La Gomera Approves Plan for More Sustainable and Resilient Tourism

The Island Council greenlights a climate strategy to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change in the tourism sector.

Generic image of La Gomera's landscape, highlighting its nature.
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Generic image of La Gomera's landscape, highlighting its nature.

The Pleno del Cabildo de La Gomera has approved the Tourism Climate Action Plan, a key strategy for a more sustainable and resilient tourism model.

This strategic document sets the destination's roadmap for advancing towards a more sustainable, resilient tourism model committed to climate action. The approval marks a decisive step in the island's future planning, establishing a framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance adaptation to climate change effects.
The Plan is a fundamental tool for anticipating climatic and environmental challenges, strengthening the island's tourism competitiveness based on responsibility, territorial balance, and the protection of its natural and landscape values. It aligns with the Glasgow Declaration and the Canary Islands' Master Plan for Climate Action 2022-2030.
The strategy is structured around five areas of action: measurement, decarbonization, regeneration, collaboration, and financing. In this way, La Gomera consolidates a tourism model based on planning, sustainability, institutional cooperation, and the involvement of the public, private, and social sectors.
Specific measures are proposed for the entire island territory, with attention to areas of high visitor concentration, coastal areas, protected natural spaces, and sensitive ecosystems. The document outlines different time horizons: by 2030, priorities include energy efficiency and renewable energies; by 2040, resilient infrastructure and electrification; and by 2050, a climate-neutral and regenerative tourism model.
The Plan includes 27 action proposals grouped into four strategic lines: decarbonization, regeneration, governance, and financing. These lines aim to organize the necessary actions to reduce the tourism carbon footprint, improve the destination's adaptation capacity, enhance coordination among administrations and sector stakeholders, and mobilize financial resources.