Sunset panorama contrasts holiday villas with a tent encampment on the outskirts of Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Panoramic sunset view across the outer edge of Los Cristianos in the municipality of Arona, southern Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. White and terracotta-roofed villas, apartments and newer resort-style development fill the foreground and middle distance, while dry volcanic ground and low hills mark the transition from the built-up tourist area to the island landscape. A small group of tents and makeshift shelters can be seen on the undeveloped hillside beyond the holiday properties, highlighting the close physical contrast between tourism-led residential development and people living in precarious accommodation. Los Cristianos is one of the best-known visitor resorts in the south of Tenerife and forms part of the municipality of Arona, an area strongly shaped by tourism, holiday accommodation and continuing urban growth. Housing affordability and homelessness have become visible social issues in parts of southern Tenerife, where rising rents, limited affordable housing and pressure from the visitor economy have been widely reported. Reports from Tenerife have described people living in tents and improvised shelters around Los Cristianos and nearby Montaña de Guaza, including people unable to secure conventional rented accommodation. The wide panoramic composition looks from elevated holiday housing towards the outskirts of the resort as the sun sets on the horizon. Warm orange light from the setting sun contrasts with a blue and pink evening sky, scattered cloud, pale rendered buildings, red tiled roofs and the dry brown terrain. The image illustrates the juxtaposition of a major Canary Islands holiday destination with contemporary concerns around housing pressure, insecure accommodation, homelessness, inequality, tourism development and the availability of affordable homes for local workers and residents.