All news on the topic: Tenerife holidays

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Holiday hotspot locals blast Brit tourists and claim home is 'on the brink'
Tenerife, the largest island in the Canary Islands, has seen a huge influx of tourists since the coronavirus pandemic, but locals complain about bad behaviour, inflation and low salaries
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Tourists in Tenerife wake up to signs warning them to 'go home'
The Canary Islands, particularly Tenerife, has been hit be anti-tourism graffiti from some locals who believe that the tourism industry is causing more harm than good
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Mum who booked £3,000 dream holiday realises hotel is nine hours from airport
The mum, her husband and two children used Expedia for their trip with Jet2.com to Tenerife but, after landing at Tenerife South Airport, their holiday was miserable
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Jet2 airliner with 220 passengers in report of 'smoke inside plane'
The Jet2 plane was travelling back to the UK when It was diverted and made an emergency landing at Faro Airport in Portugal after reports that smoke appeared due to a fault
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Canary Island locals issue warning for tourists because 'something is wrong'
The Canary Islands - made up of Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, Fuerteventura and El Hierro - are hugely popular holiday destinations
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Tourists in Canary Islands could face 'chaos' as 'fed up' locals plan protests
Farmers are set to take to the streets in their tractors which could bring roads to a standstill in a crippling blow to Brits who are heading for a holiday there.
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Experts warn 'tourists are not the problem' as Canary Islands 'face collapse'
Academics from Las Palmas University on the Canary Islands have spoken of the challenges the Spanish holiday hotspots face when it comes to housing, sewage treatment and traffic
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Football team to donate all ticket money to Brit mum in coma after holiday fall
Hibernian FC, a team in the Scottish Women's Premier League, said it is going to donate all the money from this weekend's fixture against Motherwell FC to Julie McLaren's family
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'World's most caring' mum left in Tenerife holiday coma after 'freak accident'
Julie McLaren, 57, from Midlothian was relaxing in Tenerife when the horrific incident left her in a critical condition and her devastated family are praying she will recover
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Should tourists pay an 'eco-tax' - have your say in our poll
Sun-drenched Tenerife is a huge favourite with Brits - but locals are growing increasingly fed up of over-crowding, sewage spills, massive traffic jams and environmental damage. Would you be willing to pay an 'eco-tax'?
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Brits on Tenerife holidays told to 'go home' in warnings left by furious locals
The slogan "tourists go home" has been scrawled across Tenerife as locals angry about the rising price of property and environmental damage on the Spanish Canary Island stage protests
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EasyJet pilot tells passengers flight cancelled as someone pooed on toilet floor
EasyJet cancelling its flight to Gatwick left furious curtomers stranded in Tenerife without accommodation after a passenger had an unfortunate 'accident' during hours-long delay
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Tenerife chief says blazes could last for months but 'island is safe to visit'
Firefighters and soldiers have been hard at work trying to extinguish a blaze which has been raging through woodlands in Tenerife, leading 3,000 people to be evacuated this week
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Boy, 11, 'sexually assaulted' in front of horrified family on Tenerife holiday
The 11-year-old, had been playing pool with other children at the time of the incident which was reportedly captured on CCTV at the popular resort
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'Eight violent passengers' see cops storm easyJet plane over 'possible attacks'
An easyJet plane travelling from Manchester to Tenerife was diverted to Lanzarote yesterday after reports of violence on board, amid claims that some passengers were drunk
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Tenerife wildfires sees soot hitting swimming pools as fear spreads to resorts
Thousands of people from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have been evacuated as the fire rages for a fifth day and tourists have found their holidays ruined by ash floating in pools
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Spanish holiday island ablaze as most serious forest fire in 40 years breaks out
Around 8,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the north of Tenerife after a large blaze broke out on Tuesday, scorching beaches and causing the water to turn black in places
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Rowdy passenger 'tasered and dragged off' as UK flight diverted in 27 hour delay
Police said an 'electric weapon' was used and a man detained during an emergency landing from a Jet2 plane after a passenger from the UK flight became 'unruly'
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Hotel worker brutally removes towels from holiday sun loungers in Tenerife
Sunbed wars have long been a common start to the mornings of British holidaymakers' trips abroad, where people wake up at the crack of dawn and place their towels on beds
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Brits heading to Canaries this summer issued stark warning over selfies
Brits heading to Canary Islands including Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and La Palma have been issued a stark warning if they're planning to take selfies on holiday
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Family holiday becomes 'nightmare' after gran breaks back while unpacking
Debbie Drysdale told how a family holiday to celebrate her mum May, 75, overcoming breast cancer turned into "one nightmare after another" as she fractured her spine and shoulder
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Family of mum killed in holiday hit-and-run furious as cops close unsolved case
Michelle Exton, 50, was on holiday in Tenerife when she and her mum, Ann, were hit by a white van which mounted the pavement while they on a walk - the driver hasn't been caught
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'I stayed in a Tenerife hotel that's definitely for stress-free family holidays'
Vicky Lissaman headed to the Iberostar Selection Anthelia hotel in Tenerife for a fun-filled family holiday including a trip to the Siam Park waterpark
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Restaurant owner takes staff to Tenerife to say thanks for their hard work
Gary Chin wanted to reward his 35 full-time workers which are made up of chefs and a team of managers with the thank you trip abroad as it had been a challenging year