The majority of tourists residing in Germany who visited the Canary Islands in 2024 (66%) are willing to pay a tourist tax for each day of accommodation in the Canary Islands.
Those from the regions of Rhineland-Palatinate and Brandenburg were the most willing to bear this expense (72% and 70% respectively). This is one of the data that appears in the Micromarkets of Germany and the United Kingdom study of the Tourist Expenditure Survey published by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC).
The most chosen purpose for which they would pay the tourist tax is to improve and protect the environment, followed by for any purpose of the Government and to improve living conditions in the Canary Islands.
The majority of tourists residing in Germany would accept a rate ranging between 1 and 3 euros per day, exactly 90.4% of the tourists willing to pay it. In this case, the residents of Schleswig-Holstein, with 95% of the total tourists from the region, were the most willing to make this economic effort.
20.2% of German tourists would exclude a destination from their list of options due to the existence of a tourist tax. The Saxony-Anhalt region was more willing, with 30.3%, to exclude a destination for this reason, while Brandenburg was the least willing (14.2%).
Tourists residing in the United Kingdom
As for tourists residing in the United Kingdom, 49.4 percent are willing to pay a tourist tax for each day of accommodation in the Canary Islands. The greatest predisposition is observed in tourists residing in Scotland, with 54% of the total from that region. They coincide with the residents of Germany in the most chosen purposes for which they would pay the tourist tax.
86% of the residents in the United Kingdom who arrived in the archipelago would not mind spending between 1 and 3 euros per day as a tourist tax. In this case, the residents of Yorkshire and Humberside and the West Midlands were the most aware, with almost 90%.
25.8% would exclude a destination due to the existence of a tourist tax. The East Midlands was the region most willing to exclude a destination for this reason, with 30.3%, while the regions of Wales and Scotland were the least willing, with just over 21%.
ISTAC annually publishes data on the tourist micromarkets of the United Kingdom and Germany, the two countries that contribute the most tourists to the Canary Islands. The publication includes information on the expenditure of tourists during their visit to the Canary Islands, as well as details about their profile and the characteristics of their trips. These data allow for a more complete analysis of tourists based on their place of residence.
