Almost 17% More Tourists Visited Tenerife in April

According to provisional data provided by the Tenerife Island Corporation, Tenerife received 482,213 tourists in April, 16.57% more than in April 2005. Most of these visitors came from England and the Spanish mainland, with a large majority, 366,311 of them, visiting the south of the island. Nevertheless, the largest percentage rise, by 22.77%, was in the north of the island.

One of the prime reasons for the April 2006 increase is the fact that Easter Week fell in April this year, whereas last year it fell in March. However, this is still seen as positive news in the industry, especially by hoteliers, who increased their clientele by 26,12%, accommodating 289,074 of these tourists.

Although the largest number of visitors continues to be the British, with a total of 152,667, this market showed a slight decrease, of 4.7%. The visitor charts are still topped by the British with 31.7% of the total, followed by Spanish with 30.3%, Germans at 14.2% and Nordic countries, with 7.4%. Their average length of stay is 7.61 days, which is 0.21 of a day more than last year.

A total of 1,795,268 tourists have visited Tenerife since the start of the year, 9.63% more than in the same four month period in 2005.

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