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The number of British tourists taking holidays in Lanzarote jumped by nearly 7% in November 2009, according to the latest figures just released by the Spanish airport operators AENA, as the popular holiday island and investment hot spot starts to feel the benefit from the introduction of a whole raft of new flight services to the island from budget airline Ryanair.

Earlier this year the British market – Lanzarote´s largest and most important source of tourist numbers – had been in freefall.  With declines of 20% and more recorded as UK consumers struggled with the double whammy of a sharp depreciation in sterling versus the euro and the confidence sapping effects of the credit crunch. Continue reading »



Some good news at last for Lanzarote´s under pressure tourist industry as the low cost flight specialists Ryanair recently announced a major shift in the focus of their operations, unveiling a total of 39 new services to the Canary Islands, commencing from October as the company seeks to take advantage of the current suspension of taxes and charges at Spanish airports.

The number of tourists visiting Lanzarote has fallen back dramatically during the first half of this year, with total foreign arrivals dropping by 18% and British tourism down by over 20% thanks to the detrimental impact of the credit crunch and the current weakness of sterling against the euro.

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