Arico is for him cinema in tenerife an authentic outdoor set, which annually hosts the production of films and series of all kinds, national and international. However, as with everything that is profitable, it is subject to excessive use and abuse, as has happened in the municipality in recent weeks, where the mayoress has had to intervene due to the alleged evidence of the latter.
Specifically, last week neighbors and environmental groups raised the alarm at the presence of heavy machinery, belonging to a production company, which was building an access road to Punta del Sordo while preparing a shoot. All this without requesting permission of any kind and despite being a rustic land for landscape protection.
It must be taken into account that Arico hosted the production of “Las noches de Tefía”, about the concentration camps of Francoism for homosexuals in Fuerteventura, the series “Sky Rojo” or “Rambo V”, although the list is extensive, since it is an attractive environment for producers of the highest level.
However, in this case, a backhoe must have accessed through an access road to the coast, since there is a campsite nearby, according to the facts denounced by the Assembly in Defense of Our Land, which emphasizes that the works destroyed flora and fauna, in addition to altering the landscape.
All this without permission to enter the space and undertake the work, a particularly serious fact, given the category of land use.
The mayoress of Arico, Olivia Delgado, confirmed yesterday the existence of the events and explained that she was alerted by a group of neighbors, whom she thanked for their involvement with the municipality.
motion for a resolution
Delgado stressed that “they acted from the beginning, with the presence of both the Local Police and municipal technicians” and that the corresponding file was opened, since the aforementioned track would have been being undertaken “without any type of authorization.”
Once the file has been completed, with a resolution proposal included, it has been transferred to the Canary Islands Agency for the Protection of the Natural Environment, in addition to informing the Cabildo de Tenerife and Costas, whose powers are now transferred to the Government of the Canary Islands.
“We put all the tools that are legally available to us to stop the work,” added the mayoress of Arico.
The latest data made public by the Cabildo de Tenerife, between 2019 and 2022, the activity of Tenerife as a film set has increased exponentially, generating an economic impact of 194 million euros and 9,633 jobs, which gives specific weight to this activity.
