The pandemic has made rural tourism and experiences related to the interaction of the environment grow on the islands, professionals in the sector consider that it is still a pending issue for the Canary Islands.Although terms such as agritourism or wine tourism seem to be gaining strength in the Archipelago and more and more people are betting on it, the owners of rural houses explain that they are facing competition with vacation homes that are offered as rural houses.The pandemic put this type of accommodation in value, since local and national tourists largely decided not to give up their vacations by going to this type of accommodation to spend a few days of tranquility and without crowds, especially at a time when they are valued plus spaces.Despite the positive data, the rural house sector shows its concern about the competition that has arisen with vacation rentals, alleging lack of regulation by the administrations, since they consider that valuing the rural environment in terms of choosing this type of accommodation to disconnect is a pending issue for the canaries.Pedro David Díaz Rodríguez is a geographer, an expert in rural tourism and the owner of Las Vigas Vivencia Rural. He tells Atlántico Hoy that, in general, Canarians do not usually bet on spending their holidays in a rural environment, which is why he considers it a pending issue.In this sense, he also shows the latent uncertainty of him and that of his fellow owners of rural houses in the face of the current situation in the sector."There was a rebound in clients in rural houses after the pandemic, but now the hotels have reopened, and on top of that we have had to face vacation rentals that are sold as rural houses, and they are not," he explains. the,In this sense, the businessmen of the sector plan to ask the Canarian Government to regulate these activities to avoid a lack of control.“We can no longer deal with the situation, we are creating competition against which we cannot fight.The rural houses are old Canarian properties that have been restored and are in a rural area for that purpose, not a container or a house so that they later rent you as a rural house,'' says Rodríguez.Likewise, he is critical of the lack of regulation that he considers the Land Law in the Canary Islands has.As a result of rural tourism, new ways of doing it have emerged.The term agrotourism is increasingly present on the islands, and after the pandemic the number of people who choose these environments has grown, especially being very common in those clients who in their day to day bet on the care of nature.Teiste Delgado, founder of the company Agro Ingenia on the island of Gran Canaria, has stated this to Atlántico Hoy, stressing that the preference for agrotourism has rebounded."People have realized that they do not have a space in their small home or businessmen have begun to demand to have an area where they can telecommute away from the usual tourist environment," he points out, adding that the type of client is usually older 30 years old and looking for other types of activities linked to nature.''They are usually people from countries like Germany or Norway, since they have a greater connection to the ecosystem on a daily basis and consume much more of a sustainable product, so they come to the island looking for the same thing.Not only do they take into consideration the accommodation, but also the experiences they can live''.Teiste Delgado acknowledges that, despite growth, this type of tourism cannot offer as many beds as sun and beach, although he explains that this does not mean that it will not grow."The current Land Law opens the door for plots with rustic land to be able to establish facilities linked to agrotourism, although with a series of limitations and controls."Delgado explains that in this way the abandoned rural land in the midlands can be valued and an economic return can be sought not only in agriculture and livestock, but also in the tourism sector.In this sense, he emphasizes that the administration "has to collaborate a lot," since he believes that many times the employer finds himself with administrative obstacles."The Canary Islands have the potential to establish agritourism farms in a regulated manner," he concludes.Despite the fact that the administrations do not have reference data on wine tourism or agrotourism, the deputy director of the Chair of Agrotourism and Wine Tourism of the Canary Islands, Gabriel Santos, explains that wine tourism has grown considerably after the pandemic thanks to the local public.''Since 2020 there has been an upturn.The people of the Islands are looking for experiences in outdoor spaces in rural settings such as many wineries offer.For example, a winery in Tenerife has increased local visitors reaching 75%, when before there was a 50% foreign presence and 50% local''.