The vandalistic graffitis that appeared on Wednesday morning in the Teide National Park with slogans from the environmental movement 20A barely lasted a few hours. Lope Afonso, vice president of the Tenerife Island Council, who was the first to report this act of “vandalism”, announced on the same Wednesday afternoon that the graffiti on the road crossing the National Park have already been erased, although the slogans are still visible.
The graffitis included phrases from the Canary Islands are running out movement, which organized the demonstrations last Saturday against mass tourism in the eight islands, such as “Canary Islands have a limit” and “tourist moratorium”.
“I thank the Tenerife Island Council staff for their work in the Teide National Park after the graffiti on the road. Let’s dialogue and debate, yes. Vandalism to try to impose, no,” stated Lope Afonso in a post on the former X social network, posted the same Wednesday afternoon. “Let’s continue to be an example of freedom, coexistence, and civism,” concluded Lope Afonso.
Hours earlier, after 11:00 am, the island vice president had reported the graffitis. “Canary Islands may have a limit, but this exceeds it. The demands and claims cannot turn into vandalism or attack public property and, especially, our landscape and natural areas. The Teide National Park is a World Heritage Site and deserves care and respect. Not everything is allowed,” Afonso wrote on X.
