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Archive for July, 2012

Gran Canaria loses ground on tourism spend

British tourists

Tourists have spent less money during their visits to the island of Gran Canaria. In the first half of 2012 the total spend has been €1,651 million, which is €56 million less than last year (2011) while on the island of Tenerife, there has been a significant increase of €203 million over last year brining [...]

Canaries celebrate best tourism month in a decade

Tourism Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are celebrating their best month in tourism for a decade. The islands, which received 691,568 foreign visitors, is the highest figure (for a month of June) since 2002 (when there were a total of 691,410 tourists visiting the islands). This figure is an increase of 4.8% more than the same month in [...]

Two people injured as boat catches fire and sinks near Mogan – Gran Canaria

Puerto Rico - Gran Canaria

In another boat related incident in the south of Gran Canaria in recent months, two men have been injured, one seriously, as a result of burns suffered in a fire on a boat two miles of the coast of Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria in the municipality of Mogan, which sank after catching fire at sea. [...]

Forest fires in Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera cause evacuations

Tenerife forest fires July 2012 19th

This post is being used for all forest fire updates currently affecting the islands of Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera in the Canary Islands. We will update as and when we have more news relating to this story. Follow us on Twitter @canariesnews for additional updates. You may also like to download our Android [...]

Slight unemployment decrease in the Canaries

Unemployment in the Canary Islands

The number of unemployed people registered at the public employment offices in the Canary Islands fell by 2,564 people in June 2012 which is a decrease of -0.87% according to a statement released by the Ministry of Employment. Total unemployment in the Canary Islands currently stands at 290,664 people. The Canaries is the Spanish region [...]

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