Tenerife

Travel News

Tourists slammed for damaging Spain’s highest peak

The tension follows hunger strikes in 2024 in protest of mass tourism in Tenerife.

15/04/2025

Travel News

Hundreds of sunbeds graffitied in Tenerife in tourism protest

Despite winter closing in on Spain’s tourist resorts, the anti-tourism sentiment shows no sign of slowing.

10/12/2024

World News

EU to allocate €14 million to help Canary Islands host migrants

The funds will come from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of a joint operation launched with Frontex.

18/09/2024

Europe News

Body found during search for missing British teenager in Tenerife

Spanish police claim to have found human remains on the largest island in the Canaries during their search for the missing 19-year-old, according to local media.

15/07/2024

Climate

Sand storms are getting worse: UN dedicates next decade to action

Today is the first ever International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms.

12/07/2024

People

Water pistols and strikes: What’s behind Europe’s tourism backlash?

Overtourism is putting pressure on health services, waste management, water supplies and housing at the expense of residents.

08/07/2024

Travel News

Tenerife announces plans for an island-wide train service

If the project comes to fruition, it’s set to cost ​​a total of €5.65 billion.

01/07/2024

Travel News

Could Americans be the answer to Tenerife’s overtourism problem?

The largest of the Canary Islands is looking to high-spending visitors to combat overtourism.

01/05/2024

Travel News

Canary Island residents plan hunger strike to protest mass tourism

Activists say locals are being forced to sleep in their cars and even caves.

16/04/2024

Green News

Tenerife declares drought emergency after extremely dry winter

Some areas have introduced water restrictions including a ban on filling swimming pools and using drinking water for irrigation.

27/02/2024

Travel News

€2 million of items allegedly stolen from bags at Spanish airport

Luxury watches, cash and mobile phones were among the items reported missing from checked-in luggage.

18/12/2023

Green News

Schools closed for days on Spanish islands due to extreme heat

Weather experts say the high temperatures are forecast to continue.

12/10/2023

Euronews Witness

Wildfires in Tenerife: A paradise up in flames

Wildfires across the world are devastating huge areas. Often humans are the culprits with campfires, cigarettes and even arson attacks. But the question is: Is there is a link to climate change as well, to drought and heatwaves?

07/09/2023

World News

How rescuers are saving animals from Europe's wildfires

This is how European rescue workers are trying to save the animals affected by the continents' devastating wildfires.

23/08/2023

World News

Wildfires rage in southern Europe as soaring temperatures persist

Wildfires in Greece and the Canary Islands, caused by heatwaves across Europe, have led to the evacuation of villages as experts warn of more high temperatures

20/08/2023

Spain

Cool weather overnight helps Tenerife firefighters battle wildfire

Heatwave conditions have raised temperatures to dangerous levels in northern Africa and Europe.

20/08/2023

World News

The week in pictures: fires, football and F-16s

The best pictures from across Europe this week.

20/08/2023

Canada

Tens of thousands flee wildfires in Spain and Canada

Tens of thousands forced to flee as wildfires continue to rage on the Spanish island of Tenerife and in Canada's North West Territories

19/08/2023

World News

Tenerife firefighters hope to have its wildfires under control

Hundreds of firefighters have been responding to the blaze on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife as extreme weather brings a 40-degree heatwave to Switzerland

18/08/2023

Spain

Out-of-control wildfire scorches Spain's Tenerife island

An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned thousands of acres and affected nearly 8,000 people who are either evacuated or confined, authorities said Thursday.

17/08/2023