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In August this year Lanzarote recorded just over 287,000 tourists according to the Lanzarote Data Centre which brings this year’s total to over 2.2 million so far. The Centro de Datos is a great source for all things Lanzarote data, and they have just published August 2024 tourism numbers. The tourist figures for August 2024 […]
Lanzarote’s Socialists have called on the President of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, to impose a tourist tax. Maria Dolores Corujo, general secretary of the Socialists on the island, called on Betancort to apply a tax, given that the “island can’t take any more.” The proposed tax would consist of a levy on every night spent […]
Jet2 and Jet2holidays launched their biggest ever summer programme for 2026 at the end of last month, with flights and holidays to 57 destinations (including the Canaries) across 12 UK airports. Keen sun seekers can now book for summer 2026 with 57 destinations flying from 12 UK airports including – Belfast International, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, […]
Arrecife Ayuntamiento announced that more surveillance cameras have been installed to reinforce security and to deter fly-tippers from illegally dumping waste. The cameras have been installed in eight strategic points of waste collection and vehicle traffic, in response to recent episodes of fires and fly-tipping in Arrecife. Arrecife councillor, Jacobo Lemes, stated “we are facing […]
Five months after April’s protest against the effects of mass tourism in Arrecife, organisers have called another march, this time in Puerto del Carmen. As previously, protests will take place on the four Canary Islands most affected by tourism – Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. However, while previous demonstrations were confined to the capitals […]
National Police have arrested members of a drug ring operating between Lanzarote and Portugal. Three men, aged between 32 and 47 years of age, were arrested in Arrecife and charged with drug trafficking and membership of an illegal organization. The three men had avoided arrest in 2022 by escaping to Portugal. However, an investigation confirmed […]
Five bodies were exhumed at Arrecife cemetery yesterday in an attempt to solve a 51-year-old tragedy. On 1st February 1971, the fishing boat Domenech De Varo, from Cadiz, capsized off the coast of Mala on Lanzarote. Of the twelve crew members, only two survived. In the following days, three bodies were washed up, identified and […]
A rescue helicopter was mobilised to rescue a cyclist on La Graciosa yesterday. The cyclist had fallen on the road to Pedro Barba, and when Emerlan staff reached him, they established that he had injured his shoulder and chest, and was having trouble breathing. Paramedics were called in order to stabilize the victim and administer […]
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, […]
Wednesday saw water cuts in 37 towns and villages, as Lanzarote’s water crisis continues. Canal Gestión, the island’s water supplier, said the cuts were due to a “fall in water reserves following an “interruption of the electricity supply in the Lanzarote III and IV desalination areas, which has made it necessary to suspend supplies to […]
