The high hotel occupancy in the tourist towns in the south of Tenerife and the high influx of local visitors fills some beaches, like that of Los Cristianos. There are afternoons when a hammock does not fit in this bathing area in the municipality of Arona. The occupancy of the accommodation has been even higher than expected in some points of the coast of Arona and Adeje. During the last week, 74% was expected, but the percentages reached over 80%, an index that exceeds 8% in the summer of 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19.
José Alberto Delgado, Councilor for Tourism of Arona, corroborates the data of the great improvement experienced by the main industry on the Island. “The occupancy level is between 75% and 85%, according to the data we have.” In addition, the expense “is being higher”, according to what the tourist representatives transmit, “but it is not yet quantified.” «After the stoppage of the pandemic, the tourism sector of our municipality is recovering in an extraordinary way. The summer is proving to be very positive, as we already expected after Easter, and we are very optimistic about our high season.” The mayor adds that Arona “is experiencing an increase in an increasingly interesting niche: digital nomads, a tourist profile that spends more time in Arona and is generating more income.”
Roberto Ucelay, president of the Circle of Entrepreneurs and Professionals of the South of Tenerife (CEST), has a downside: the problem that tourism companies continue to have in finding staff. “The stoppage of the pandemic caused many tourism workers to change sectors or look for other places. Now that the recovery has arrived, it is very difficult to find personnel », he detailed.
In any case, Ucelay celebrates that companies are recovering “the intensity lost during the pandemic.” «We have been taking shape and we have reached the summer at a good time to face higher occupations than expected in some areas of Tenerife. In addition, the forecasts are also good for the month of August, in which the increase in the arrival of visitors will be combined with local tourism, “says the representative of the sector in the South.
Roberto Ucelay assures that “it is very noticeable that people wanted to travel, go out, enjoy a paradise like Tenerife”. And he clarifies that the occupancy forecasts are higher than expected in some parts of the Island “due to the large number of reservations that are being made at the last minute, and that are especially benefiting destinations such as Tenerife.”
The Canary Islands is the Spanish autonomous community most sought after by Europeans to spend the holidays in August this year, and within them, Tenerife is the third most requested by Italian travellers, the fourth by the British and the fifth by the Germans. These data provided by the largest holiday search engines in the market also augur good occupancy results for this month of August, which has just begun.
