At the last meeting of the World Heritage Committee on Friday 29th June 2007 in Christchurch, New Zealand, the committee inscribed 22 new sites into UNESCO's World Heritage List, on this list was Tenerife's own Teide National Park.

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According to the UNESCO World Heritage web site, Teide National Park was listed because of 'its beauty and its importance in providing evidence of the geological processes that underpin the evolution of oceanic islands.'

Full details of the listing can be found here complete with 3 stunning photo's that I have ever seen before. 

Teide is Europe's most visited National park with over 3million visitors per year, next time your in Tenerife, why not make it 3,000,001