A new video titled “Christmas is just around the corner in the Canary Islands” has been released online and shows vandals smashing sunbeds on beaches in Los Cristianos in a video posted by Canarian Weekly.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning when over 230 sunbeds were destroyed. Damage was estimated at 5,000 euros (£4,148).

Between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., unknown persons wreaked havoc on two popular beaches in Tenerife, damaging 100 sunbeds in Las Vistas and 136 in El Camison, according to the Arona municipality.

The vandals also spray-painted slogans such as “The Canary Islands are not for sale” on some deckchairs, prompting calls for greater security to find the perpetrators and prevent something like this from happening again.

The attack was sharply criticized by local officials, including Mayor Fátima Lemes, who called the actions “an attack on the heritage of Arona” that harmed both residents and visitors.

Braulio Melián Pérez, the manager of El Enyesque SL, the company that manages beach services near Los Cristianos, expressed frustration that there were no police patrols on the beaches overnight.

“We have been without beach police for two years,” he said, calling for immediate action.

Melián believes the attack was deliberate: “The perpetrators obviously knew the floor plan and the furniture. This wasn’t a coincidence; it was orchestrated,” he said.

He pointed out that the vandals specifically avoided damaging umbrellas, which are more expensive than loungers, suggesting their intent was more symbolic than economic.

With nearly 10% of the company’s 1,100 sunbeds destroyed, the damage has significantly impacted beach operations.

Replacing the broken beds could take up to a month as new supplies need to be shipped from Barcelona.

Damaged loungers were initially removed from the main seats and relegated to the back rows.

“This is the biggest attack we have faced in eight years,” Melián added, stressing that the vandalism affected not only his business but also the local tourism industry.

“Almost all of the people who use these loungers are holidaymakers. This was a direct attack on them and therefore on the local economy.”

The incident was widely condemned, including by anti-overtourism protest groups. The environmental group Salvar a la Tejita, which has led protests against unsustainable development in the region, denied any involvement.

“We condemn these acts in the strongest possible terms,” said a spokesman, distancing himself from the vandalism. “Our methods are legal and media-oriented, not destructive.”

Lemes emphasized that such acts of vandalism are punishable and called on the public to help identify those responsible: “The people of Arona are very conscious of protecting our environment, but unfortunately there are always exceptions that endanger the common good “We would all be attacked,” she said.