Tenerife reports 20 per cent jump in UK visitors
Tenerife has reported a 20% jump in UK visitors in the first five months of this year.
With rival winter sun destinations like Tunisia and Sharm el Sheikh off limits, due to FCO advice, the Canary island welcomed over 800,000 British visitors from January to May 2016, representing an increase of 20.8% on the previous year.
The jump was on the back of a 4.8% increase to 1,765,216 visitors for the whole of 2015.
The rise in British visitors was twice as high as the overall rise in visitor numbers.
This means 34% of all visitors to Tenerife come from the UK, which is also has the highest levels of repeat visitors to the island.
The tourist office said the majority of British travellers to Tenerife prefer to stay in four and five star hotels, especially in the beach resorts in the south of the island.
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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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