The number of passengers who used the Canary Islands ports increases in August

29 Sep The number of passengers who used the Canary Islands ports increases in August

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias In the month of August a total of 32.546 Cruise passengers used the ports of the Canary Islands. El
data of 2024 was 31.968 people. The Port of La Luz and Las Palmas presented a drop in 4.7
por ciento, while the ports of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Arrecife fell one 6,2% y un
6,1%, respectivamente. The increase in travelers came exclusively from Santa Cruz de la
Palma, what happened from 571 travelers in 2024 a 3.464 in this year.

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 ports with the greatest increase in
travelers were La Estaca, con un aumento del 35.2% and that of Los Cristianos, con 14% more than travelers.

Transport of goods and vehicles

The number of TEUS containers (the most standardized measure worldwide) who went through the
ports of the Canary Islands in August was a 20,32 percent higher than in the same month of 2024. In total
fueron 177.919 containers those that were accounted for by 147.872 de agosto de 2024.

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 31,4 percent container movement in this
puerto.

Regarding vehicle traffic, During the month of August it increased by 4,9% with respect to the same
month of the previous year. This year they were 298.676 the vehicles that used the State Ports in
Canarias, for the 284.689 that was in August 2024.

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.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias