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DE National tourism has grown in Tenerife by almost 16 per cent in the first quarter of 2018.
The island’s Cabildo says it is delighted, with the figures “reinforcing a trend which has been registering in this market since last summer and that, according to forecasts, will also continue in the coming months.”
On the other hand, the situation of the international market is weaker, although it has still risen by 0.3 per cent, caused by the recovery of competing destinations in the Mediterranean area and the loss of air capacity in some important emission markets with the bankruptcy of companies like Monarch and Niki.
Nevertheless, Tenerife closed the first quarter of the year with 1,360,035 lodged in its tourist establishments, 2.6 per cent more than in the same period of the previous year.
The data of the Receptive Tourism Statistics of the Cabildo show a positive evolution of both the hotel sector (6%) and the non-hotel sector, which in-creases by 6.9%.
Overnight stays, 10,318,441 in total, were reduced by 0.6 per cent and the average stay experienced a cut of 0.24 days in the quarter, standing at 7.59 days on average.
As for employment, it dropped by 3.8 per cent to reach an average rate of 69.8 per cent.
The British market regis-tered a decrease of 1.8 per cent in the first quarter, a situation continued since the end of last year.
The bankruptcy of Monarch and the devaluation of the pound against the euro are some of the causes of this situation together with the reduction of the air capacity of other companies such as Tomas Cook, Norwegian, Vueling or Ryanair, which is affecting the evolution of this market, says Alberto Bernab.
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