{"id":4693,"date":"2024-12-16T14:02:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=4693"},"modified":"2024-12-16T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:07:42","slug":"the-canary-islands-will-close-the-year-with-some-15-5-million-foreigners-and-more-than-22000-million-in-spending-by-these-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=4693&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Canary Islands will close the year with some 15.5 million foreigners and more than 22,000 million in spending by these tourists."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4693\" class=\"elementor elementor-4693\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c899d28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c899d28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4b60d8\" data-id=\"e4b60d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa93cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa93cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gran-canaria-1169791_1280-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4694\" alt=\"The Canary Islands will close the year with some 15.5 million foreigners and more than 22,000 million in spending by these tourists.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gran-canaria-1169791_1280-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gran-canaria-1169791_1280-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gran-canaria-1169791_1280-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gran-canaria-1169791_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2ff59b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2ff59b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Tourism in the Canary Islands and Spain has reached historic levels in 2024, consolidating the excellent performance of the sector and breaking previous records in several indicators.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f25a779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f25a779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Record tourist arrivals<\/strong><br \/>The Canary Islands will close 2024 with a historic figure of 18 million tourists, which means a combination of national (2.5 million) and foreign visitors (15.5 million). The latter figure is well in excess of the previous year&#8217;s figure:<\/p><ul><li>The mark of 2017, when 14.3 million foreign tourists arrived.<\/li><li>The 2023 data, with 14.2 million, which until now was the second best figure.<\/li><li>In October 2024, the region recorded 1.4 million foreign tourist arrivals, an increase of 7.1% over October 2023, reflecting steady growth throughout the year.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Record tourist expenditure<\/strong><br \/>Total spending by foreign tourists also shows significant growth:<\/p><ul><li>1.8 billion euros in October 2024 alone, 7.7% more than in October of the previous year.<\/li><li>Between January and October this year, cumulative spending amounts to 18,423 million euros, equivalent to 16.6% of national tourist spending.<\/li><li>The Canary Islands are projected to close the year with 22,000 million euros, surpassing the 20,334 million recorded in 2023.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Outstanding trends<\/strong><br \/>Although a slight reduction of 1.5% has been detected in the average stay of foreign tourists, this decrease is compensated by:<\/p><ul><li><br \/>The increase in daily expenditure per tourist.<\/li><li>The higher number of registered visitors, which maintains economic growth.<\/li><li>The Canary Islands maintains its position as the third Spanish region with the highest tourist expenditure, behind Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Sustained growth and national context<\/strong><br \/>On a national level, Spain has received 82.9 million foreign tourists up to October 2024, with an average growth of 10.8%, while the Canary Islands have grown at a rate of 9.7%. This trend places the archipelago as an international reference destination and key to the country&#8217;s economic development.<\/p><p>In short, the Canary Islands are experiencing a moment of tourism splendour in 2024, driven by the increase in foreign tourists and the growth in total expenditure, consolidating its position as one of the main tourist powers in Spain and Europe.<\/p><p>More information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldiario.es\/canariasahora\/turismo\/canarias-cerrara-ano-15-5-millones-extranjeros-22-000-millones-gasto-turistas_1_11872882.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89fa417 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"89fa417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eldiario.es\/canariasahora\/turismo\/canarias-cerrara-ano-15-5-millones-extranjeros-22-000-millones-gasto-turistas_1_11872882.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PUBLICATION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism in the Canary Islands and Spain has reached historic levels in 2024, consolidating the excellent performance of the sector and breaking previous records in several indicators. 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