44.2% of the 735,000 tourists who visited Lanzarote in the first quarter of 2024 had already been to the islands at least five times in the past. This is according to the Tourist Expenditure Survey of the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (Istac).
In the Canary Islands as a whole, the percentage of regular tourists to the islands was 40.3%, while for 24.4% of tourists it was their first contact with the archipelago.
The most "re-offending" are the Nordics, since 52.9% have been to the Canary Islands at least six times, ahead of the British (50.7%), Irish (45.4%), Germans (38%), national tourists (37%), Belgians (33.8%), Swiss (31%), Italians (28%) and Dutch (25.7%).
The French (14%) are the least likely to repeat a trip to the Canary Islands so often, below tourists from the rest of the countries of origin (22%).
The same statistic shows that for 1,053,597 people over 16 years of age who traveled to the Canary Islands in the first quarter of the year, it was the first time, 24.4% of the total.
The highest percentage corresponds to French tourists (50%), ahead of Belgians (40.7%), other countries (39.7%), Dutch (30.7%), Swiss (30.4%), nationals (26%), Germans (25.8%), Nordics (16%), Irish (15.7%) and British (14%).