The tour operators Intercruises, MTS and TenTravel, who are in charge of transferring cruise passengers from the dock to the center of Arrecife, state that there is a possibility of “sending tourists to Costa Teguise”, after the City Council's decision to disable the stop located next to the Ginory plain. In addition, they maintain that the Consistory has only given the alternative of parking the buses “in the Kopas nightclub”, in the Arrecife Marina, claiming that this is “the entrance to Arrecife”.
“Are you taking away a public land and offering me a private stop, when it doesn't make any sense?”, questions Cristian Hellquist, an Intercruises worker, in statements to La Voz and representing the three companies. He also details that the problem started “more than a month ago”, when they held a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce and the Arrecife City Council. Hellquist assures that the Councilor for Tourism and Commerce, Armando Santana, informed them that the Ginory stop was going to be disabled, to move it to the entrance of the Arrecife Marina. “It's a bit of a crazy concept, because we're talking about a private shopping center”, he says.
The worker maintains that they explained to the City Council that there are “many elderly clients”, and that is why they need a bus service. However, he assures that the Consistory claims that there are many 'gorrillas' in the area, something that for Hellquist is “an excuse”.
Cristian Hellquist affirms that this Monday they have removed “the bus lines” in the area, and that they have also placed “prohibited signs”, all this “without prior information” from the City Council. “We have asked them to inform us in advance, because this is a process that also has to be reported to the cruise line according to changes”, criticizes the Intercruises worker, who adds that
