Gran Canaria’s hotels have won international awards from TUI, World Travel Awards, MICHELIN and more, proving quality tourism is already a reality on the island. The real challenge is preserving the landscape, identity and authenticity that underpin it as visitor pressure grows.
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A power blackout in Lanzarote has forced the desalination plants serving Lanzarote and La Graciosa to shut down, interrupting drinking water production. The public water company warns of possible supply cuts and pressure drops while it works to restore output, reigniting concerns over the islands’ fragile water infrastructure.
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Nearly 10,000 people marched through Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday to demand solutions to the housing crisis. Protesters gathered outside the Galdós Monument before heading to the regional government headquarters, chanting slogans and raising their keys in a symbolic gesture.
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Protesters camped in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will stay until Sunday after Spain’s Congress voted down urgent housing decrees. Campaigners are now planning a march and a general housing strike, as Pedro Sánchez weighs a snap election.
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The STEC-IC union has reported the Canary Islands Education Ministry to the Labour Inspectorate over unsafe school buildings and extreme heat. It is calling for the resignation of the education minister and the infrastructure director, warning that pupils and teachers remain at risk.
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Housing protests have erupted across Spain, with hundreds banging pots and sounding horns in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as the island’s encampment enters its third night. The demonstrations come as Coalición Canaria announces it will back only one of the two housing decrees heading to Congress on Friday.
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Spain, France and Portugal have written to the European Commission and Council demanding that funding for the Outermost Regions be maintained in the 2028-2034 budget. Spain’s territorial policy minister says the letter is a robust defence of the Canary Islands’ unique status.
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Tenerife’s College of Property Administrators is urging landlords to hold off on signing new rental contracts until Spain’s new housing decrees are confirmed by Congress. The body warns that uncertainty over contract duration, rent updates and legal conditions could push more owners out of the market.
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La Laguna council has ordered the urgent evacuation of the Edificio D cil in Bajamar due to insufficient technical guarantees over its structural stability. Residents have 24 hours to leave their homes and premises, with social support and temporary accommodation offered to those in need.
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Home sales across Spain fell for a seventh consecutive month in July, down 11.1% year-on-year, while prices climbed 7.7%. The Canary Islands saw one of the sharpest price rises in the country at 18.8%, even as mortgages in the archipelago fell 7.9%.
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