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The Canary Islands have received, according to recent data released by Frontur, 5.8 million international tourists over the first seven months of this year (2011), representing a rise of 20.2% over the same period last year (2010). Looking at data from last month (July 2011) the Canaries received a total of 833,804 foreigners, representing a [...]
Yesterday (Wednesday 6th July 2011) saw the opening of the new terminal at the airport in La Palma, work commenced in early 2005 at a total investment of €230 million by AENA. During a speech by Jose Blanco (Development minister) it was said that the initiative improves island economy by providing connections to the rest [...]
The candidate for CC (Coalicion Canaria), Paulino Rivero, has been reelected president of the Canary Islands government with the support of the 21 votes of the deputies of the coalition between CC-PNC-NCC and the 15 MPs of the PSOE. Rivero’s bid was voted against by the PP. At the investiture debate, which began yesterday in [...]
The Canary Islands tourist sector received a much needed boost last week as the President of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, announced that airport taxes will continue to be waived in the Canary Islands into 2012. The airport tax waiver in the Canaries has been attributed with helping the tourist sector in the archipelago to [...]
The Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has raised the alert level to ‘orange’ for high temperatures in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, until 17.00 today, Monday 20th June 2011, for temperatures exceeding 37 degrees Celsius. The south of Gran Canaria’s ‘yellow’ warning remains for temperatures up to 34 degrees. Looking to tomorrow 21st June 2011, the ‘orange’ warning also [...]
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