Canary Islands report dramatic rise in British visitors
The number of British visitors to the Canary Islands rose nearly 20% in the first half of this year.
According to the latest figures, the islands are set to end the year with 14 million visitors in total, a record number.
There were just over 13 million visitors in 2015.
The Regional Ministry of Tourism, Sport and Culture said the UK remains the biggest European market and numbers have increased dramatically in recent years.
From January until June 2016 it has seen an increase of 18.4% in UK holidaymakers compared to same period in 2015.
Last year, the total number of British tourists was 4,279,392, a 4.2% increase over 2014.
"Bearing in mind that 13.3 million tourists came in 2015 and that up until June 741,540 more visitors have visited, we can already predict that 14 million tourists will have visited by the end of 2016,” said Mariate Lorenzo, regional minister for Tourism, Culture and Sports for the Canary Islands.
“We are delighted to see that the initiatives to improve air connectivity and the campaigns in markets where the islands have huge growth potential, such as the UK, France and Italy as well as on the Spanish mainland are clearly motivating the different sectors with products that match their expectations".
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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