SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Nov. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Tourism of the Government of the Canary Islands, Yaiza Castilla, said this Tuesday that “the fact that the Canary Islands are unbeatable in winter cannot lead to a relaxation of the destination for the summer”, a season full of uncertainty due to Brexit , because more and more analysts point out that the economy of this country may enter a recession in 2022 and this will reduce the trips of tourists with the addition of the return to the scene of numerous competitors.
“Although the forecasts are positive, since in a typical week in July we experienced an increase of 5.2% in flights from the United Kingdom, this is an increase that we cannot consider definitive because companies are raising their schedules for not lose the slots and, two months from now, they make the necessary adjustments based on demand, “Castilla recalled.
The Canary Islands Tourism team held meetings with the main tourism agents, including representatives of Jet2, the leading airline in traffic between the United Kingdom and the Canary Islands.
Before the pandemic, this company provided the islands with 1.6 million seats from British airports and, after the long interruption due to travel restrictions, capacity to the archipelago has already risen above pre levels. -covid.
Recently, Jet2 opened its tenth base in the United Kingdom, specifically in Bristol, from where it has scheduled routes with the four Canary Islands with the greatest tourist offer.
In the case of easyJet, this airline continues to show a great commitment to the Canary Islands, with a schedule to which new routes are added each season, in fact, in its programming it has resumed the upward trend interrupted during the pandemic.
In addition to the United Kingdom, easyJet connects the Canary Islands with France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
As for Eurowings, it is a German airline of the Lufthansa group for holiday traffic, mainly in winter.
It is based in Cologne and flies to the Canary Islands from Germany and Austria. The airline is expanding in Europe and has opened a base in Prague (with routes to Fuerteventura and Tenerife South) and will soon also open in Stockholm.
In 2019, Eurowings operated 350,000 seats to the islands, a destination to which it registers strong growth in the face of winter, with an increase of 20.8%.
Finally, the Canary Islands Tourism team held a meeting with representatives of the airline TUI UK, which has moved to fourth place, after Jet2, Ryanair and easyJet, in terms of regular air capacity from the United Kingdom to the Canary Islands. For this winter, they have reserved 12% more slots with the archipelago.
BEST DESIGN AWARD
The Canary Islands pavilion received the award for best design by the WTM organization, an award that is added to the one already received by the stand at Fitur as one of the most sustainable, when “the appropriate choice of materials was valued employees in the pavilion with the aim of promoting its recycling and reuse “.
The design of the stand, measuring 770 square meters, stands out for its luminosity, with graphic and audiovisual media as protagonists, through the projection on latest generation screens of landscapes and elements of the eight islands that cause an immersive effect and transmit uniqueness of destiny.
Thus, it is an avant-garde stand whose general setting is dominated by light effects of movement on the whole of its cover and texture.
It has new touch modules with 24-inch screens for interactive consultation of the Canary Islands resources.
The latest trend design resources, such as the large floating deck in the shape of a wave or the pavement in which mappable LED strips are integrated, evoke the colors of the ocean, vegetation and land through moving lighting effects and chromatic changes. of volcanic origin and project a perfectly synchronized iconography.
The pavilion includes six huge screens of 20 and 10 square meters of transparent LEDs that allow the projection of logos in movement and quasi-suspended lighting effects.
With this installation, the aim is to create a great visual impact that gives strength and personality to the ‘Islas Canarias’ brand through an innovative approach and great communication potential.
