A tourist criticizes being charged an entrance fee to enter the Mirador del Río: "They're going to sting me for 100 bucks"

A tourist has criticized on social media having to pay an entrance fee to access the Mirador del Río Art, Culture, and Tourism Center, an architectural work by César Manrique from which one can enjoy a panoramic view of La Graciosa and the islets of the Chinijo Archipelago.  

"I am super angry and super indignant," the traveler began in a video post shared on her social media. "I came all the way to the Mirador del Río to see the views of La Graciosa, and they tell me I have to pay," she continued in a video that has accumulated over 25,000 views.

The citizen criticized having to pay the entrance fee to visit this cultural center and, at the same time, having to pay for her consumption inside the space's cafeteria. "You're going to charge me a hundred bucks, two hundred in a moment," she assured.

Currently, the entrance fee for the Mirador del Río for tourists not residing in Lanzarote or the Canary Islands is nine euros per person for adults and 4.5 for children up to twelve years old. Far from the figures given by this traveler. 

In a conversation recreated by the user on social media, in which she narrates a chat with an employee of the tourist center, the tourist assures: "You just don't know what else to take our money with anymore!", to which the supposed employee replied: "Well, we Canary Islanders have to live off tourism."

This social media user pointed out: "I also have to live with the money I have and my salary." "You're not the only island that lives off tourism," she concluded.

Among the more than 500 comments in response to this video, other users have responded that the Mirador del Río is part of Lanzarote's architectural heritage, a Manrique work "made with pickaxe and shovel in the rock." "Maintaining that, cleaning it, paying salaries and electricity, doesn't come from the wind," defends one of the responses.

"Historical robbery," indicated another, "love, we don't live off tourism, we survive tourism," added another user.