Turismo de cruceros en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España): Reflexiones territoriales

Tourism is a global industry, in 2018 1.400 M people traveled for recreational purposes. As a consequence, cities have detected in the tourism sector an engine of economic growth and development. Such is the case of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a city that intentionally, either through specific interventions or regulatory changes, has ended up transforming many aspects of the territorial configuration and life of the residents following due to the arrival of cruise ships. Faced with this scenario, it is highlighted the importance of studying the particular situation of the tourist activity of the capital as a base port of cruises and how this, in confluence with internal tourism, usually presents two faces: a positive one, related to the economic benefits; another negative, generated by the social, spatial and functional impacts of the timely arrival of a large number of travelers. The proposed methodology has been based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis, through the cartographic evolution of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria a través de la evolución cartográfica de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.