tourism – Healing Madeira

Costa del Sol. Spanish coast, an area of high immigration during decades.

I tried to find contacts to talk about similar situations to that of Madeira, asking about legal immigration and how it was handled both at government level, and the experiences of locals and immigrants. Some responses are relevant, yet conflicting. Some interesting reading, but little about the big questions that I need to investigate. TheContinue reading “Costa del Sol. Spanish coast, an area of high immigration during decades.”

The matters at the heart of widening divisions between Madeirans and immigrants. The impact of immigration (and growing tourism) on the environment and way of life.

I have already covered much of this topic in the last week, but not said much about tourism yet. Tourism is starting to annoy Madeirans, as the island is almost permanently on the verge of ‘full house’. So flights and accommodation are available and reasonably well balanced, but the island itself is not prepared forContinue reading “The matters at the heart of widening divisions between Madeirans and immigrants. The impact of immigration (and growing tourism) on the environment and way of life.”