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Pitbull to perform in the Canary Islands in June 2012

Pitbull concert in Tenerife and Gran Canaria 2012

The Cuban-born singer Pitbull is to perform at two concerts in the Canary Islands as part of his “Planet Pit World Tour 2012″ on the 22nd June 2012 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 23rd June 2012 in Arona in the south of Tenerife. It will be his first visit to the Canary Islands. [...]

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 [...]

Playa Meloneras in Gran Canaria re-opens

Playa Meloneras - Gran Canaria

The Meloneras beach (Playa Meloneras) in the south of Gran Canaria has re-opened after works have been carried out to remove the stones and rocks that were preventing access to the marina and the use of the beach and more sand has been deposited on the beach. Clean up tasks were carried out during four [...]

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 [...]

Gran Canaria tourism increased by 13.75% during 2011

gran canaria tourism

The island of Gran Canaria saw a 13% increase in tourists last year (2011) with a total of 3.3 million people visiting the island according to data provided by the statistical authorities of the Canary Islands and Frontur Index. While Nationally, the increase in tourism in Spain was 7.6%, in the whole of the Canary [...]

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