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Red Devil
20-04-2013, 23:52
Have just watched a programme tonight about Las Vegas. Apparently they do the opposite of the rest of America- they dont believe in restrictions so, for example, people are allowed to drink and smoke in the street, no petty byelaws anywhere.
It means all 140,000 beds in the town were virtually full last week.
is Tenerife and the rest of the world going wrong with all their restrictions and laws?
Do we all need to be a bit more free and not suffocated by rules and regulations? In life in general, not just in holiday resorts.
Whatever happened to live and let live, theres no tolerance anymore.
I am very disillusioned with Britain, lets hope Ukip makes a difference.

AL JAY
21-04-2013, 00:07
Great post RD, I agree with you completely!

Harmonicaman
21-04-2013, 09:23
I'm not sure the fact that you are allowed to smoke and drink in the street accounts for 140,000 beds being filled. Maybe something to do with the casinos and world class entertainment on offer...:whistle:

Red Devil
21-04-2013, 09:48
I'm not sure the fact that you are allowed to smoke and drink in the street accounts for 140,000 beds being filled. Maybe something to do with the casinos and world class entertainment on offer...:whistle:
No of course I'm not saying its the smoking/drinking in the street that is filling the beds, the interview was trying to convey an example of the relaxation of rules I assume.
Then we have Tenerife stopping bingo in bars, not being allowed to sit in certain areas of beaches without paying etc without mentioning the illegal lettings rule.
It isnt Tenerife I am picking on, its our culture now of rules for everything.
Dont you laugh when you see someone being interviewed on tv with hard hats and hi-viz jackets and thats just the interviewer?
Our Sky tv man came out to us the other week and took 30 mins to rig himself up with all his climbing gear just to look at the satellite dish that was about 10 ft off the ground and adjacent to a balcony! Sorry, sorry, gone off subject :D

nelson
21-04-2013, 13:38
Govt red tape and rules and regs often stifles economic development . In times of economic difficulty it's important for the economy in general not to be held back by petty restrictions. When the good times return the burocrats can then run riot and cause mayhem but when the times are so bad they certainly don't help.

I personally don't think Tenerife has much of a problem with street drinking and smoking , you can sit on the front and drink a pint of cold beer one euro and smoke at most times of the day.

I would not say that Las Vegas is full and Tenerife struggling because Las Vegas has nil petty restrictions . In my opinion Tenerife is in decline to cheaper none euro tourism and that's the root of its troubles.

Tenerife is struggling to compete for tourist footfall against worldwide cheaper none euro destinations, and Spain being part of the euro will never give Tenerife the best position to be able to attract tourists and regain business lost to the none euro destinations.

Angusjim
21-04-2013, 14:02
Have just watched a programme tonight about Las Vegas. Apparently they do the opposite of the rest of America- they dont believe in restrictions so, for example, people are allowed to drink and smoke in the street, no petty byelaws anywhere.
It means all 140,000 beds in the town were virtually full last week.
is Tenerife and the rest of the world going wrong with all their restrictions and laws?
Do we all need to be a bit more free and not suffocated by rules and regulations? In life in general, not just in holiday resorts.
Whatever happened to live and let live, theres no tolerance anymore.
I am very disillusioned with Britain, lets hope Ukip makes a difference.

One thing that may help would be to sort out the costs and the rules & regulations involved in employing people. I would think many business people in Tenerife are put off expanding or indeed starting up businesses due to this

TF1
21-04-2013, 14:11
Govt red tape and rules and regs often stifles economic development . In times of economic difficulty it's important for the economy in general not to be held back by petty restrictions. When the good times return the burocrats can then run riot and cause mayhem but when the times are so bad they certainly don't help.

I personally don't think Tenerife has much of a problem with street drinking and smoking , you can sit on the front and drink a pint of cold beer one euro and smoke at most times of the day.

I would not say that Las Vegas is full and Tenerife struggling because Las Vegas has nil petty restrictions . In my opinion Tenerife is in decline to cheaper none euro tourism and that's the root of its troubles.

Tenerife is struggling to compete for tourist footfall against worldwide cheaper none euro destinations, and Spain being part of the euro will never give Tenerife the best position to be able to attract tourists and regain business lost to the none euro destinations.

Non-euro tourist destinations are struggling as well. And if you believe that Tenerife has too many restrictions, take a look at Egypt, Tunisia, etc. These destinations where religious beliefs are imposed as strict laws are, to me, highlighting how liberal our Country is.
Tenerife had it's time when rules were ignored. It led to armed fights between rival timeshare and drug gangs, Veronicas 1990's style sleaze and some of the dirtiest, poorly run businesses I have ever seen. If you want to see what a tourist destination with fewer restrictions is like, look at Mexico in the last few years.

carpenter
21-04-2013, 16:33
If Tenerife's laws were relaxed I for one would consider returning to the island.
I feel the timeshare wars had nothing to do with relaxed laws, more like crap policing and crap laws.
I have also been to Vegas and the only problem I felt Vegas has was prostitution, people were lining the streets handing out catalogs of women. These women came with room service or rather I should say were as easy to order as room service.

Suej
21-04-2013, 16:46
My opinion is that in Tenerife new regulations and laws are brought out every week! So many laws but they are not implemented and most of the time are totally ignored! but we still have to live with the threat of them! Ridiculous!http://www.postsmile.net/img/20/2042.gif

doreen
21-04-2013, 18:56
The greatest difference between Las Vegas and Tenerife is the sheer scale of investment.

And Las Vegas is now being out done by Macau. Anyone interested in the man planning to bring EuroVegas to outside Madrid might enjoy this Discovery Channel documentary on the building of the world's largest casino, The Venetian in Macau.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl2aOLlIUOc

Now, if we had that kind of investment here in Tenerife, the possibilities would be endless :)

Red Devil
21-04-2013, 21:37
I wasnt particularly comparing Tenerife and the rest of the world to Las Vegas as such, investment wise.
We in Europe (particularly the UK) seem programmed to make petty rules about everything-personally I thought the "no rules" mindset was brilliant.

TF1
22-04-2013, 08:46
There's a "Vegas Style" mega-casino project currently being constructed near to Madrid, it will be interesting to see how long it takes the Russian, Chinese and Romanian gangs to control the area.
The Canaries have their own tax-free zone for commercial and industrial investment, the Z.E.C. The area is also accepting IT based companies within its portfolio of lower tax band activities. This has, up to now, failed because multinationals are not comfortable investing in areas with poor infrastructure (slow, unreliable internet, electricity supply unstable, etc).