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A Canarian tourist resort has become the first local council in Spain to impose a tourist tax. Mogán in Gran Canaria, home to upmarket resorts such as Puerto de Mogán and Puerto Rico, will charge each tourist a rate of 15 cents a night during their stay, payable to the council by the owners of […]
FIFA has confirmed that Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will be one of the locations chosen to host international matches in the 2030 World Cup. The 2030 tournament will take place in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, and Las Palmas will be the location for group games and, possibly, a quarter-final knockout match The Estadio de […]
The Travellers’ Register launched by Spain’s Ministry of the Interior last Monday is functioning “normally” according to the department. Over 112,000 businesses have signed up to the SES Hospedajes platform in the first week. 106,647 of these are accommodation providers, including 39,166 apartments, 30,495 holiday rentals, 6,529 hotels and 6,465 rural homes. 1,511 car hire firms […]
The Guardia Civil have arrested a 57-year-old woman residing in Tenerife as the alleged perpetrator of various property rental scams in which she received almost 5,000 euros. The 57-year-old woman, a Tenerife resident, has been arrested as the alleged perpetrator of at least five separate scams in the form of false property rentals. According to […]
At least 55 migrants have died on route to the Canaries over the past weekend. On Saturday afternoon a boat carrying 10 migrants was rescued near El Hierro, with survivors claiming that another 48 passengers had died and been thrown into the sea. The following day, on Sunday, an inflatable boat sank 90 kilometres north-east […]
Almost 11 million tourists have arrived on the Canaries in the first three quarters of this year, an increase of 10% on the same period last year. 10.9 million tourists came to the island up until the end of October, a figure that adds up to almost 15% of all visitors to Spain. The Canarian […]
The ex-president of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, was guest of honour at a debate on Tuesday night about the future of tourism in the Canaries. Organised by the Socialist Party, the event took place at the Fondeadero Centre in Puerto del Carmen. Armengol described how, during her eight years as President of the Balearics, […]
For the first time in its history, the Canary Islands have received more than one million foreign tourists per month for over a year. In August this year 1.16 million foreign tourists travelled to the Canary Islands, 9.67% more than in August 2023. In total for the year the islands have recorded 9.86 million foreign […]
Nine people have drowned and forty-eight are missing, presumed dead, after the boat they were travelling to the Canaries on capsized yesterday. 84 people were on board the wooden cayuco (fishing boat), which was heading for the western island of El Hierro when a distress call was issued. 27 survivors were rescued by Spanish Maritime […]
A shark attack that killed a German woman did not take place in Canarian waters, as has been reported widely in the press. The attack took place in open seas more than 500 kilometres south of the islands, near the disputed territory of Western Sahara in Africa, and reportedly involved a 30-year-old woman who was […]
