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Tenerife solidifies its position as the top tourist destination in the Canary Islands

Tenerife reinforces its historic leadership in the tourism sector of the Archipelago . A status that has never been in doubt but has even been consolidated after the covid crisis . The travel fever that has spread throughout post-pandemic Europe has widened to the extreme the gap separating Tenerife from the second island in the ranking of tourist preferences, Gran Canaria, which remains stagnant in pre-covid figures . Just a couple of data points illustrate the dominance of Tenerife within the region’s leading industry: on one hand, the Island is the destination for up to four out of every travellers who come to the Autonomous Community ; on the other hand, in 2023 Tenerife recorded nearly 600,000 more tourists than in 2019 , while Gran Canaria received barely 34,000 more than in that last year before the double crisis of covid and inflation . The leadership of Tenerife is becoming increasingly solid.

The analysis of the latest official data leads to the same conclusion whether considering the number of visitors or the volume of business. In terms of tourists, Tenerife welcomed a total of 5.6 million visitors last year. That was exactly 518,861 more than in 2022 , when there were still some remnants of the pandemic. These 5.6 million travellers who chose the Teide Island to enjoy a few days of vacation in 2023 also represent 561,374 more than in 2019. In fact, it is a historical record . The previous record was set in 2017, when slightly over 5.1 million tourists landed in Tenerife – figures excluding those under 16 years of age. So, the primary tourism industry in Tenerife not only broke its visitor record last year but shattered it in the light of the renewed boom experienced in the travel business in the Old Continent . What about Gran Canaria? The scenario on the round island is different.

Gran Canaria was the destination for just over 3.7 million tourists in 2023, according to official statistics. The increase compared to 2022 is significant, with 384,339 more on an annual basis, but lower than what Tenerife experienced , gaining 134,522 more travellers than the other capital island. However, the increasing prominence of Tenerife in the regional economy is even more evident when looking back. Because while the Teide island has 561,374 more tourists than in 2019, the Roque Nublo island only has 34,195 more; and because if Tenerife is at historical highs after breaking its 2017 record, Gran Canaria, with those 3.7 million visitors in 2023, is not only below the levels of that outstanding 2017 – when it received 3.9 million visitors – but also below those recorded in 2018 , when it exceeded 3.8 million.

Gain and Loss of Importance

It is not surprising that while the western island gains importance among tourists’ preferences, the eastern one loses it. Gran Canaria was the destination for 28% of all travellers who came to the Autonomous Community in 2019. Last year it dropped to 26.5% , meaning the Roque Nublo island has left behind the covid crisis after losing one and a half percentage points of the total tourists. In contrast, Tenerife went from capturing 38% of the total travellers before the pandemic – already ten points ahead of Gran Canaria – to capturing almost 40% – 39.7%. The gap in favour of the Teide island now exceeds 13 percentage points. In short, Tenerife is the choice of 40 out of every hundred tourists; while the other capital island is that of 27 out of every hundred.

Regarding the other islands, except for La Gomera and El Hierro , which due to their small internal market do not show significant figures, Lanzarote remains in third place on the podium with 2.6 million tourists in 2023. It is followed by its neighbour Fuerteventura , with almost two million; and La Palma closes the ranking with just under 134,000.

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The regional map drawn by tourist figures is the same if revenue is the reference point , reaching historical highs – indeed – on all islands, although due to inflation . In any case, the effect is the same for all, making the comparison equally accurate.

Out of the 19,565.3 million euros that the Canary Islands’ tourism sector billed in the last fiscal year, 7,593.2 million were generated in Tenerife , representing 39% of the total. The Island thus claims 1.8 more points of the tourism industry revenue pie than in 2019. Conversely, the 5,459.1 million euros generated last year in Gran Canaria account for 27.9% of the total revenue , when this island represented 29% in 2019. It has lost 1.1 points along the way, solidifying Tenerife’s leadership also in business terms.

In the other islands, tourists spent 3,508.4 million euros in Lanzarote; another 2,762.1 million in Fuerteventura; and 166.2 million in La Palma, which has lost weight since the eruption of the Tajogaite volcano in 2021 .

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The Canary Islands has had 70% fewer tourists so far this year than 2019

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The Canary Islands have come back to life in the last couple of months with the reactivation of tourism, the airport is operational again, the hotels are open, and the sector is beginning to rebuild from zero tourism, a place they would like to be able to forget. But the truth is that, although the data is good and the forecasts are very favorable, some islands are still far from the figures that reached the islands in 2019.

