59.2% of Lanzarote residents agree that the benefits of tourism outweigh its costs, according to the latest Survey of Socioeconomic Habits and Confidence (ECOSOC) published by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC).
The result for Lanzarote is almost 10 points above the Canary Islands average, where 49.9% of the population agrees with the previous premise.
53.7% of those interviewed in Lanzarote agreed, while 5.6% said they strongly agreed. Lanzarote residents who disagree that the benefits of tourism outweigh its costs are 17.6% of the population, while 3.6% strongly disagree.
The percentage of people from Lanzarote who neither agree nor disagree reached 14.4%, and those who did not know or did not answer 4.8%.
The vast majority of Canary Islanders agree with the positive economic aspects associated with tourism, but to the same extent they agree with some negative economic consequences that it causes. For example, 3 out of 4 people think that tourism contributes to economic development, but increases the price of rental and sale housing.
62% consider that tourism generates precarious employment, compared to 20% who consider that it does not. More than half of the population considers that tourism contributes to the consumption of local products.
