Avoiding the tourism trap.

The article reports on the efforts of the Fundación César Manrique, a small museum foundation, to protect the Spanish island of Lazarote from the demands of mass tourism. The foundation has been protecting the island, a part of the Canary Islands, against entrepreneurs who are pressing for new infrastructure for transport and tourism. These initiatives were spearheaded by artist-founder César Manrique, who aims to influence the public about the island's particular ecology and the culture connected with it.