Tourism triumph

Las Canarias registered the best tourism data in the first two months of 2023, in part due to Tenerife’s world famous February carnival.

tourists arrived in Spain, an incredi‐ble 35.9 per cent increase compared to last year. The visitors spent €1.5 billion more on their trips than in February 2022, a 41 per cent increase.

The UK con ‐tinues to be the top source of in‐ternational tourists, fol‐lowed by France and Germany, but other coun‐tries including the USA, Italy, and Switzerland have also seen signifi‐cant increases in tourist numbers.

Las Canarias remains the most popular destination for tourists, with 1.2 million visitors in February.