Tenerife: Over 230 sunbeds vandalised on beaches amid overtourism row

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 230 sunbeds have been vandalised on popular beaches in Tenerife, the latest in a string of protests against overtourism in the Canary Islands. Arona council said 100 sunbeds had been damaged at the popular Las Vistas Beach, while a further 136 had been destroyed at El Camisón Beach next door, with over €5,000 worth of damage, according to the local news outlet. Braulio Melián Pérez, the manager of El Enyesque SL, the company that manages beach services near Los Cristianos, told the Canarian Weekly that they have “been without beach police for two years,” and called for nighttime patrollers to be reintroduced in the area.