During the holiday season last year, tourists flocked to popular destinations like Spain and the Canary Islands, however, several protests were organised opposing huge tourism numbers

Compared to the millions of Brits that flock to Tenerife and Grand Canaria every year, hardly anyone visits this lesser known island filled with natural beauty

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Aemet, Spain’s national weather agency, has also issued yellow coastal warnings for the remaining islands, while yellow warnings for inland winds of up to 70km/h are forecast for Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and areas of Tenerife.

Protests and comments make tourists feel unwelcome. "Pushing tourists toward destinations like Turkey and Morocco"

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The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated yellow warnings for Wednesday from 18:00 hours in the western islands and Gran Canaria by wind that will be moderate northeast, generally strong in several parts of the islands and will intensify at night with gusts that can be very strong in low areas of exposed slopes.

The Canary Islands have been issued a stark warning about the anti-tourism sentiment that's growing in the popular holiday hotspots. There has been protests on the islands by locals concerned about over-tourism on the islands, which are visited by millions of UK holidaymakers every year

The surge in holiday rentals is forcing locals to leave as it becomes completely unaffordable to live in the Canary Islands.

Holidaymakers in the Canary Islands are warned of rough sea conditions and strong winds this week as the archipelago is placed under yellow weather alerts. Aemet, Spain’s national weather agency, has issued a yellow coastal warning around Lanzarote with sea swells of up to four metres expected.

Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days.

Total of 10,547 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat last year, according to monitoring group Caminando Fronteras