Tenerife and three European vacation hotspots issued ‘no journey’ warnings

A complete of eight locations have been named.

Crowded beach in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife

The Canary Islands have been added to the ‘No Checklist’. (Picture: Getty)

A number of locations all over the world, together with three European vacation hotspots, have been added to a “no journey listing” for 2026. Journey publication Fodor has shared its no-travel listing for 2026, highlighting locations the place “tourism is putting unsustainable pressures on the land and native communities.” Fodor’s annual “No Checklist” has recognized eight locations to rethink for 2026, highlighting how issues like overcrowded vacationer sights, weak ecosystems, and native communities struggling to outlive are challenges confronted by almost any vacation spot that places “tourism above all else.”

The publication stated the listing shouldn’t be a name for a boycott however as a substitute encourages individuals to journey extra responsibly and keep away from contributing to unsustainable tourism pressures. In 2026, 4 of the eight named locations are situated in Europe.

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Thousands protest against the tourism model and mass tourism in the Canary Islands

Hundreds of individuals protested in opposition to mass tourism within the Canary Islands final Might. (Picture: Getty)

First among the many European locations on the listing are the Canary Islands, dwelling to seven principal islands: Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro.

Over the previous two years, 1000’s of native residents on the islands have taken to the streets in protest, calling for a extra sustainable tourism mannequin, elevating issues concerning the lack of reasonably priced housing and mounting stress on native assets, and urging stricter limits on customer numbers.

A spokesperson from ATAN (Asociación Tinerfeña de Amigos de la Naturaleza) advised Fodor: “Entry to housing has turn into just about unattainable because of the invasion of trip leases.

“Pure areas are continuously degraded, with alarming losses in biodiversity. Overcrowding has erased peaceable locations the place we might as soon as take pleasure in life there are not any really native areas left.”

The spokesperson added: “We’re shedding our identification, tradition, and, in the end, our proper to exist as a group.

“Tourism has turn into limitless, mass-oriented, and largely low-cost occasion tourism that doesn’t come to really uncover the islands, however to devour a pretend backdrop.”

The second European vacation spot on the listing is Isola Sacra within the lovely Lazio area of Italy. Plans for an enormous new cruise port have triggered backlash from campaigners and native residents who argue that this may injury fragile coastal ecosystems, enhance air pollution and produce unsustainable ranges of cruise tourism to an already pressured space.

Paris’s well-known Montmartre district was additionally singled out for the affect of overcrowding and rising property costs linked to tourism. About 11 million individuals go to Montmartre and its Sacré-Cœur every year, which is greater than even the Eiffel Tower. Evaluating the realm to an “amusement park” Anne Renaudie, president of the Affiliation Vivre à Montmartre advised French information outlet C Information that native residents are discovering the inflow of tourists “insufferable”.

She stated: “Earlier than, we used to say, ‘It’s a stunning neighbourhood, there’s tourism, nevertheless it’s a part of on a regular basis life’, however now we are saying, ‘There’s tourism, and we’re struggling due to it.”