TENERIFE – pilot form 1 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) Tenerife (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) Overview1 “Tenerife” pilot case does not comprise the whole island (Autonomous Community Canary Islands, Spain) but only the three municipalities of Adeje, Arona and Puerto de la Cruz. Socio-economic and land use data Type of pilot case Municipality Number of inhabitants 154.745 (2015) Puerto de la Cruz: 8,6 km² Total area (km²) Adeje: 106,0 km² Arona: 81,9 km² Puerto de la Cruz: 5,7 km² (66 %) Total urban area Adeje: 62,8 km² (59 %) (km² and % of total area) Arona: 53,8 km² (66 %) Puerto de la Cruz: 3,2 km² (37%) Total nature & open space area Adeje: 40,3 km² (38 %) (km² and % of total area) Arona: 26,2 km² (32 %) Puerto de la Cruz: 5,4 km² (62 %) Total coastal area Adeje: 13,5 km² (13 %) (km² and % of total area) Arona: 15,8 km² (19 %) 1 Sources: URBAN-WASTE deliverables: D2.5, D2.7; data provided by the pilot case. TENERIFE – pilot form 2 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) Tourism Average length of stay 7 to 8 days (2015) hotels and similar accommodation in Puerto de la Cruz: 87 (2012) Number of tourist accommodation hotels and similar accommodation in Adeje: 111 establishments (2012) hotels and similar accommodation in Arona: 112 (2015) 176.060 (first quarter 2019) 97.555 (hotel) 78.505 (extra-hotel) Vacation Home: 15.556 Total places of accommodation Apartments: 48.741 Hotels: 88.529 Country House: 972 Country Hotel: 527 13 camping areas in Tenerife Tenerife pilot case: 3.550.534 (2015) Total number of tourist arrivals in Puerto de la Cruz: 671.857 (2015) hotels and similar accommodation Adeje: 1.630.080 (2015) Arona: 1.248.597 (2015) United Kingdom: 39,2% Germany: 13,8% Península: 12,4% Italy: 4% Belgium: 3,8% Netherlands: 3,2% France: 3,1% More frequent countries of origin Sweden: 2,5% of the tourists in 2017 Ireland: 2,3% (Tourist > 16 years old visiting Others: 15,6% Tenerife) Percent of repeaters in the last 5 years (2017): 1. Norway: 57,7% 8. Germany: 35% 2. United Kingdom: 9. Netherlands: 33,9% 57,4% 10. Russia: 32,8% 3. Belgium: 53,1% 11. Switzerland + Austria: 4. Denmark: 52,8% 28,4% 5. Finland: 52,6% 12. Spain: 24,4% 6. Sweden: 48,9% 13. France: 23,4% 7. Ireland: 42,7% 14. Italy: 22,8% TENERIFE – pilot form 3 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) Puerto de la Cruz: ~80 hotels, average length of stay of 7 days Adeje: ~100 hotels, average length of stay of 8 days Arona: ~100 hotels, average length of stay of 8 days Type of tourism and activities Most frequent activities Tenerife tourism (2017)2: Practice some tourist activity: 40.6% Sporting Activities: Trekking (10,5%); Golf (1,5%); Navigation (0,8%); Diving (1,4%); Apnea (0,2%);Surf/Bodyboard (0,8%); WindSurf/KiteSurf (0,3%); Kayak (0,5%); Bike (1,6%); MountainBike (0,4%); Climbing (1%); Paragliding(0,5%); Horse riding(0,2%) Other activities: Thematic Park visit(31,4%); Cetacean observation (12,7%); Teide cable car ascent (11,4%); Health Care (7,5%); Museums, Concerts and Exhibitions (6,2%); Festivals and Popular Events (1,9%); Stars observation (2,1%); Birdwatching(0,8%); Visit places of tourist interest: 38,5% Frequent places: El Teide (37,6%); Santa Cruz (28,1%); Puerto de La Cruz (23%); Acantilado de los Gigantes (17,9%); La Laguna (17,7%); Garachico (17,7%); La Orotava (16,2%); Island Tour (16,1%); Icod de Los Vinos (16,1%); Barranco de Masca (13,4%); Playa de Las Teresitas (12,5%); Candelaria (10,2%); Anaga/Taganana (10,3%); Teno/Buenavista (7,8%); Excursion to another Canary Island (4,1%); Barranco del Infierno (3%); Other tours(1,3%). Type of tourists3 Tourism occupation, data 2017 (Canary Island) (%): ● Entrepreneurs and self-employed: 23,8 ● Employee senior and middle positions: 35,2 ● Auxiliary workers and workers: 15,3 ● Students: 5 ● Retirees: 18,6 ● Unemployed/hose helpers: 2,1 The most frequent way to travel to Tenerife is as a couple (60.7%), with 7.2% travelling with friends and 4.9% travelling alone. These being 89.5% adults and 10.5% children. Familiar tourism represents 18,6% of tourists (2017) including parents travelling with their children (13.9%) and single-parent families (4.7%). Extended family groups (grandparents, uncles, brothers, cousins, etc.): 4.9%. 