explained by CNN, researchers inventoried these nearly 300 areas “during the local pride festival” in 2018. But wait! There’s more.
Per CNN: “Hosting up to 14 million visitors a year, Gran Canaria is a gay-friendly tourist destination, with visitors from the US, UK and Germany among the main markets, and while the authors are quick to emphasize that there is “no intention to criticize some of the LGBTI community,” and stressed that it was not just LGBTQ visitors having sex in the dunes, they note that “cruising is openly practiced” on Maspalomas.”Hmm…so are they slut-shaming gay tourists or not?
Patrick Hesp, one of the writers of the original report on harmful tourism in the area, explained that: “We’re not calling for an end to public sex.