The Modernization Plan and a jetty for Playa Paraíso: our 2017 proposal

On 28 December 2017, the business initiative Parque Tecnológico Playa Paraíso 2010-Adeje made public a proposal put forward by its coordinator, Miguel Muñoz, and signed in La Laguna. It called for a jetty for nautical and sports activities at Playa Paraíso, in the municipality of Adeje. The proposal built on the potential influence of the Modernization Plan, which will improve the spaces, businesses and accommodation along the coast of this part of southern Tenerife, and which opens a favorable setting for ideas that complement that renewal.

This idea does not stand alone. It is part of a broader initiative, set out in the document's own heading: a sports, nautical and fishing marina, with water and underwater activities and a marine research center, at El Pinque beach, also in Adeje. The jetty would therefore be one concrete piece within an integrated vision of the coastline, in which leisure, fishing and scientific knowledge of the sea coexist. In this way, the initiative does not merely propose an infrastructure; it defends a way of understanding the coast as a space for economic activity, enjoyment and research.

According to the initiative, infrastructure of this kind would further energize the Playa Paraíso area. It would broaden the leisure options of its hotel complexes, which would have new alternatives to offer their guests, and it would also strengthen local shops and restaurants. The benefits would thus not be confined to a single sector but would reach the local economy as a whole, in keeping with the spirit of improvement pursued by the Modernization Plan.

The document further argues that the jetty would add value to the area and, in the short and medium term, help position the business initiative itself. It would also boost sea-related leisure and research activities, a type of offering that, according to the text, attracts high-spending tourists. The proposal thus joins two goals that rarely go hand in hand, tourist appeal and the generation of knowledge, so that nautical activity and marine research reinforce each other.

Finally, the proposal highlights a practical advantage that simplifies its implementation: boats would not need to overnight at Playa Paraíso. They would simply stop in the area while carrying out their sailing routes along the south of Tenerife, which would lower the demands on the infrastructure and make it compatible with a light use of the space. For further detail, the text refers readers to the article published on the blog on 27 July 2017, titled "Nuestra propuesta para crear un pantalán en Playa Paraíso" ("Our proposal to create a jetty at Playa Paraíso"), and provides the coordinator's contact details, as well as the address of the initiative's blog, open to anyone wishing to follow the project's progress.

Links of interest

Official blog of the Parque Tecnológico Playa Paraíso 2010-Adeje initiative, with the project's news and proposals:

http://parquetecnologicoplayaparaiso.blogspot.com