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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tourist,tourism,over,and,inequality,housing,edge,of,resort,panorama,Tenerife,migrants,homeless people,villas,crisis,Canaries,Spain,Canary Islands,Arona,informal,settlement,homelessness,urban,fringe,makeshift,camp,tents,people,emergency,outskirts,accommodation,boom,beside,conflict,temporary shelter,rough sleeping,pressures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4NRN6 - 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.
Los Cristianos, Arona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 38650
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4JY - . Tenerife Jan decorations. Photographed on 4 January 2025. The recorded location is Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The photograph records the subject as encountered, including visible signage, architecture, branding, street furniture, landscape, transport, artwork or activity where present. It provides useful contemporary documentary context for editorial coverage of local identity, travel, social history and the changing built environment. The image can support news, feature, travel, heritage and retrospective use, particularly where the place, organisation, object or streetscape changes over time. It also preserves details of the surrounding environment and appearance at the time of photography for future comparison and historical reference. The historical setting for event infrastructure is that carnivals, beer festivals and civic celebrations preserve traditions while continually adapting to new audiences
Signs, temporary stages, costumes and crowd-management measures document how organisers transform ordinary streets and venues. In the 2026 discussion of event infrastructure, major festivals are increasingly planned around crowd safety, accessibility, transport, security and environmental impact as well as entertainment
Images can therefore illustrate the operational infrastructure behind apparently spontaneous celebration. Closely related image-search terms include public event, event management, visitor economy, community festival, cultural event, street festival, live entertainment, tourism event, annual festival, public celebration, @HotpicUK, and IMG_4283. Seen through annual festival, the earlier context is that festivals turn public space into temporary cultural infrastructure, bringing together performance, food, drink, costumes and crowds
Repeated annual events can become important parts of local identity and tourism. A further layer of meaning comes from public event, event management and visitor economy.
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4268,Tenerife,Canary,Islands,Spain,Nativity,Christmas,religion,Christian,display,Burger,King,tourism,seasonal,outdoor,scene,beside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1CF - Outdoor Nativity scene beside Burger King in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The photograph shows a public Nativity display with traditional figures set in an urban commercial setting, with a Burger King restaurant immediately behind it. The juxtaposition records the way religious Christmas traditions and international high-street brands can occupy the same tourist streetscape. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4278,Alumbrado,HPC,Los,Cristianos,Public,Lighting,Tenerife,Canary,Islands,Spain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1CJ - . Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting. Photographed on 4 January 2025. The recorded location is Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The background to power lines is that cast-iron street covers often preserve the names of former utilities or public bodies long after organisations have been reorganised
Poles and overhead lines likewise reveal earlier network designs that can survive for decades. Current 2026 context around power lines is that utilities are being reshaped by fibre broadband, smart metering, renewable electricity and the need to strengthen networks for electric heating and vehicles
Older poles, covers and distribution equipment provide useful comparison with that investment. Closely associated editorial terms include utility infrastructure, electricity distribution, telecommunications, Openreach, street ironwork, gas network, water services, infrastructure, utility cover, telegraph pole, public utilities, network maintenance, and energy distribution. Closely connected keywords include communications network and IMG_4278. Within the history of water services, utility infrastructure is the hidden framework of everyday life
Telegraph poles, power lines, gas covers and payment terminals show how communications, electricity, water and energy services reach homes and businesses. In relation to telegraph pole, historical context shows that cast-iron street covers often preserve the names of former utilities or public bodies long after organisations have been reorganised
Poles and overhead lines likewise reveal earlier network designs that can survive for decades. For the story of energy distribution, it is useful to note that electricity distribution developed from local undertakings into regional and national networks, while telecommunications shifted from copper telephone lines towards fibre
Street-level equipment records each stage of that transition.
Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,EV,charger,in,Tenerife,Arona,reserved,for,electric,vehicles,while,charging,green
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F079AG - . EV charger in Tenerife, Arona - Reserved for electric vehicles while charging. Photographed on 12 November 2023, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include charger, Tenerife, Arona, reserved, electric, vehicles, while, charging, green, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. This makes the photograph relevant to both present-day reporting and future visual comparison of change over time.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_9699,Our Lady of Mount Carmel,church,Los Cristianos,Tenerife,Canary Islands,Spain,clear,blue,sky,Parroquia,Nuestra,Señora,del,Carmen,Catholic,religious,architecture,clock,tower,bell,arches,landmark,tourism,heritage,Christianity,Spanish,coastal,fishermen,sailors,religion,holiday,destination
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F079CE - Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in the centre of Los Cristianos on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain, photographed under a clear blue sky. The bright white church has a distinctive clock-faced bell tower, arched entrance frontage and decorative roofline and stands in Plaza Virgen del Carmen close to the heart of the resort. The dedication reflects the traditional association of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with fishermen and sailors, important occupations in the historic fishing settlement of Los Cristianos. The present church replaced an earlier chapel as the town expanded and today remains a prominent religious and architectural landmark. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Tenerife tourism, Catholic churches, Spanish religious architecture, Los Cristianos, Canary Islands heritage, local culture, Christianity, urban landmarks, resort history and traditional coastal communities.
