The park will not be opening on May 1st, as has been rumoured. True to company policy, they want to run a full range of safety checks and make sure that every last detail is absolutely at its very best before they open the doors to the public.
(taken from the article at news-canarias.net)
Temperatures topped 40ºC in many parts of the Canaries at the week-end as the mass of hot air from the Saharan Desert covered the region for a third day.
Despite Met Office forecasts of maximum temperatures in the low 30s, weather stations recorded much higher figures on Saturday and Sunday. The clock on the seafront at Las Canteras registered 40ºC for most of Sunday afternoon. The dust cloud, which was clearly visible in satellite pictures of the Canaries yesterday, partly lifted last night but is expected to continue fo the next day or two.
(taken from the article at news-canarias.net)
The Canary Islands recorded the best figures for tourism in Spain last month. Statistics published yesterday by the Spanish government show that the Islands posted an occupancy rate of over 70%, easily bettering national rivals the Balearics and Madrid, neither of whom reached 60%.
La Gomera continued to record the country’s top individual figure, with 94% of all its tourism beds filled during the month. Sector leaders have warned, however, that the bumper figures should be treated with caution given that they are not comparable to previous years because Easter fell unusally early this year.
(taken from the article at news-canarias.net)
The resort of Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife is about to receive an over 11million euro cash injection to its tourism industry, according to recent reports.
The announcement revealed that the money will be spent on various projects in the resort town, including a general repair and remodelling of buildings and pavements.
The La Paz district will also get a get a complete revamp and Martianez beach will be renovated to improve the coastal area. Read the rest of this entry »
As headlines blaze claiming that millions of travellers will see their spending money squeezed this summer as the pound slumped to an all-time low against the euro, new research by the Post Office in the UK reveals that Spain is the cheapest country in the Eurozone.
Summer holidays should be a time to relax, feel the sun and leave all those everyday worries at home. Yet this year travellers are warned to be prepared for a little black cloud to cast a shadow over the great escape to the sun.
More Britons take their holidays on the Continent than anywhere else due to short journey times and relatively cheap living costs, but in many European countries, sun seekers could be faced with an increase in their spending budgets by 10 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »