ECONOMY GROUP, 22nd of April 2011

THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL PARK TEIDE:

The national park is meant to protect the value of the vulcanic landscape and it’s flora and fauna. From the protecting point of view its important to keep the biodiversity but from the economic point it’s another turistic atraction, which is not very rentable. The main reason of the turists that come to Tenerife are the beaches, sun and the sand and the Teide mountain is just only one of many atractions the island has, but not the main. Which is the reason that there is not much profit of them, so appears the question of how to finance it (just with the money of the goverment?). The entrance and parking in the national park are free, they get money only from the restaurantes there, which we suppose is not a relevant income.

The opportunities for the increasment of the incomes:

- golf courte

- wind farm

- entrance fees and parking fees for personal transport (cars à supporting the public transportation).