06 Sea More than half of the Canarian population perceives the employment situation negatively and a large majority supports the interprofessional minimum wage

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The best job ratings are in Fuerteventura, where a 27% of people think that
the current situation is good or very good, followed by the south of Tenerife (24,3%), south of Gran Canaria
(23,2%) y Lanzarote (23,2%). On the opposite side, the metropolitan areas of
Tenerife and Gran Canaria, in which three out of five people negatively value the
employment situation.

Nine out of ten people give a lot or quite a lot of importance to job stability.
Four out of ten give great importance to good opportunities for promotion, can
work independently and a job that allows you to help other people.

Almost half of the people (el 47%) agrees that immigration could be a solution
to fill unfilled jobs, while almost a 30% does not share this idea.

In the Canary Islands, a 46% of people have disagreed that the digital transformation of the
economy will have a positive impact on job creation. Un 25,7% agrees.

In relation to the increase in the interprofessional minimum wage that took place in 2025, el 85%
assures that it is still insufficient to live with dignity. Almost one in four people (73%) cree
that greater purchasing power will boost citizen spending. Also a large majority (65%)
considers that the increase in the minimum wage has led to an increase in the prices of products
consumer basics.

Reduction of working hours, underground economy and entrepreneurship

The possible reduction of working hours, the underground economy and entrepreneurship have been the
other aspects studied at ECOSOC this quarter. More than six out of ten people (63%) están
in favor of reducing the working day of 40 hours to 37,5. Support is more unanimous among
salaried people (70%), and lowest among self-employed people (36%).

A large majority of people believe that reducing the working day will allow for
better balance between personal and work life (76%) and will mean reducing stress and
improving the mental health of working people (68%). Un 44,5% does not believe that the reduction of
work schedule brings with it an increase in workload, in front of an almost 36% what do you consider
opposite.

In relation to the underground economy, el 64% of people consider it unacceptable that a
individual or a person who works as a self-employed person does not declare all or part of their income,
although he 12% sees it as acceptable.

El 44% of the underground economy jobs hired in the last 12 months correspond to
home repairs or renovations. Treatments or personal care follow (26%) and the
workshop repair services (20%).

Un 39% of Canarian residents claim to have a lot or a lot of trust in the authorities
tax as a public body for the treatment of incidents of the underground economy,
while a 27% declares that he deserves little or no trust.

Por otra parte, Entrepreneurs indicate that the main barrier they have had in the
entrepreneurship have been taxes. Bureaucratic procedures and lack of support from
the administrations are the other obstacles they have found.

The majority of residents (53%) considers that in the Canary Islands there are no opportunities
necessary to undertake some type of business activity, percentage that rises to almost
70% in the case of employers.

Methodology

ECOSOC is a quarterly survey that studies the population of 18 and more years residing in homes
main relatives in the Canary Islands, and has been designed to be able to provide results at the island and country level.
large regions on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Each home remains in the sample
four consecutive quarters, after which it leaves to be replaced by another housing of
the same census tract.

Every two quarters, the second and fourth of each year, The survey is completed with a module to
study specific topics. For the fourth quarter of 2025, The study has focused on the
working conditions in the Canary Islands. The module focuses on five main sections: valuation of
employment, entrepreneurship, work day, interprofessional minimum wage and underground economy.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias

05 Sea The number of passengers who used the ports of the Canary Islands decreases in January 2026

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias In the month of January a total of 653.200 Cruise passengers used the ports of the Canary Islands. El
data of 2025 was 574.338 people. The Port of El Rosario presented a drop in 12.6 por
hundred, while the ports of La Luz and Las Palmas and the port of La Palma increased by 31%.

Regarding regular traffic, The ports of Los Cristianos and Santa Cruz de Tenerife were
those that had a greater movement of travelers. The first of them recorded the passage of 1 decade
3 travelers who used these infrastructures. Por su parte, the port with the greatest increase in
travelers was La Palma with an increase in 1,5% and the Port with the greatest drop was Arrecife with a 22,3%
less travelers.

The number of TEUS containers (the most standardized measure worldwide) who went through the
ports of the Canary Islands in January was a 18,3 percent lower than in the same month of 2025. In total
fueron 143.048 containers those that were accounted for by 175.181 January 2025.

The Port of La Luz and Las Palmas is the one with the highest volume of entry and exit of
containers. In the Canary Islands, 7 decade 10 containers that are moved do so from this facility.
Compared to the previous year, aumentó un 22,1 percent container movement in this
puerto.

Regarding vehicle traffic, During the month of January it decreased by 4,4% with respect to the same
month of the previous year. This year they were 166.690 the vehicles that used the State Ports in
Canarias, for the 174.410 that was in January 2025.

The data collected in this information refers exclusively to the eleven Ports of the
State that exists in the Canary Islands. These are the facilities of: Reef, The Rosary, lighter, La
Light and Las Palmas, Salinetas, Passion fruit, The Christians, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Sebastian
La Gomera, Santa Cruz de la Palma and La Estaca. There are other port facilities that depend on the
Government of the Canary Islands, as is the case of the Puerto de Las Nieves, Corralejo, Playa Blanca or Morro
Jable.

