Maspalomas24H, the .com preferred by businessmen in the south of Gran Canaria, is the only press outlet in Gran Canaria that will cover the south of the island on the events taking place at the ITB fair in Berlin, as confirmed this Monday by Messe, the managing company of the most important tourist fair in the world. In this way, the leading media outlet in digital audience in the south of Gran Canaria once again supports the presence of at least 70 companies from the south that attend this exhibition and where some key aspects for the future of the destination are negotiated.
The 2022 edition did not take place due to the Covid19 pandemic. Among the attendees this 2023 will be the Minister of Tourism of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria Carlos Álamo, and the island president Antonio Morales. Councilor Inés Rodríguez says goodbye to tourism due to the May elections. According to Reiseanalyse, an annual study of German travel behavior, almost 70% showed a firm or positive intention to travel in the next twelve months last November. Furthermore, according to the same report, the second priority of Germans when spending money is vacation trips (59%), only surpassed by food.
The south of Gran Canaria attends the Berlin fair with the impact of energy prices and the war in Ukraine which, however, are not ending the appetite of German consumers for a holiday, the organization said on Monday. travel industry DRV, forecasting a return this year to the record sales previously seen following the COVID-19 pandemic. The year got off to a good start, with revenue from travel agents and online booking platforms doubling year-on-year in January and increasing 12% compared to the same month in 2019, DRV said. The German travel industry already approached that level in 2021, when sales totaled €84.000 billion, almost double that of 2020, according to DRV.
