' there, a Millenium. I have so many happy memories with people who are no longer here. Tenerife feels like a second home to me. It has a special place in my heart, it's not just a holiday destination. I will not be scared from visiting & can completely understand the residents concerns and reasonings which as you said, are not because of the tourists themselves! Keep it up with the videos debunking stupid media claims, your videos are great!
I try not to listen or read any news.
Came for a week in March & coming back in May and very much looking forward to it.
I would happily pay a tourist fee for natural areas.
Hopefully this will blow over.
Definitely not!! we were over in March no problems we’ve already booked for October & March. X
The only thing I’d say regarding what you said about teide & a ?car park & tour. Having tried to park last year when over & failed miserably, then done Timanfaya in November where they do have a guided tour it wouldn’t be a bad thing to have this provided it’s run properly
If you only holiday for a couple of weeks a year. 90 day rule won’t make any difference.
I hope it all works out okay for you.
You don’t need to worry Andrew prices are not dropping and availability is still very busy and your vlogs show there is nothing to worry about many of us will still be coming not just this year but many more years too.
We have been coming to Tenerife for over 10 years and all this scare mongering will certainly not put us off. In fact we have booked for mid May, can’t wait!! 🌞
I’m coming for June missed my 50 th last yr so out there fr it this yr can’t wait love Tenerife fab great peepsxxx
I’m I chair also but everyone go out the way to help wen therexx
It won't put me off coming you are doing a great job at reassuring people and hopefully it doesn't put people of coming.
Personally i havent seen anything in the media about the anti tourist thing, it wouldnt stop me anyways
I just looked at Skyscanner and flights from Dublin The cheapest I found is €177 which isn't bad for Ireland.
Wouldn’t stop me from coming back
Spain in general should BE APPRECIATIVE THAT THE UK £ SUPPORTING THERE ECONOMY JOBS AND BE GRATEFUL SO TO ALL BRITS IT NOT THE FIST TIME SPAIN HAS PICK ON THE BRITS SO PLEASE GO TO GREESE IT CHEAPER AND THEY WILL WELCOME YOU
Afternoon Andrew love Tenerife.we will be there in June cheers 😃👍
Great vlog. Will be out next week 👍
The protest hasn’t put me off coming I’m due out July , what is putting me off is how expensive it is in then school holidays
Hi Andrew, all this news has had a bad effect on my son who has autism, we was due to fly out this morning and at the airport he had a melt down saying he was going to be stabbed ect due to what he had seen on the news and wanted to come back home :( I however have re-booked for July with my 2 daughters.- Stevie!!
Tbf , I've seen no cheap flights from Newcastle and have been looking at Los Christianos for July with the kids/wife or possibly next March for me and the wife.
Thanks for the update heading there tomorrow!
Brits have to realise that this ‘Tenerife story’ just highlights yet again how much SOME British media lie to us.
We all know the culprits, I simply don’t watch or listen to it anymore, I do my own research.
Currently having a coffee and I will be departing for Tenerife in a few hours time and I have no worries whatsoever.
Get booking folks!
Why does anyone even pay attention to the news anymore. I don’t think I’ve purposely looked at the news since 2020. All just a load of rubbish & damn right depressing. I live with my head in the clouds now and it’s the best way to be 🙌🏻
Just sharing my experience, i was there 1,5 week around the Island. Los Christianos it was not that bad, Santa Cruz was fine, in smaller towns like Los Abrigos and El Médano i did notice in supermarkets and busses they don't want to help you if you don't speak Spanish, just very rude which i'm not used too. After getting the highest fare in de the bus when talking English, i spoke Spanish after (4,80 and 1,50 Euro is worth it right). Learn some basic Spanish for the bus ans supermarket i would say. On the beaches i had some weird experiences people felt the need to tell me that i am a stupid tourist, which i responded in good Spanish i am not buying a house here😅. In restaurants in my experience they were nice, be careful for pickpockets as this channel already said before.
In Vilaflor people were really nice too by the way. For context i am a more adventurous solo traveller, so if you are someone who's in 4/5 star hotels, you rent a car and only go to restaurants in Los Christianos i think you should be fine. Wear a special bag under your clothes with your valuables! Don't skip the small towns tho, they are beautiful! 😊 I did everything from Tripadvisor accept the water parcs, can recommend, for surfing and hiking perfect island. Felt the need to tell what i experienced, so you are prepared. Learn some Spanish for bus/supermarker just in case and tell people on the beach you live in Malaga or something, it helped me😂 Apparantly they don't care if you have a house there hmm...😂
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We will definitely come in May. We planta visit Buddies on Friday 10th May. We're staying in Costa Adeje as usual and hope to see you again.
