More than 60% of tourists who visited the Canary Islands during the first quarter of 2024 declare that they are willing to choose more sustainable options when booking the trip

17 May More than 60% of tourists who visited the Canary Islands during the first quarter of 2024 declare that they are willing to choose more sustainable options when booking the trip

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias El 89,4% of the visits were made for holidays, recreation and leisure. Tourists from
Ireland and the United Kingdom were the ones who chose this reason the most, con un 97,4% and 94%, respectivamente.
And the residents in the rest of the Spanish territory are the least, con un 70,8%.

For him 96,1% de los turistas, The main aspect when choosing the Canary Islands as a tourist destination is the
climate. The next aspects most considered by tourists are safety (86,6%), la
tranquillity (86,4%) and the sea (79,1%).

During this first quarter of the year, only one 15,6% of the tourists came accompanied by minors
de 13 years old. The tourists who traveled the most with minors were residents of Ireland (24,7%),
Swiss (20,7%) y Reino Unido (17,59%).

More than half of the tourists who visited the Canary Islands this quarter stayed in hotels
(53,7%). Other types of accommodation chosen were apartments and tourist villas
(15,5%), homes or rooms rented to an individual (11,7%), friends' homes or
family or other private accommodation (10,8%).

El 24% of the tourists who visited the Canary Islands did so with everything included. Residents in
France were the ones who led this type of travel with the 32%, followed by residents in
Reino Unido(29,6%) and in Germany (27,9%). En un acercamiento por islas, el 44,5% of the tourists who
They visited Fuerteventura they did it with everything included, seguida de Lanzarote con un 26,1%.

The average stay of tourists is 10,5 days. The longest average stay was made by residents
in the Nordic countries, con 15,2 days and were the residents in the rest of the national territory
those who had the shortest average stay, con 6,5 days.

El 75,6% of tourists have previously visited the Canary Islands. The average satisfaction rating
general of the trip to the Canary Islands is 8,77.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias