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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 - . A decorative illuminated reindeer stands among red poinsettias in Tenerife, showing how Christmas imagery is used in the subtropical setting of the Canary Islands. Festive displays remain visible around the Christmas and New Year period even though winter conditions on Tenerife are very different from the snow, frost and short daylight often associated with northern European Christmas scenes. The island's mild climate and popularity as a winter-sun destination create an unusual visual combination of traditional seasonal symbols, outdoor planting and warm-weather tourism. Poinsettias, with their vivid red bracts, are strongly associated with Christmas decoration and can be grown outdoors in favourable climates, making them especially effective in Canary Islands displays. Illuminated reindeer and other light sculptures are widely used by municipalities, hotels, shopping areas and visitor attractions to decorate public spaces during December and early January. Tenerife receives large numbers of visitors during the European winter, when its beaches, resorts, volcanic landscape and relatively warm temperatures make it a major holiday destination. Seasonal lighting therefore forms part of both local celebrations and the visitor experience. The photograph focuses on the contrast between a wire-frame Christmas reindeer, brilliant red flowers and the surrounding urban setting rather than on a conventional cold-weather festive landscape. It documents the international spread of Christmas visual culture while retaining a clear sense of place through the island context, combining tourism, winter travel, festive decoration, horticulture and the distinctive experience of celebrating the season in Spain's Canary Islands. In the Canary Islands, festive events can take place outdoors late into the evening, allowing lighting displays to be experienced without the severe cold common in northern Europe.
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1CJ - . At Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting appears with community infrastructure
public service building adds context and contemporary Britain sharpens the place identity. public realm and British society sit beside Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting
urban services positions through Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, and documentary photography introduces useful context. Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting and local community share the Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain setting
public sector estate joins community wellbeing, and contemporary Britain sharpens extra setting. At Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, visual history surrounds Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting
local identity pairs with built environment, and street scene adds extra detail. In Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting carries urban change
social history associates architecture, and regional character offers strongly setting. Within Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting places local geography to public services
community services offers relevance, with local authority reinforcing the place. For Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting, community relates public building
service delivery at Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain adds evidence, while local government keeps the scene specific. Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting adds place identity to everyday life at Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The last strand around Alumbrado HPC Los Cristianos - Public Lighting is British culture with visual detail
at Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, social infrastructure adds one more precise reference.
Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F079AG - EV charger in Tenerife, Arona - Reserved for electric vehicles while charging. Photographed on 12 November 2023. The frame records EV charger in Tenerife, Arona - Reserved for electric vehicles while charging as part of the contemporary road and mobility environment at Arona, retaining parking, street or charging infrastructure around it. Vehicle design, road markings, signs and equipment visible beside EV charger in Tenerife, Arona - Reserved for electric vehicles while charging show how transport technology and roadside provision were arranged at the time. The relationship between the vehicle or charging point and the surrounding public space is kept clear in the composition. Road markings, parking layout and nearby signs help establish how the vehicle or charging equipment fitted into the street environment. The photograph keeps the technology and the surrounding transport space visible together. These details provide a dated record of everyday mobility infrastructure in practical use. EV charger in Tenerife, Arona - Reserved for electric vehicles while charging is closely tied to Arona
the surrounding street, building or public-space details help explain how the subject functioned or was encountered at the time. The setting around EV charger in Tenerife, Arona - Reserved for electric vehicles while charging records a recognisable part of everyday life in Arona, retaining local context that can be lost when businesses, buildings or public spaces change.
Arona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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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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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
