La Palma has lost its battle to house the giant 42 metre-in-diameter telescope named European Extremely Large Telescopa (E-ELT). La Palma had bid to have the telescope located on the island but it was recently announced that the telescope would be locted in ‘El Cerro Armazones’ in the Atacama Chilean desert. The desert is located [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Flowers and plants fair in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Posted by Canaries News on April 26th, 2010
Colours and aromas of spring May is the month of flowers, and they take over Parque Garcia Sanabria in Santa Cruz the last week of April and the first one in May for the Regional Exhibition of Flowers, Plants and Traditional Handicraft of the Canary Islands. A unique opportunity to enjoy the colour and exuberance [...]
Investigators of the CSIC researching international retirement migration to Spain
Posted by Canaries News on April 24th, 2010
The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), is a state agency and the most important institution in Spain in developing and conducting multidisciplinary scientific studies. In general, the CSIC is devoted to the study of economic, social, and cultural phenomena and interrelations. In the upcoming weeks the CSIC will carry out an investigation on different [...]
British Arrivals Up 14% On Lanzarote
Posted by Canaries News on April 24th, 2010
The number of British tourists visiting Lanzarote increased by 14% last month. According to the latest figures just released by ISTAC (the Canarian Institute of Statistics). But the overall picture for the third most popular Canary Island wasn’t totally rosy in March. As arrivals from Germany and Eire fell. Lanzarote welcomed a total of 75,407 [...]
25 million euros a day – Cost of the volcanic ash
Posted by Canaries News on April 21st, 2010
It is reported that the flight ban due to the Icelandic volcanic ash is costing the Canaries economy €25.000.000 a day and is calling this event the biggest crisis in the tourism economy the islands have seen. This amount has been worked out by multiplying the amount of tourists that have not been able to [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife 
Tags: flights, tourism, volcanic ash 
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