{"id":277944,"date":"2025-04-16T06:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/travel\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-tourists-slammed-for-damaging-spains-highest-peak\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:41:34","slug":"rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-tourists-slammed-for-damaging-spains-highest-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/travel\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-tourists-slammed-for-damaging-spains-highest-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"rewrite this title in Arabic Tourists slammed for damaging Spain\u2019s highest peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTEnvironmentalists in the Canary Islands are sounding the alarm over the damage tourism is doing in Teide National Park, home to Spain\u2019s highest peak.Jaime Coello Bravo, director of the Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello Foundation, called out the Tenerife Island Council for promoting what he described as the \u201cmassification and destruction\u201d of the park, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.In a post shared on social media on 13 April, Bravo said the park \u201churts\u201d from the number of tourists trudging over its landscapes. He also shared images and videos of visitors straying off designated trails and climbing volcanic rock formations.\u201cIf this is the crown jewel [of Tenerife\u2019s natural sites]. How will the other spaces be? We know because most are equal or worse,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt is a scandal and a shame the lack of response, inaction and complicity with an unsustainable situation.\u201dTeide National Park welcomes over 3 million visitors a yearLocated in the centre of Tenerife, Teide National Park surrounds the Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano, which rises 3,718 metres above sea level and offers sweeping views of the surroundings. Those views, the striking volcanic landscapes and the unique wildlife such as the Tenerife lizard attract about three million visitors each year.According to the local tourism board, the park is the most visited national park in Europe. But its popularity is putting pressure on a delicate ecosystem.Bravo\u2019s photos showed a crowded car park, tourists clambering over volcanic rocks and one woman appearing to collect stones from a restricted area.\u201cThe overcrowding of vehicles is indescribable,\u201d he said.A new reservation system aims to reduce overcrowdingJust days before Bravo\u2019s posts, the Cabildo de Tenerife (Island Council of Tenerife) revealed a new online reservation system aimed at controlling access to more advanced trails within the park.The new system will require visitors to register online before attempting certain hiking routes, including the trails that lead to the summit of the stratovolcano.Access will only be granted to authorised tourism professionals and mountain federations with proper permits and safety equipment.The goal, according to officials, is to \u201cpreserve the natural environment and control the influx of people\u201d.Can Europe\u2019s natural landmarks handle mass tourism?The situation in Tenerife echoes concerns raised in other parts of Europe, where local ecosystems are under strain from high visitor numbers \u2013 and local populations have sometimes lashed out in response to them.In Italy, officials in Venice have introduced \u2013 and now doubled \u2013 an entry fee forday-trippers to ease overcrowding in the historic city, while the island ofSardinia has begun banning beach towels and requiring advanced bookings to visit certain beaches.Residents in popular travel destinations, from Amsterdam to Santorini, are increasingly pushing back against the negative effects of tourism. In early April, residents across Spain stagedprotests against mass tourism, less than a year afterBarcelona residents sprayed tourists with water guns and shouted \u201ctourists go home\u201d.ADVERTISEMENTTenerife has seen its own blunt response to mass tourism, too.Last April, demonstrators in Tenerife organised a hunger strike over hotel developments. Some locals said they were sleeping in cars or caves because they couldn\u2019t afford housing on the island.\u00a0Now, the Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello Foundation is urging the government to take stronger action to protect Teide and other natural areas across the Canary Islands.With summer approaching, signs point to another tense season as Spain grapples with how \u2013 and how many \u2013 people should experience its natural wonders.ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTEnvironmentalists in the Canary Islands are sounding the alarm over the damage tourism is doing in Teide National Park, home to Spain\u2019s highest peak.Jaime Coello Bravo, director of the Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello Foundation, called out the Tenerife Island Council for promoting what he described<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277946,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277944\/revisions\/277946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}