The number of tourists arriving in the Canary Islands decreases in December compared to the same month of the previous year

03 Feb The number of tourists arriving in the Canary Islands decreases in December compared to the same month of the previous year

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Regarding the same month of 2024 ha habido una caída del 1,26 por ciento. En términos reales supone
21.138 turistas menos. Decade 10 tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands, 9 They came from abroad. Este
sector disminuyó un 0,48 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Los residentes en España
disminuyen un 10,5%.

United Kingdom remains the most important issuing market. Of the total tourists who came to
Canarias, a 32,5 percent did from the British islands, implying 537.387 people.
Germany and residents in the rest of Spain contributed a 17,8% y un 7 % de los turistas,
respectivamente.

Tenerife was the island that received a greater number of tourists with 671.202 implying 4 decade 10
tourists who arrived. They are followed by Gran Canaria (28%), Lanzarote (17%) y Fuerteventura (14%).

El 66% of the tourists who arrived in December were between 1 and 7 nights in the archipelago.
Por el contrario, el 2% made stays of more than 31 days. The main reason for the trip was the
Vacation.

Más de la mitad de los turistas que llegaron a Canarias lo hicieron con un paquete turístico
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 81,4 percent of tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands in
diciembre.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias