The April protests against the overcrowding of tourism in the Canary Islands and the statements of public administrations and employers to develop increasingly sustainable tourism, have not made a dent for the moment in the arrival figures to the archipelago.
Between January and June, the Canary archipelago received more than 7.5 million tourists, some 724,000 more tourists than it received in the first semester of last year when there were 6.8 million.
In June alone, the Canary Islands received almost 100,000 more people than last year and exceeded one million travelers. This is evidenced by the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in its record of Tourist Movements at Borders.
Meanwhile, the average expenditure per tourist in the first semester amounted to 1,469 euros, only 70 euros more than last year, according to data from the latest Tourist Expenditure Survey of the INE. Each day tourists have spent an average of 190 euros, while last year it was 176 euros.
The average duration of trips decreased slightly from 8.52 days in the first semester of last year to 8.34 days in 2024.