Vacation homes continue uncontrollably in Lanzarote and grow 104.6% since June 2023. According to the General Tourist Registry of the Canary Islands, the island has 10,634 properties registered for tourist use, compared to the 5,198 homes it had two years and two months ago.
The comparison is based on data published by the CajaCanarias-Ashotel Tourism Chair, which reported that between June 2023 and April 2024, tourist homes increased by 51.8%. Lanzarote was then the island that experienced the highest percentage increase and continues to be so today.
In total, Lanzarote's vacation rentals account for nearly 15% of the tourist rentals in the Canary Islands. By islands, Tenerife (30,185) and Gran Canaria (17,240) register the most. After them, in third position is Lanzarote, followed by Fuerteventura (9,820), La Palma (2,079), La Gomera (1,279) and, finally, El Hierro (674). In total, the archipelago already reaches the figure of 72,000 houses for this purpose.
If we speak in terms of its percentage variation. Since June 2023, tourist homes have grown in Tenerife, 91.06%; in Gran Canaria, 69.17%, in Fuerteventura, 72.98%; in La Palma, 37.14%; in La Gomera, 29.85%; and in El Hierro, 53.53%.
The case of La Graciosa and Caleta de Famara
In the case of La Graciosa, the vacation rentals are within the municipality of Teguise. In the town of Caleta de Sebo, up to 163 properties are registered for tourist exploitation. Meanwhile, Caleta de Famara has 122 registered tourist homes, plus only one in the area of the Los Noruegos bungalows.
The draft Law on the Regulation of Tourist Use Housing already asked the Cabildo of Lanzarote to regulate independently the tourist use in Caleta de Famara and the Chinijo Archipelago, as it is within a Natural Park of the Chinijo Archipelago.
In that preliminary draft, it indicated that the regularization of housing cannot be "indiscriminate" and asked the first institution to prioritize "environmental values and the demands of sustainability." Once the future vacation home law is approved, the Cabildo of Lanzarote will have 18 months to regulate this situation.