Merchants complain that the state of Puerto del Carmen is "third world" and demand measures to avoid having to close "due to abandonment"

"Sidewalks full of garbage, overflowing bins, broken glass, dirty, smelly and dilapidated containers" is the state of the tourist area of Puerto del Carmen according to the commercial team of dynamization of Felapyme and the businessmen themselves. In addition, merchants complain about the "poor accessibility of sidewalks occupied largely by tables, chairs and store displays" and the "poor condition of the pavement and the proliferation of oriental bazaars."

Therefore, from Felapyme they relate the decrease in the arrival of visitors with "these circumstances of abandonment" that according to the businessmen "are causing the tourist to take a third-world image of what until recently was the first tourist center in importance of Lanzarote." In addition, this "carelessness" and "abandonment" negatively affects the business sector of Puerto del Carmen, which warns that the situation is reaching an "extreme" moment, in which many will be forced to close their businesses, with the consequent loss of jobs .

According to the businessmen, the mayor of the municipality, José Juan Cruz Saavedra, admitted in the meeting that no improvement action had been undertaken on Avenida de las Playas during the past legislature "because they were waiting to carry out the channeling works of the rainwater network." These works will begin this week and will last approximately one year.

Likewise, Cruz Saavedra invited this group of businessmen to be part of the Tourism Commission created in the City Council so that they can be participants in the decision-making that is adopted for the future. However, the businessmen understand that the City Council "has to act more quickly and make firm decisions before Puerto del Carmen has no solution and it is necessary to hang the sign of "Closed due to abandonment."