Tenerife will gain an extra 600.000 seats this summer, bringing the total from last years air travel seats of 5.900.000 to 6.500.000. This is a 10% increase over last summers figures. The main porcentage increases are as follows : Portugal (66%), Poland (46%), Italy (40%), France (39%), Norway (36%) and Austria (31%), while the highest [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Loro Parque recovers species thought to be extinct
Posted by Canaries News on May 28th, 2010
The move recognises the remarkable achievements of three conservation organizations – Fundación ProAves, Fundación Loro Parque, and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) – in conserving the species. Many in the birding and wildlife community rejoiced in 1998 when Fundación ProAves, funded by ABC and Loro Parque rediscovered a colony of 81 Yellow-eared Parrots in the Andes [...]
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Tags: colombia, extinct, loro parque, puerto de la cruz, yellow eared parrot 
No Comments »Parque Maritimo regeneration in Santa Cruz commences
Posted by Canaries News on May 28th, 2010
Parque Maritimo S.A. has announced that the regeneration plans have started and is hoping that it will be able to open two of its swimming pools to the public by the 20th June 2010, until the month of September. It has said that the work that it needs to carry out to reopen the park [...]
Tourist spend down 7.9% in April
Posted by Canaries News on May 27th, 2010
The amount of money tourists spent during the month of April 2010 was down 7.9% when compared to figures for the same motnh the previous year. This decrease is due to the volcanic ash that affected the airspace over europe during the month of April. In the first 4 months, tourism was showing a daily [...]
Fish cages and tourism are not compatible
Posted by Canaries News on May 26th, 2010
This is what the president of Ashotel, Jose Fernando Cabrera, said about the proposed expansion to the fish cages in Los Gigantes, Tenerife. He added that Tenerife has 342km. of coasts and that there is room for everyone. The beaches are not the best place to locate fish cages. He also said that where there [...]