Invite the media for a chat Andrew this is damaging to Tenerife.
Tourists will take so much then go elsewhere and that would be such a shame to the Island.
Has not put us of. We are coming in October staying at your dad's apartment. Can't wait to see you guys again at the bar.
Sorry a ridiculous response. Protesters want somewhere to live, sensible rents and higher levels of pay. So what does the Cabildo propose? Charge entry fees to Teide, Anaga and Masca. More revenue for the Authorities but no impact whatsoever on the main grievances.
Great well said Andrew we will still be coming for our holidays in Tenerife cannot wait!
Thanks for the update, Andrew . Coming out next Saturday, I'm not worried at all . Never listen to the media anyway 🌞
We are still coming over in August
OMG! You don't need to be a genius to realise that the Canarian economy relies massively on tourism. Now I can sympathise totally with the issues regarding availability of housing for the local population. There is exactly the same problem in places like Cornwall in the UK, which strangely, the media totally ignore. As you say, it is a Government issue regarding letting legislation which currently allows property owners to increase the number of short term lets purely for profit. We were in Tenerife twice last year knowing we wouldn't e having a holiday there this year due to other commitments. But we will be back next year without a doubt! Not worried at all about not being made welcome! Keep up the great work Andrew.
I’d be inclined to say a lot of the protestors where either ‘tag along’, bored students or even ‘professional protestors’ who attend various marches while not attached to any cause…a bit like here in the uk at the moment, having looked at a lot of the pictures of the Tenerife protests the first thing I noticed was student aged groups with free Palestine paraphernalia (which has nothing to do with it regardless of how bad things are elsewhere)
Also the tourist tax sounds good in theory but we are relying on government/councils to properly allocate the funds, and the recent digital time/temperature boards that have gone up are a classic example of how they waste money on stupid projects (I’d love to see if anyone involved had shares in the company who got the contract!)
Was out for 11 days and never saw a thing , locals welcome you with open arms
were returning again this year.. my wife is getting concerned though as she does believe the media hype, i shall show her this video.. you think the Tenerife tourist industry would sue the British media . i do know people cancelling ...
I was there end of November would never have thought they don't like us don't want us every night i went to harrys bar the staff was awesome always had a really good laugh with them towards the end of my trip they was giving me some free shots because i was going there so much and several other bars, will definitely be going back soon especially if flight prices are dropping no need to be put off by this bs media
It's only a few Stag do's tbh. Sure we are better off without.
Tenerife will be fine 👍
Why would they protest on tourism that is what feeds the islands
My son is coming over friday for a week then we are over on may for just over 3 weeks.👍
Was out at the start of April fantastic had a brilliant time no problems 👍😎
thanks for keeping everyone updated Andrew on what is going on in Tenerife. i know u work really hard in doing so. the uk media is unreal sticking there nose in. making up fake news to get a few views i dont believe them for a second personally. unfortunately me and my family are not coming to Tenerife this year we are going somewhere else. but it has nothing to do with any of the tourism rubbish that is going on and we will 100% will be coming back next year we absolute love Tenerife. loro park, siam park. Boat trips we love it all and enjoy all of your content keep up the good work 👍
Love this guy he gave them all free drinks to say that 😎😎😂😂
The media has blown it out of the water I definitely wouldn't listen to the rubbish dave travelon world was at the protest there was no negative thoughts to the tourist great updates Andrew 👍
Any chance you could show bar city centre,beside La Siesta my favourite wee bar
A small charge doesn’t hurt anyone. To walk around the pleasure beach in Blackpool you have to pay for the privilege, no rides included in the price either.
You should put a post out to subscribers who are residents who want to talk about this and make a video with them so people can see it from residents.
I'm in majorca at the moment due to thinking we weren't welcome in tenerife. Once home I will look at coming out in July. We usually come 3 times a year so thank you so much for all the info and setting my mind at rest.
Sound's like racism to me by the people who we've kept in work for the past 40 year's plus.
Complain to the millionaire Hotel and restaurant owner's