Friday, January 19, 2007
The Canary Islands beat tourism records again
The figures are out for 2006 and, once again, the Canary Islands have beaten all their own tourism records. The islands received 12.5 million tourists last year, 9.5 million of whom were foreigners, whose numbers grew by 2.7% and, almost three million visitors from mainland Spain. Overall, 600,000 more visitors than in 2005.
The islands received 865,205 visitors in December alone, according to figures just released by Spanish airports' authority, AENA. The largest number of tourists in December were from the United Kingdom, with 34.85% of total passengers.
Tenerife registered 344,257 visitors in December 2006, 4.71% and 15,485 people more than in December 2005.
In 2006 as a whole, British tourists were 0.31% up on the previous year, with 11,306 more visitors, but other markets, such as the Swiss, Poles, Russians and Italians showed more marked increases. Tenerife received a total of 3,559,669 foreign visitors during 2006, a 3.39% increase and 116,882 visitors more than in 2005.
Canarias bate un récord histórico en llegada de turistas
