The vast majority of Lanzarote residents believe that tourism attracts investments and contributes to economic development, according to the latest Survey of Socioeconomic Habits and Confidence (ECOSOC) published by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC).
All the Canary Islands believe in their vast majority that tourism contributes to economic development. The average of the archipelago is 76.4%. The highest percentage is found in La Palma (84%) and the lowest was recorded precisely in Lanzarote (74.1%).
By sex, a higher percentage of Canary men (79.2%) than of women of the archipelago (73.8%) believes that tourism contributes to economic development.
By age, those over 35 are much more likely to think that tourism favors economic progress (78.6%) than the younger (69.3%).
On the other hand, Lanzarote is the island that is clearest that tourism attracts investments (77.5%). Next is the population of La Palma and Fuerteventura who are of the same opinion in 76.9% and 71.3% respectively.
In Gran Canaria, the percentage of people who believe that tourism attracts investments is 68.4%, while in Tenerife it is 65.4%. Also in this case there is a higher percentage of men who agree (70.1%) than of women (66.3%).
By age, there is a big difference between Canarians under 35 and those over 55. The former believe that tourism attracts investments in 55.6%, while the latter believe it in 73.4%.
