'The new tourism is thought-provoking, but it does not divide the island's 80,000 inhabitants, since in the long term it will bring international researchers to La Palma and perhaps other scientific centers,' Gaggstatter believes.

The pool loungers and the pool remain empty. Pool tourists are currently staying away. In fact, so many tourists are interested in visiting the area of volcanic activity, known as the 'Cumbre Vieja,' that tour operators are even helping one another. Now, other tour operators are following suit. Isla Bonita Tours and Getholiday were the first companies to offer them. TheseВ tours have sprung up since the eruptions this September. Such information is shared with participants in the new volcano tours taking place in the south of the island. There have been three in the last 70 years: in 1949, 1971 and now. Getting so much attention from the media is new for the small island, but volcanic eruptions are not. The Spanish tourists who fill the hotel on the weekends help boost revenue. He fears a wave of bankruptcies among already indebted smaller hotels and restaurants - even if Santa Cruz is currently on the safe side. 'First the pandemic, now this,' hotel director Karim Gaggstatter despairingly tells DW. A thick layer of ash also covers the streets. The lush green volcanic island, roughly the size of the city of Hamburg, is desperately trying to salvageВ the winter tourism season, typically dominated by wealthy German tourists.Д«ut all the cleaning and sweeping don't seem to help at the Aparthotel Hacienda San Jorge near the capital, Santa Cruz, black ash sticks to the feet of the few guests at the pool.

Such apocalyptic images are damaging to La Palma, which relies heavily on tourism revenue. Is concerned: hotel director Karim Gaggstatter

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