July, and especially August and September, have shown a good performance from the point of view tourism and it seems that reservations for the winter season invite optimism, but, today, the truth is that we are still 74.2% below the arrival of tourists in 2019 in the case of Lanzarote, and 69.8% in the case of the Canary Islands as a whole, according to figures from January to September of this year.

Looking in detail at the Istac figures regarding the arrival of tourists by air, Lanzarote received a total of 2,318,125 tourists in 2019 compared to the 598,307 tourists received this year, that is, 74.2% less. In the case of those from the United Kingdom, in 2019 a total of 1,079,813 tourists arrived compared to the 117,575 received this year, which represents a drop of 89.1% and over 960,000 fewer tourists.

In the case of German tourism, in 2019, over 283,000 tourists went to Lanzarote compared to the 73,700 tourists who have been this year, which represents a drop of 73.9%.

These are the two main source markets of tourists for Lanzarote, but the figures are similar to the rest of Europe. In 2019, almost 250,000 Irish visited the island, between January and September, compared to 39,000 this year, a drop of 84.25%, and in the case of France, it went from 122,474 tourists to 63,095 this year. Dutch tourists have dropped from 70,482 in 2019 to 15,885 this year, and Italian tourism has seen the figures decrease from 52,000 arrivals in 2019 to 22,745 arrivals this year.

A similar difference is reflected in the islands as a whole, with a drop of 88.8% of British tourists, and 67.3% fewer Germans. The biggest drop is from Nordic countries where it fell by 98.1% from Finland and 91.6% from the rest.

Looking at the data, island by island, in 2019 Fuerteventura had 1,519,658 tourists, compared to 553,941 this year. In Gran Canaria it went from 3,095,463 compared to 875,418 this year, and in the case of Tenerife, 4,390,715 tourists arrived on the island in 2019 compared to the 1,412,602 tourists this year.

As the Ministry of Tourism has pointed out, recovery is on the right track, but there is still a long way to go to really recover to pre-pandemic figures.

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19 of the most surprising statistics about tourism

I t’s World Tourism Day, a time – these days – for much pontificating about sustainability and the impact of travel upon the planet. Instead, we’re going to take a look at some of the more surprisingly facts about the tourism industry. It’s all perfect fodder for your next pub quiz. 

Aviation accounts for just 2 per cent of global carbon emissions

But first, a word on sustainability. Alongside giving up meat, taking fewer flights is usually billed as the best way for individuals to cut their carbon footprint, and with the recent “flight shaming” trend, it can feel like we’re being collectively bullied to stay on the ground. All of which might lead one to assume that aviation accounts for a considerable chunk of global emissions. The actual figure, therefore, may be smaller than you’d imagine. In 2022 aviation, when the industry reached 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, it accounted for just 2 per cent of global carbon emissions. 

By 2030, one in four tourists will be Chinese

A few years ago, the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI) predicted that overseas trips by the country’s residents would increase from 145m a year to more than 400m by 2030. In other words, it would account for around a quarter of international tourism. The pandemic put the brakes on such staggering growth, but expect things to start picking up again – fast. 

Saudi Arabia wants to surpass France as a holiday destination

Speaking of 2030, that is the year when Saudi Arabia wants to start welcoming 100m annual visitors – more than the record 91.1m France, the world’s most visited country, welcomed in 2019. It’s all part of Vision 2030, the state’s grand plan to jettison its overreliance on oil. Central to that plan will be the launch of Riyadh Air, to take on the likes of Emirates, the construction of a vast new airport designed to accommodate up to 120m annual passengers, and the creation of two new coastal “cities” – Amaala and Neom – to lure sunseekers . 

France’s number two tourist town?

Paris is number one – naturellement. But number two isn’t Bordeaux, Nice or Marseille. It’s Lourdes, a town of 13,000 residents that manages to attract 6m visitors every year thanks to the apparitions of a peasant girl called Bernadette. It has 279 hotels to choose from, according to Booking.com – only the French capital has more.

Only 0.07 per cent of the world’s population have been to Antarctica

You get that rough figure if you divide the number of people who visit Antarctica each year (100,000) by the number of people born each year (140m). But even fewer have been to the least visited country on Earth, Tuvalu – just 0.0026% of us (or 3,700 people a year). 

More Britons visit the Canary Islands each year than Italy

Lying on a hot volcanic rock? It’s better than Rome, Florence, Venice, Tuscany, the Dolomites, the Cinque Terre and the Amalfi Coast rolled into one. That’s according to official figures which show that around 5m of us go to the Canaries each year, compared with the 4.1m who visit Italy.

The biggest hotel on Earth is not in Las Vegas

Twelve of the world’s 20 largest hotels, in terms of total rooms, are found in Sin City. But number one, the First World Hotel (which has a staggering 7,351 rooms), is somewhere rather more obscure. The Genting Highlands of Malaysia. It will soon lose the record, however. The US$3.5 billion Abraj Kudai in Mecca, under construction since 2015, will have 10,000 rooms.  

And Macau makes more money from gambling tourists than Las Vegas

Another win for Asia. Macau has earned a reputation as the “Monte Carlo of the Orient”. Chinese games – like Fan Tan , a version of roulette – traditionally dominated its casinos, but the last 20 years have seen a move to embrace the many western-style ways of parting the punter from their money – to the extent that, in 2007, Macao overtook the Las Vegas Strip on gambling revenues. 

Which is the most luxurious place on Earth?

What – or where – is the most luxurious place on earth? New York? Dubai? Abu Dhabi? Obviously, the answer depends on how you are defining “luxurious”. But if the key metric is “city with the greatest number of five-star hotels”, then the identity of the most gleaming metropolis may surprise you. It used to be London, but as of earlier this month, and the release of the 2023 edition of jet-set bible the Forbes Travel Guide , the place in focus is – again – Macau. Said chic dot on the map of the Far East now boasts 22 hotels in the uppermost bracket.

Inverness is more popular than Stratford-upon-Avon

With its Shakespeare connections, surely Stratford-upon-Avon welcomes more tourists than plucky little Inverness? Not so, according to VisitBritain. London is number one, by a mile (21.7m overnight visitors in 2019, the last “normal” year), followed by Edinburgh (2.2m), Manchester (1.6m) and Birmingham (1.1m). Stratford lags way down in 17th, with 271,000 arrivals, just below Inverness (which, we assume, is used by many as a launch pad for jaunts around the Highlands).

And Reading trumps Windsor

Both are in Berkshire, but only one can boast the largest inhabited castle on the planet, Britain’s branch of Legoland, and a picturesque riverside racecourse. Yet it is Reading that makes VisitBritain’s top 20 (237,000 visitors in 2019) at the expense of Windsor. 

The Maldives really needs your money

The value of tourism to the Maldivian economy is more than US$2bn – or 32.5 per cent of its GDP. Only one destination (hello again Macau) is more reliant on your money . Needless to say, the last few years have been a struggle. 

Tourists outnumber locals by 7,853 to 1 in the Vatican City

The Vatican City has just 764 permanent inhabitants, measures a titchy 0.2 square miles, and receives – according to some sources – 6m visitors a year. That’s 7,853 tourists per resident or 31.58m per square mile.  

Bangladesh is the world’s least touristy country

At the other end of the scale is Bangladesh. With a population of 169.8m but only 323,000 annual visitors, it welcomes just 0.002 tourists per resident per year, making it perhaps the least touristy country on Earth.

Iran has 25 World Heritage Sites

This won’t surprise anyone who has been there – it’s a fascinating place packed with history (though currently off-limits, according to the Foreign Office). But those who don’t know it well might raise an eyebrow to learn that it trumps the likes of Japan, the US and Greece when it comes to World Heritage Sites . 

Bicester Village is almost as popular as Buckingham Palace

Among Chinese visitors that is. Travellers from the world’s most populous country have some other curious destinations on their wishlist . Around 150,000 visit Trier every year, for example, making it the most sought-after German destination among Chinese globetrotters. Why? It is the birthplace of Karl Marx, of course. And Montargis, a small town south of Paris, is also inexplicably popular. That’s because hundreds of young Chinese scholars studied there in the early part of the 20th century, including many future stars of China’s Communist Party. 

English really is the global language

Thanks to a combination of empire, mass tourism and invasive Western culture, English really is the global language. According to David Crystal’s book English as a Global Language, at least half the population of 45 countries speak it. There are also just 13 countries where fewer than 10 per cent of the population speak English, including China, Colombia, Brazil and Russia. 

16 of the world’s 30 busiest airports are American

A combination of international travel slowdown and America’s ravenous appetite for flying meant that in 2022, 16 of the world’s 30 busiest airports (in terms of total passenger numbers) were on US soil. Number one, as it has been each year since 1998 (except for 2020, when it was temporarily unseated by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport), was Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (93.7m passengers for 2022). 

Albania is already welcoming more tourists than in 2019

The pandemic saw tourism slump across the planet, but some countries have recovered far quicker than others. They include Turkey, the fourth most visited country in 2022 (50.5m overseas arrivals, a shade under its 2019 figure of 51.2m), the UAE (22.7m arrivals in 2022 vs 21.6m in 2019) and, perfect for budget sunshine, Albania (6.7m arrivals in 2022 vs 6.1m in 2019). 

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