Earlier this year, during the height of Summer, the Ash Cloud from Iceland caused a massive stir, leaving hundreds of visitors to Tenerife stranded, and in some cases waiting weeks for a flight back to the UK.

Recent figures from the Turismo de Tenerife show that Tenerife is beginning to stabilise again, with a 3.77% growth in July - compared to the same period last year.  In the period January to July, Tenerife recieved 2.7 million tourist visits, a 1.35% increase on last year.  Whilst low, these figures show that the Island is continuing it's upwards growth.

Five star luxury Tenerife hotels are seeing the biggest increase, with a huge bookings increase of 10.67% for July.  Self catering apartments and hostels have seen a rise of just over 5% as people look for more affordable Tenerife Holidays.

Airlines seem to be falling over themselves to add more routes to Tenerife and the Canary Islands.

With Ryanair and Easyjet adding new routes for the off peak Winter periods, there has never been a better time to get a cheap Tenerife flight!

Tenerife Sur, also known as Reina Sofia, Tenerife southern airport, has upwards of 9 million people coming and going each year.

Ryanair has launched a total of 43 new routes to Canary Islands, Monarch Airlines has added 7 and easyJet add 3.

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