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Fuerteventura request extended opening hours for airport

Fuerteventura Airport

The Canary Islands government, the Fuerteventura Council and the Chamber of Commerce claim to have been requesting for over a year now that AENA extend the opening times of the Fuerteventura airport by an extra two hours. AENA however, claim that they have not received a formal request for this. The Chamber of Commerce of [...]

The Canaries start 2012 with increase in tourism

tourism increase in canary islands

The Canary Islands have started 2012 with continued with growth in the tourism sector. Just over 916,000 foreign tourists travelled to the Islands. So far this year there has been an increase of 5.6% (48,000 more visitors). Tenerife has seen the highest rise in tourism. The Deputy Minister for tourism in the Canaries, Ricardo Fernandez [...]

Jellyfish invade the Canary Islands beaches

Pelagia noctiluca

Over 100 kilos of jellyfish have been washed up on the shores on Playa del Ingles in Gran Canaria and eleven people have had to seek medical treatment after being stung by jellyfish on the “Playa Honda, Los Cristianos, Las Vistas y El Camisón” beaches of the south of Tenerife (where a yellow flag has [...]

Fuerteventura forced to close beaches

jellyfish

The sea swell around the coastline of Fuerteventura yesterday caused the arrival of a plague of jellyfish to several beaches in the municipalities of La Oliva, and Puerto del Rosario, which prompted the councils to close the beaches due to the danger posed to swimmers by the presence of hundreds of jellyfish. The areas most affected were located in the northern town where La Oliva closed four beaches on the stretch of coastline that [...]

Unemployment decreases in the Canary Islands during 3rd quarter

Unemployment Canary Islands March 2012

The number of unemployed people in the Canaries dropped by 3,100 people in the third quarter of this year (2011) and the unemployment rate in the islands still stands at 29.55%. The total number of unemployed people is 328,700, representing 18,400 unemployed more than a year ago (2010) which is an increase of 5.94% on 2010. These figures have been recently released by the National Statistics Institute. By provinces, unemployment reached a [...]

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