The number of passengers arriving in the Balearic and Canary Islands almost reached 2019 levels
Spain received almost 7 million passengers (6,963,964) from international airports in April, which means recovering 85.6% of those who arrived in that same month of 2019 and multiplying by eight those who came a year ago, according to the conjuncture note published this week by Turespaña from Aena records.
“The good Easter campaign that we anticipate has propelled the degree of recovery of tourist flows in the month of April, confirming a gradual growth trend that has been maintained since the beginning of the year. The islands have practically reached pre-pandemic levels thanks to the reactivation of the two main tourist markets for Spain: the United Kingdom and Germany, which confirms the good performance of the holiday segment to date”, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has assessed. Reyes Marotto.
International air passengers arriving in the Canary Islands in April totalled 1,110,216 people, just 0.2% below the arrivals for the same month in 2019, driven mainly by travellers from the United Kingdom and Germany. Tenerife South and Fuerteventura airports even exceed pre-pandemic values by 4.1% and 0.1%, respectively. In the case of the Balearic Islands, arrivals by air (1,139,613) represent a recovery percentage with respect to the pre-pandemic of 96.8%, with the German market as the main country of origin.
If the islands show the highest level of recovery compared to the pre-pandemic period, Catalonia and the Valencian Community are the ones that register the highest year-on-year growth, of 1006.3% and 962% respectively.
From EU countries and in ‘low cost’
The majority of passengers came from the European Union (58.4%) and traveled to a low-cost company (60.9%).
By country, the United Kingdom was the main issuing market, with 1,601,009 travellers, 23% of the total; followed by Germany, with 1,121,843 passengers, and a share of 16.1%; France (597,070 passengers and an 8.6% share) and Italy (596,349 passengers and an 8.6% share).
Markets such as the Netherlands and Ireland show a degree of recovery that is close to the levels of 2019. Passengers arriving in Spain from these two countries are barely, respectively, 0.6 and 0.7% below arrivals three years ago. years.