Plaza Virgen del Carmen, Los Cristianos, Arona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,sunbathing,Tenerife,Spain,Los Cristianos,beach,sand,holidays,sustainability
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F079F6 - . Tenerife Los Cristianos Beach. Photographed on 12 November 2023, this autumn image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include sunbathing, Tenerife, Spain, Los Cristianos, beach, sand, holidays, sustainability, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use. This makes the photograph relevant to both present-day reporting and future visual comparison of change over time. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
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Keywords: Panorama,of,La,Pinta,beach,Adeje,South,Tenerife,Canary,Islands,Spain,pano,joiner,wide,including,mountains,volcano,in,background,gotonysmith,Puerto,Colon,PuertoColon,Poker,Chip,Charter,Eurosmart,Easydivers,Sur,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Sur Panorama of beach harbour at Puerto Colon,Near La Pinta beach,South Tenerife,canaries,canary,islands,HotpixUK.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91WY3 - . Panorama of La Pinta beach Adeje South Tenerife Canary Islands Spain. Photographed on 6 June 2013. The recorded location is La Pinta, Puerto Colon, Adeje, Tenerife South, Canary Islands, Spain. The wider historical story is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. From a heritage perspective, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the evolving form of a town or coastline. In the present 2026 context, tourism continues to be a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. Looking at the subject's development, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and changing ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historic streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. The historical context is that travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. For the 2026 context, tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places.
La Pinta, Puerto Colon, Adeje, Tenerife South, Canary Islands, Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91WY8 - . Tourists patiently waiting for a swimming pool to open at 10am in Adeje Tenerife Canary Islands Spain, a British ritual. Photographed on 6 June 2013. The recorded location is Adeje, South Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. In the longer view, medical and wellbeing scenes document how healthcare is delivered and understood
Clinical tools, health clubs, food advice and regulated behaviours all reflect evolving ideas about prevention, risk and personal responsibility. The wider historical story is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. Historically, mass tourism and commercial leisure expanded rapidly during the second half of the twentieth century, creating resort pools, entertainment complexes and indoor attractions designed around scheduled recreation and shared public facilities. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public health increasingly emphasises prevention and reducing long-term demand on services
Subjects involving smoking, exercise, nutrition or clinical care therefore have relevance beyond the immediate scene. In the present 2026 context, tourism continues to be a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. In historical terms, health imagery can reveal changing medical practice and public attitudes, from clinical equipment and preventive advice to exercise, diet and smoking
What appears routine in one period can become a record of changing standards, legislation and professional practice. Additional discoverability terms include healthy lifestyle, medical care, health policy, clinical practice, health advice, patient care, personal health, health promotion, and medical history.
Adeje, South Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91X58 - . Tenerife holiday pool open only between 10am and 6pm. To prevent towels being put onto sunbeds prior. Photographed on 6 June 2013. The recorded location is Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. Looking at the subject's development, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. The historical context is that mass tourism and commercial leisure expanded rapidly during the second half of the twentieth century, creating resort pools, entertainment complexes and indoor attractions designed around scheduled recreation and shared public facilities. For the 2026 context, tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. The subject remains topical in 2026 because leisure businesses continue to compete with home entertainment while also benefiting from demand for social experiences, exercise and tourism
Resort etiquette, access rules and the management of shared facilities remain familiar parts of the holiday experience. The wider historical story is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. Historically, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and evolving ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historical streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. Further editorial search language includes heritage tourism, sightseeing, visitor attraction, cultural tourism, holidaymaker, tourist destination, swimming pool, and bowling alley.
Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1156664566 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Forty-nine is the square of seven and is therefore the fourth squared prime number. The sum of the digits of the square of 49 (2401) is the square root of 49. Its the first square where the digits are squares. In this case 4 and 9 are squares. It appears in the Padovan sequence, preceded by the terms 21, 28, 37 (it is the sum of the first two of these).
During the Manhattan Project, plutonium was also often referred to, simply, as '49'. Number 4 was for the last digit in 94 (atomic number of plutonium) and 9 for the last digit in Pu-239, the weapon-grade fissile isotope used in nuclear bombs.
49 is the number of days and night Siddhartha Gautama spent meditating as a holy man. 49ers was the moniker of one who participated in the 1849 California Gold Rush, as well as the USA NFL's San Francisco 49ers. Bob Dylan sang about the 'Days of '49'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91X5G - . Fred Olsen Trimaran loading at Ferry port at Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. Photographed on 5 June 2013. The recorded location is Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. Looking at the subject's development, maritime scenes record both movement and infrastructure: ships, ferries, fishing boats, quays and waterfront buildings show how ports serve commerce, communities and tourism
The details of a vessel's design, livery and role can also date a photograph precisely. In the longer view, mobility is shaped by both technology and policy
Images of vehicles and transport infrastructure record changing design, accessibility, fuel use, ownership patterns and the ways towns organise movement. The historical context is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. For the 2026 context, modern maritime policy increasingly combines freight efficiency with lower-carbon shipping and port investment
Photographs of working vessels and harbours can illustrate the continuity between traditional maritime trades and today's logistics, offshore and passenger sectors. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that transport policy increasingly emphasises decarbonisation, integration and reliable public services, while older diesel vehicles and legacy infrastructure provide a visual contrast with electric fleets and changing travel behaviour. The wider historical story is that harbours and shipping routes have long shaped British coastal and riverside towns
Fishing, cargo handling, ferry services, shipbuilding and port engineering created distinctive working landscapes that increasingly coexist with tourism, leisure craft and waterfront regeneration.
Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91X70 - . Panorama of beach at Puerto Colon, Near La Pinta beach, between Playa Las americas and Costa Adeje, South Tenerife. Photographed on 3 June 2013. The recorded location is Beach at Puerto Colon, Near La Pinta beach, Costa Adeje, South Tenerife Spain. In historical terms, tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. The historical context is that panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. During 2026, tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In the longer view, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and changing ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historic streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. As background, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places.
Beach at Puerto Colon, Near La Pinta beach, Costa Adeje, South Tenerife Spain
