Lanzarote has received 48.6% more tourists than a year ago. In the first two months of 2023 alone, 504,579 travelers arrived on the island. As reported by the Lanzarote Data Center, through data collected by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (Istac).
Compared to January 2022 alone, tourist arrivals to Lanzarote increased by 79% in January of this year. In February 2023, the number of people who came to vacation on the island also grew by 8%.
Of the total number of tourists who chose Lanzarote between January and February, 91.78% are of foreign origin. The United Kingdom continues to be the main issuing country for tourists arriving on the island of Lanzarote. After that, Germany, Ireland or France.
In just one year, international tourism has grown by 30% compared to the same period a year ago.
After leaving behind the after-effects of the coronavirus, residents in Spain have vacationed less on the island than a year ago.
According to figures released by the Lanzarote Data Center, during the year 2022, a total of 2,816,231 people arrived in Lanzarote.