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| Low cost airline flights to Spain on the rise Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:21:38 +0000 More and more people are choosing to use low cost airlines when flying to Spain. Figures recently released confirm that over 50% of all flights arriving in Spain are using low cost airlines to travel. Between January and June (2010) over 25.000.000 passengers entered Spain via air, an increase of 0.9% when compared to 2009, [...] |
| Moscow Ballet performs in Tenerife 24th/25th July 2010 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:11:14 +0000 The Moscow Ballet performs in Tenerife 24th/25th July 2010, it comprises some of the best Russian dancers and choreographers from famous ballets as Bolshoi and Stanislavsky, and will perform in La Laguna with the play ‘The Lake of the Swan’. Tickets can only be bought at the theatre’s selling point, on Monday to Friday, from [...] |
| Air traffic chaos over summer to cost millions of euros Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:54:33 +0000 Canarian businesses have shown their concern about the effect the air traffic controllers situation will have on tourism this summer and have asked the government to find a permanent solution to the conflict. It is expected to cost the industry €1.500.000.000 in the Canary Islands, and up to €15.000.000.000 Nationally if a solution is not [...] |
| Tenerife TV promotion underway Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:08:35 +0000 The island of Tenerife is advertising itself as a tourism destination on the satellite TV channel Liberty TV in Belgium, France and Luxemburg. The campaign started in June and will finish in September and the channel has approximately 4.000.000 viewers. According to José Manuel Bermúdez from Turismo de Tenerife, the island is hoping to attract [...] |
| High temperature weather alert for Canaries Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:02:43 +0000 Temperatures reaching nearly 40C were recorded on the island of Gran Canaria which caused an ‘orange’ weather alert from the AEMET (State meteorological agency) and it is today expected that temperatures on the islands will reach over 40C during the today. The ‘Calima’ will cause the temperatures to rise considerably. (Calima – Hot winds, normally [...] |
| June saw a 15% rise in tourism for Gran Canaria Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:10:30 +0000 Gran Canaria received during June 2010 15% more tourists than the same month of the previous year, a total of 145.000. So far this year (2010) a total of 1.500.000 tourists have visited the island. |
| Jet2.com increases flights between UK and Canaries Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:24:34 +0000 Jet2.com has announced that it will offer 24 weekly flights between the Canaries and the UK of which 15 will fly to Tenerife, 7 to Lanzarote and 2 to Gran Canaria. In total it offers 184.000 seats per year, an increase of 60.000 on figures from 2008. Of the 184.000 tourists flying with Jet2.com, around [...] |