This document has been prepared by a research team of the University of La Laguna and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at the request of the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Canary Islands in the context of the application to the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. On 21 October 2020, the annual Global INSTO meeting confirmed the Canary Islands as a new member of the network.