{"id":5234,"date":"2025-05-06T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2025-05-06T07:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:29:03","slug":"canary-islands-welcome-1-73-million-tourists-in-march-with-the-uk-leading-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=5234&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Canary Islands Welcome 1.73 Million Tourists in March, with the UK Leading the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5234\" class=\"elementor elementor-5234\" 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-8f938b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f938b6\" 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\/2025\/05\/gran-canaria-1684745_1280-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5235\" alt=\"Canary Islands Welcome 1.73 Million Tourists in March, with the UK Leading the Market\" srcset=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gran-canaria-1684745_1280-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gran-canaria-1684745_1280-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gran-canaria-1684745_1280-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gran-canaria-1684745_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-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 class=\"\" data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"508\">In March, the Canary Islands recorded the arrival of 1.73 million tourists, according to the Frontiers Tourist Movement Statistics compiled by the Canary Islands Statistics Institute (ISTAC). This represents a slight increase of 0.04% compared to the same month in 2024 \u2014 that\u2019s 706 additional visitors.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"699\">International tourism continues to be the main driver of the sector: 9 out of 10 tourists came from abroad, reflecting a 0.5% increase. On the other hand, domestic tourism saw a 5% decline.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"913\">The United Kingdom remains the leading source market, accounting for 32.1% of all visitors \u2014 a total of 555,257 people. Germany followed with 17.8%, and residents from mainland Spain represented 7.8% of arrivals.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1115\">Tenerife received the highest number of tourists, welcoming 677,689 visitors \u2014 nearly 4 out of every 10 tourists. It was followed by Gran Canaria (27.3%), Lanzarote (17.6%), and Fuerteventura (14.6%).<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1300\">When it comes to length of stay, 68% of tourists spent between 1 and 7 nights in the archipelago, while just 2.5% stayed for more than 31 days. The main reason for travel was leisure.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1571\">Nearly half of all tourists (50.8%) arrived with a pre-booked package tour, which includes at least transport and accommodation at an indivisible price. Hotels and apartments remained the preferred types of lodging, with 81.6% of tourists choosing these accommodations.<\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ine.es\/dyngs\/Prensa\/es\/EOAT1224.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gobiernodecanarias.org\/istac\/.content\/noticias\/estadistica-movimientos-turisticos-fronteras-canarias-frontur-noticia-2025-marzo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISTAC<\/a><\/em><\/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.gobiernodecanarias.org\/istac\/.content\/noticias\/estadistica-movimientos-turisticos-fronteras-canarias-frontur-noticia-2025-marzo.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>In March, the Canary Islands recorded the arrival of 1.73 million tourists, according to the Frontiers Tourist Movement Statistics compiled by the Canary Islands Statistics Institute (ISTAC). This represents a slight increase of 0.04% compared to the same month in 2024 \u2014 that\u2019s 706 additional visitors. 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