UD Las Palmas took advantage of its popularity as a tourist destination in LaLiga EA Sports to promote the destination of the Canary Islands in the United Kingdom, a source market of 50 percent of all British tourists who choose Spain to spend some vacation days during the winter and They will receive 60 percent of the turnover they generate.
The yellow team is one of the main influencers of Gran Canaria, which is at the center of an agenda to attract support to host the 2030 World Cup, one of the reasons why the general director of UD Las Palmas, Patricio Viñayohas moved to the United Kingdom through the World Travel Market, the main tourism fair held every November in London. UD Las Palmas has a promotional twinning on the island with Norwich of the British Premier.
The president of the autonomous community, Fernando Clavijoadvanced these data when inaugurating the pavilion of the islands in London at the World Tourism Fair, where it also announced that it will travel to Brussels on November 15 and 16 to defend international flights from the widest region (ORP) such as the Canary Islands should be exempt from the European tax on CO2 emissions, at least during the period 2024-2027.
“For our destiny, it is important to achieve this exclusive of routes with the rest of Europethe origin of our tourists, because, if this were not the case, our industry would be at a clear disadvantage to our competing destinations, such as Turkey, Egypt or the Caribbean,” insisted Clavijo.
Compared to the pre-pandemic winter season (2019), the Canary Islands recorded “amazing” growth in terms of international air seatswith 35% compared to 13% in other autonomous communities, the Canarian Government details.
“A more noticeable increase in the case of the British market, where islands grow in high season (which in the case of the Canary Islands is autumn-winter) 37% in terms of air connectivity, compared to 3% for the other communities,” he added.
“Are leaders in tourism recovery and growth, and our goal is that the economic benefits of this leadership reach every corner of our archipelago and reach all citizens,” the president said in this regard.
For his part, the Minister of Tourism, Jessica de Leonrecalled that, in addition to positive winter forecasts, the recovery of the British issuing market “This is a fact because it is 110% compared to the pre-pandemic time and represents 35% of the total tourists that the Canary Islands receive.”
Source: La Verdad
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