Teide National Park will receive €2.8 million to improve safety and services for tourists.

The Cabildo of Tenerife wants to improve the service, control, and supervision in the Teide National Park. For this purpose, 2.8 million euros have been allocated to the state-owned company Gesplan. This money will be used to hire nine employees who will assist tourists and monitor safety in the park. Teide is the main reserve on the island and in all of the Canary Islands. It is visited by 5.2 million people every year, 88% of whom are tourists. The new employees will join the existing 30, bringing the total to 39. This decision was approved by the island's government council.

The exact amount is 2,859,656 euros. The service contract is for three years, and the security service will operate until March 3, 2026. The money for this will come from the island's budget.

President Rosa Dávila says that this will help to better control, supervise, and preserve the "heart of Tenerife." She wants Teide to be the best national park in the country and promises to protect it. The main thing is that the park operates smoothly, that people receive all the necessary information, and that they feel safe. Teide is a World Heritage Site, and this is important to consider.

Why does this need to be done urgently? Because there are always many tourists in Teide, and it is necessary to take care of their safety, especially in hard-to-reach places. It is also important to protect nature from damage and to ensure that people behave politely. In addition, it is necessary to constantly inform tourists so that they can relax responsibly and not harm the environment.

Gesplan plans to increase the number of employees and equipment to improve service and safety in Teide. There will be two additional supervisors on the Telesforo Bravo trail to monitor the situation and assist tourists. A trained technician will work on Montaña Blanca in the morning, and a rural guard (there will be fourteen in total) will work in the evening and at night. This will ensure constant supervision at one of the most popular entrances to the park.

The number of mobile groups will also be increased: four rural guards and one more car will be added to the evening shift. This will allow for more effective monitoring of the park, faster response to problems, and more attention to tourists. A total of five new cars will be purchased.

In addition, there are plans to hire 16 more employees: eight environmental protection agents based in La Orotava and eight forestry or agricultural engineers. Environmental protection agents will be the first to respond to threats such as forest fires, illegal land use, or actions that harm nature.

The island's president believes that some environmentalists want access to information that should only be available to scientists. This is how she comments on the criticism of the new management plan for the Teide National Park. She says that the new plan is a big step forward in protecting nature and is much better than the previous one, which is already 22 years old. Dávila assures that the new plan takes into account climate change, but at the same time allows for some traditional activities, such as beekeeping.

Rosa Dávila also supports the collection of sand from demolitions for the creation of Corpus carpets: "They want to ban it, but we believe it does not harm the environment."