2 https://www.webtenerife.com/investigacion/el-turista-de-tenerife/ 3 https://turismodeislascanarias.com/sites/default/files/promotur_canarias_estacional_2017_0.pdf TENERIFE – pilot form 4 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% < 26 years 26 to 30 31 to 45 46 to 50 51 to 60 61 and over No answer years years years years Distribution of tourism by age (%) Average age of tourists: 48 years Seasonality of the tourism4 Tourist arrivals according to quarters: First quarter: ● United Kingdom: 476.858 ● Germany: 182.238 ● Península: 136.780 ● The Nordic countries: 192.052 Second quarter: ● United Kingdom: 516.719 ● Germany: 157.696 ● Península: 184.445 ● The Nordic countries: 33.345 Third quarter: ● United Kingdom: 521.209 ● Germany: 152.315 ● Península: 181.392 ● The Nordic countries: 20.994 Last quarter: ● United Kingdom: 504.189 ● Germany: 218.804 ● Península: 135.212 ● The Nordic countries: 139.529 4 https://turismodeislascanarias.com/sites/default/files/promotur_tenerife_estacional_2017_0.pdf TENERIFE – pilot form 5 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) Waste data5 Main types of waste prevention actions regarding Urban- Waste objectives ● Some hotels or groups of hotels have implemented protocols (e.g. environmental guidelines) to reduce waste produced by tourist facilities. ● Provision of training and materials such as containers, composting boxes, reusable bags etc. Environmental consultants companies have trained the establishments adhering to the measures. These companies have delivered manuals and didactic material. In the other hand, Cabildo of Tenerife has distributed communication material and deposits for selective collection. Organization of waste collection for households Responsibility ● The collection of MSW is under the responsibility of the municipality and covers households as well as similar establishments. All household waste and bulky waste is collected by a private waste management company on behalf of the local waste management authority, with the exception of the following separately collected fractions: paper and paperboard, glass, packaging and other fractions such as clothing / textiles and used vegetable oils. Those fractions are collected by special private companies or by the waste management company hired by the EPR system (extended producer responsibility). ● Waste collection covers households and similar establishments, but hotels and industries are collected by private companies with their own contract. Indeed, waste coming from industries and commercial activities are considered as waste coming from large producers. No legal text defines at the moment what is a large producer and the minimum scale to consider. ● The selective collection is mandatory only for municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants. In that case the municipality has to implement a selective system for waste collection (bring banks or door-to-door for instance). Nevertheless, it is not mandatory for private establishments, nor households. A commission is studying the implementation of a fine system for bad behaviours in the next municipal order on waste management and to implement the pay-as you- throw principle. 5 Sources: URBAN-WASTE deliverables: D2.5, D2.7; data provided by the pilot case. TENERIFE – pilot form 6 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) Financing system The tax paid by the citizens is based on the real costs of the service. The costs are standard and calculated based on the number of people living in the house, the square meter, etc. It is the same principle for private establishments. For hotels, the tax is also calculated on the number of beds per hotel. Thus, the tax paid for waste collection by hotels is not the same in the 3 municipalities of the URBAN WASTE pilot area. There is currently a project proposal from the Cabildo to develop an intelligent tax system, giving fines for bad behaviours regarding waste collection. To do so, some norms have to be defined, and a technical commission is working on this to include it in the future municipal order. Collection system On the whole island a system for waste separate collection is in place: Fraction Colour of the container Mixed waste grey container Glass green container Paper and paperboard blue container Brics, plastic, cupboards and yellow container metal Organic waste brown (new collection; available only in some municipalities; also already conducting a pilot composting experience) Used cooking oil orange container (currently, this service is only available in some municipalities but soon it shall be available in all the municipalities) Used clothes light blue container (only available in some municipalities) Kerbside collection is established for bulky waste, WEEE, green waste, and great format waste and plastic/metal after calling a service number provided by the municipality. Paper/cardboard are picked up at some commercial areas, glass and also used cooking oils at restaurants and coffee shops. Citizens have numerous containers for the different fractions of waste in the street. In addition to glass bins, there are cardboard bins, containers, clothes and footwear, oil… TENERIFE – pilot form 7 (Adeje, Arona, Puerto de la Cruz) There also exists one civic amenity site (punto limpio) each in Arona and Adeje to dispose further waste fractions in higher amounts. This service is only available for the citizens. At the civic amenity site, it is possible to dispose a large part of waste fractions (even some dangerous materials) e.g. WEEE, mineral oil, batteries, tonner, bulbs and fluorescent lamps, used cooking oil, paints, construction and demolition waste.