“Shuttle buses to end the overcrowding on Mount Teide”. It was announced by the president of the Council, Pedro Martín, last February after the winter vehicle collapses to go see the snow. Martín considered fundamental order visits to the National Park. He also said then that he expected the Master Plan for Use and Management (PRUG) to be completed by the end of this year. In both cases it seems that the forecasts will be fulfilled. There is consensus between administrations to define the document that should regulate what can and cannot be done within the protected natural area. Management is the responsibility of the Cabildo de Tenerife.
Martín has assured that he hopes that this year the new model for organizing visits can be presented. The systematic crowding during snowfall or meteor showers, in the opinion of Martin, make it necessary to create a regulation model in the medium and long term. He values that “tourism is beginning to return and millions of people will once again move through a fragile natural space”.
Martín acknowledged in February that the January deployment, Operation Nevada, “was probably not the best in the world” but assured that “s25,000 vehicles were concentrated in El Portillo because it was the only area where there was snow. That increased the difficulties in an environment without gutters or parking lots. Martin then considered that “it was learned.” The operation this month on the occasion of the Perseids phenomenon has also served as a positive experience.
Pedro Martín said that it was not possible to expand the roads and parking lots due to the condition of the National Park. And he valued: «We must continue with the same infrastructures we had 40 years ago, but that does not mean that we do not study to carry out changes in the future ”. And as a conclusion he pointed out: “The intention is to order and determine a solid proposal to arrive at a model that will serve us for a long time when it comes to protecting this emblem of the Island.”
