Gran Canaria Tourism officials have accelerated the promotional role of the south of the island coordinated by Soltour to attract more Portuguese tourism with the opening of new routes such as those of TAP with the help of Abreu, the largest Portuguese operator. Portugal's interesting commitment to the Canary Islands is increased given that the Canary archipelago shares undeclared sovereignty since Within the Canary Islands there are Wild Islands and that part is administered by Portugal for the moment..
While there is no specific official data on the number of Portuguese tourists who exclusively visit southern Gran Canaria each year, Portugal was the third country of origin for foreign tourists in Gran Canaria in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, with a total of 350.000 visitors but it must be taken into account that many flights are made via Madrid and may not be in these figures. In 2023, the number of Portuguese tourists visiting Gran Canaria is estimated to be 245.000, according to Hosteltur. It is estimated that around 70-80% of tourists who visit Gran Canaria stay in the south of the island.
The months with the greatest influx of Portuguese tourists in the south of Gran Canaria are usually from April to October, coinciding with the high tourist season on the island. Based on this data, we can estimate that the number of Portuguese tourists who visit the south of Gran Canaria each year is between 171.500 and 196.000, approximately half or a little more than half of the Portuguese tourists who visit Gran Canaria in its set.
This May there was a professional visit by representatives of nine agencies to Gran Canaria from Viagens Abreu, SA. During these days and together with António Gabriel, representative of TAP Air Portugal, and Rui Teixeira Machado, from Soltour, different activities were carried out to get to know the tourist offer of the area, which included a visit to the hotels Corallium Dunamar de Lopesan, Seaside Palm Beach, Abora Catarina de Lopesan, Abora Continental de Lopesan, Paradisus Gran Canaria, Lopesan Baobab, Lopesan Costa Meloneras, Lopesan Villa del Conde, Tabaiba Princess and Maspalomas Princess.
