What started yesterday (29/08/2010) as a small fire in Tacoronte soon became a serious incident due to the high temperatures in Tenerife. Very soon the fire had reached El Sauzal and even the TF-5 motorway. The fire started at 06:00 and by 10:00 is was under control, but at 15:30 the flames started again and [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Fires in Canary Islands cause evacuations
Posted by Canaries News on August 30th, 2010
Posted in Canaries, Tenerife 
Tags: canary islands, el sauzal, fire, heat, tacoronte, Tenerife, weather 
1 Comment »Ashotel claims Puerto de La Cruz tourism is ‘dramatic’
Posted by Canaries News on August 25th, 2010
The occupation level figures for Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife) for July 2010 are ‘dramatic’ according to Ashotel. July 2010 occupation levels were just over 43% (43.63%), which is a fall of 11.71% when compared to figures for the same month last year (2009). Puerto de La Curz received 72.923 visitors during the summer month. [...]
Illegal immigrant ‘patera’ arrivals down 95% in Canaries
Posted by Canaries News on August 24th, 2010
There has been a decrease of 95% in the arrival of illegal immigrants in ‘pateras’ (small boats carrying illegal immigrants normally from the coats of Africa) when comparing figures from January – July of this year to those of 2009. So far this year only 38 people, in 7 pateras, have arrived via this mode [...]
Occupation levels reach 70.2% during July 2010
Posted by Canaries News on August 24th, 2010
Occupation levels reached 70.2% during the month of July 2010 in the Canary Islands, which is the second highest in Spain (Balearics had first place with an occupation level of 85.9%). Average hotel prices (per room, per night) was €47.20 (€2.50 more than last year).
Tourism up 5.8% in Canary Islands
Posted by Canaries News on August 23rd, 2010
The Canary Islands have seen an increase of 5.8% in tourists during July 2010 when compared to the same month the year before. British tourism was up by 1% representing a 23.5% share in the tourism market (the highest porcentage), this rise breaks the downturn in British tourism since May 2008. Despite these positive figures, [...]
