Tourist moratorium in the Canary Islands: unfinished business

Abstract

Canary legislative provisions, in order to contain the growth of Tourist Accommodation, have received social and political support, and even high praise from the doctrinal field. However, this article identifies gaps and deficiencies. Therefore, a critical analysis is accomplished, centered on issues such as the absence of a real tourist planning to support the already made decisions, the arguable focus on edificatory and tourist incentives that sacrifices other urban techniques, the consideration of the tourism industry as an isolated reality from the rest of the Spanish and Community legal system, and the absence of an adequate response to the problems generated by the residentialisation process  in tourist areas, concluding with the demand of a proper reflection about the need, convenience and opportunity to review the legal status of urban property, establishing a differentiated regime for the usage and the coastal tourist areas.