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04 Sea The number of tourists arriving in the Canary Islands increases in January compared to the same month of the previous year.

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Regarding the same month of 2025 There has been an increase in 7,1 por ciento. En términos reales
It supposes 112.496 more tourists. Decade 10 tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands, 9 They came from abroad.
This sector increased a 8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. However, los
residents in Spain decreases by 7,1%.

United Kingdom remains the most important issuing market. Of the total tourists who came to
Canarias, a 31 percent did from the British islands, implying 532.964 people.
Germany and residents in the rest of Spain contributed a 18,1% y un 7,5% de los turistas,
respectivamente.

Tenerife was the island that received a greater number of tourists with 686.899 implying 4 decade 10
tourists who arrived. They are followed by Gran Canaria (28%) y Lanzarote (16,7%)

El 63,8% of the tourists who arrived in January were between 1 and 7 nights in the archipelago. Por
the opposite, el 1,8% made stays of more than 31 days. The main reason for the trip was the
Vacation.

Nearly half of the tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands did so with a tourist package
hired, that is to say, with a service that includes at least transport and accommodation and that has a
indivisible price. Specifically the 49 percent of tourists arrived with this service
hired.

By types of accommodations, Hotels and apartments are still preferred by tourists. En
These establishments lodged the 76,81 percent of tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands in
January.

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04 Sea The main means of transport used by tourists during their stay in the Canary Islands in the last quarter of 2025 were the rental vehicles

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias During that quarter, only the 6,6 By the way, tourists have had some difficulty with the
means of transportation, including public transportation schedules and delays and
cancellations that occur, as well as information that is sometimes confusing and
insufficient.

5 decade 10 tourists who traveled to the Canary Islands during 2025 (el 53,6%) They had made their reservation with
a minimum notice of three months. Their average stay in that period was 9,22 days. The oldest
average stay was made by residents of Switzerland, con 12 days, while residents in
Spain had the shortest average stay, con 6 days

El 48,9% of tourists chose a contracted tourist package, that is to say, a service that includes
at least transportation and accommodation and whose price is indivisible. El 63,7% of residents in
Germany led this type of travel, versus 17,5% of residents in Italy, excluded
Canarias, who traveled the least with a contracted tourist package.

The main information channels to organize the trip to the Canary Islands in the 2025 were internet
or social networks, previous visits to the Canary Islands, friends or family, and tour operators or agencies
trips.

El 91% of the visits were made for holidays, leisure and entertainment. The tourist stayed
mainly in collective establishments (Hotels 54,8%, apartments 16,5%). Also it
they did in private accommodation, as a home or room rented to an individual (15,8%),
home of friends or family or own home or other private accommodation (1%).

El 40% of the tourists who traveled to the Canary Islands in this period did not consider another destination than the
time to choose the trip. The main destinations considered by the rest of the tourists were:
another canary destination, another destination from the rest of the national territory and Greece.

El 72% of tourists have previously visited the Canary Islands. The average satisfaction rating
general of the trip to the Canary Islands is 8,8.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias

04 Sea The appraised value of housing continues to increase in the Canary Islands in 2025

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias This statistical operation provides information on the average value of the square meter of the
homes that have been valued by appraisal companies. Depending on market access
real estate, we distinguish between free housing, in which the price of the property is reached through
of the agreement between seller and buyer; and protected housing, in which it is the administration that
regulates its access and its price.

The Canary provinces are among the 15 with the highest appraised value of the free home,
being superior in Las Palmas: 2.151,1 euros per square meter, that in Santa Cruz de
Tenerife: 2.141,3 euros per square meter. However, The increase in the last year has been
lower in Las Palmas (12,7%) that in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (14,28%).

Madrid remains the province with the highest values, with an average for housing free of
3.902,3 euros per square meter; that is to say, exceeds by one 74,9% the average value of Spain. They follow him
Balearic Islands and Gipuzkoa, con 3.809,9 and 3.362,9 euros per square meter respectively.

Among the provinces with the lowest assessed value of free housing we find Ciudad Real with
701,1, and Jaén with 862,8 euros per square meter.

Average appraised value of subsidized housing

Regarding protected housing, the average value has risen 3,7% in the last year in the Canary Islands and
is located in the 1.204,3 euros per square meter. The increase has been more intense in the
archipelago than in the rest of the country, where protected housing increased its value by a 2,71% en
the last year, standing in 1.201,1 euros per square meter.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias

03 Sea The average number of affiliations in the Canary Islands increases in the month of February

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Por sexos, The average membership figures rose in both men and women. It is also
increased membership in Industry, construction and services, leaving figures similar to those
of the previous month in agriculture. In construction, the average membership rose by 1,6%.

The month of February ended with 960.406 high affiliations, nails 4.373 more than at the end of January.
In one year there has been a 3,1% of growth in affiliations at the end of the month to Security
Social

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