Sunday, February 14, 2010

The present and future of Lanzarote tourism

I recently met a 50-something couple from my original neck of the woods while they were on holiday in Puerto del Carmen. They had been to the other Canary Islands as well as several popular spots on the Spanish mainland, but this was their first time in Lanzarote.

And their verdict of the island? They reckoned Lanzarote will become their regular holiday destination from here on - "having tried the rest, they've now found the best" was the gist of what they thought.

This is not the first time I've heard such sentiments from holiday-makers. (Though there's others I'm sure who don't like the place and vow never to return - these seem to be few in number, thankfully.) Another two couples I know from "home" who are in their early 30s were over at Christmas for a week. They too said they would now become regular visitors to Lanzarote. One of the couples even looked at some properties with a view to buying a holiday home here.

Let's not get into a "I-love-Lanzarote" promotion though here - suffice to say that there is and hopefully will continue to be a steady stream of people who arrive in Lanzarote and fall for the place. If the current drop in tourist numbers can be survived, then perhaps a happy balance between the number of Irish and English bars and holiday-makers will be found once again.

1 comment:

  1. Lanzarote is really a very nice place to spent few days of the holidays and make it a memorable one. The future of the lanzarote tourism is definitely going to be very well.
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