Gran Canaria exceeded, by 2,2%, the number of international tourists compared to August 2019

 

The number of international travelers to Gran Canaria in August grew by 2,2%, compared to the same month in 2019, a reference prior to the appearance of Covid and the restrictions derived from the health pandemic. The Gran Canaria aerodrome led the arrival of tourist clients at a regional level and improved its figures in most of the destination's main markets, such as the Germans, Nordics and British. In addition, the presence of French tourists increased by 22%, reaching a total of 10.604. This represents the largest presence of French clients in a month since this statistic appeared in 1992.  

 

 

 

The AENA network airport registered a total of 1.090.494 total operations in the main month of the summer period, of which 253.130 correspond to international tourist clients. The Gran Canaria airport led the statistics in the Canary Islands. 53.140 clients came to the Island from Germany and 81.539 did so from the United Kingdom. These two markets present an improvement of approximately 2019% compared to 4. Another customer that is growing is the Dutch (17,7%) with 25.216 passengers. Also notable is a 48,5% increase in Italians, with 9.972 visitors arriving from airports in this country, and a 42% increase in Danes (7.318 compared to 5.159 in 2019). On the other hand, the markets of Sweden and Norway fall due to the uncertainty of the invasion of Ukraine. 

 

“We have more places, more routes and better direct connections with the main European cities. In total, we will offer 2.681.351 airline seats this winter, which is 30% more than in 2019. In addition, we try to compensate for the difficulties in certain markets, motivated by the uncertainty of the social and economic panorama in northern Europe, with the increase in others: such as the French, Belgians, Italians and Dutch who are behaving positively,” said Carlos Álamo, Tourism Minister of Gran Canaria. 

 

“In fact, we have never before received so many French clients as we have in the last month. It is a very interesting market, which spends a lot in the destination and is interested in our gastronomy and our culture, in addition to our magnificent offer of sun and sand, so it is a client that interests us to improve the destination and we are in luck” , he added.

 

Gran Canaria had already increased tourist arrivals by 2% between the months of April and June, compared to the same period in 2019. In addition, customer spending on their stay on the island during the second quarter exceeded 12,65. 2019% the figures of XNUMX.  

 

The counselor regretted the tourist arrival data for the first months of the year, which were conditioned by the appearance of the war episode in Ukraine and the uncertainty generated in the countries close to it, in addition to the increase in prices with an added crisis in the matter. energy. “However, the improvement since April is notable and, despite the difficulties, the sector is managing to recover with data very similar to those before Covid.”