Tourists flee the Canary Islands and take refuge in Morocco

The Civil Guard investigators have opened an investigation following the sabotage of eleven rental cars on March 1 in Sibora. This incident, which occurred in a coastal area popular with British vacationers, is part of a worrying trend of targeted attacks aimed at destabilizing the local travel industry.

This resurgence of violence comes just a few weeks before the Easter holidays, a period when thousands of families traditionally flock to the archipelago. Last year, about twenty vehicles had already been set on fire in Costa Adeje, with the destruction filmed and shared on social media by anti-tourism activists.

Faced with this climate of hostility, the disaffection of travelers is evident. "I will never go on vacation in Spain again. I hate them as much as they hate us," fumes a disillusioned tourist, Paul Powell, who questions the legitimacy of the Spanish presence so close to the African coasts.

This feeling of rejection is accelerating the shift of tourist flows towards Morocco. While Tenerife is sinking into a crisis of coexistence, cities like Agadir are emerging as preferred alternatives for summer vacationers seeking serenity and hospitality, far from the social tensions currently shaking the Canary Islands.