Sixty years ago, British film director David Lean travelled to Spain’s remote southern province of Almería to shoot his Oscar-winning movie, “Lawrence of Arabia.”The.
The saga of the Algarrobico hotel underlines another serious issue in Spain and anywhere else where real estate acts as an economic engine: When it comes to facilitating tourism, nature is more easily damaged than repaired.
For almost two decades, the hulk of a never-finished hotel has marred an idyllic coastline in southern Spain. Its fate remains cloudy, but the lesson is clear: It’s easier to damage the environment than to fix it.
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