Canary Islands airports expect 23,310 flights over the Christmas holidays
Aena reports a total of 23,310 flights over the seasonal holidays, with 889 flights on 25 December and 1,302 and 1,048 flights on 31 December and 1 January, respectively.
Economy
Vueling to pay back €459,000 for irregularities in resident discounts
The sanction is the result of checks initiated by the Intervención General de la Administración del Estado (IGAE) in mid 2017.
Canary Islands recovered in 2021 60% of the touristic GDP the region had before the pandemic
The Tourism GDP in the Canary Islands in 2021 amounted to €9,420 million, which is 60.4% of the levels before the pandemic (-€6,184 million versus 2019)
The European Commission will invest 38 million euros to improve digital connectivity in the Canary Islands
On 16 December, the European Commission announced an investment of 38 million euros, under the umbrella of the Connecting Europe Facility, to improve connectivity and digital infrastructures in the Canary Islands.
The hotel association Ashotel confirms that bookings for Christmas holidays in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerfe already reach 78%
The islands of La Palma (78.8%) and Tenerife (78.3%) are ahead with regard to tourist reservations, which are estimated to be close to 90%
BBVA Research: Canary Islands among the Spanish provincies expected to grow above average in 2023
The Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Madrid and Catalonia are the four autonomous communities with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth expected to be above the national average in 2023, as stated in the report by BBVA Research. The two island regions will grow next year by 2.4% and 2.1% respectively, while Madrid will grow by 1.7%