Tourist Rental Properties Grow By 77%
The number of tourist rental properties (villas and apartments) registered in Lanzarote has grown by 77% since June 2023, increasing from 5198 16 months ago, to 9205 at the end of September.
127 Cruise Ships Expected Over Rest Of 2024
127 cruise ships are expected to dock in Arrecife over the rest of the year, and there will be 22 days with three ships in port.
Yellow Rain Warning
AEMT has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The rain is expected to arrive mid afternoon on Tuesday and last until the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Update: The expected rain didn’t arrive, although it was drizzly and misty for a few hours. The rain bearing clouds, which were expected to reach Lanzarote, remained over La Palma, where they had up to 70mm of rainfall.
Activists Protest At Hotel
A group of activists held a protest at the Sandos Papagayo Hotel on Monday, holding up placards which read “This hotel is illegal,” and “Our water is in your pool.” The hotel was illegally granted a licence by a corrupt former Mayor of Yaiza and has been fighting demolition orders through the courts over the decades since.
Protest Planned In Puerto Del Carmen On October 20th
The group Lanzarote Has a Limit has scheduled a new protest that will take place in Plaza de las Naciones in Puerto del Carmen on Sunday, starting there at 12:00 and walking to the old town harbour. A spokesman said: “Many of us involved in this movement work in the tourism sector and we are not at all against tourism and even less against workers. What we have to take care of about Lanzarote is its natural environment, its beaches and its biodiversity that are truly suffering a very great deterioration and we can die of success.”
Diver Dies In Charco del Palo
A 70 year old man died in Charco del Palo this week. After surfacing from a dive, he lost consciousness, and the emergency services were called. On arrival they found that he was in cardiorespiratory arrest, so they initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but were unable to revive him.
Delays At Airport Over Weekend
The wind direction caused runway 21 to be used at the airport on Saturday, the busiest day for flights to and from the island. As a result of that, and poor visibility, there were a number of delays to international and inter island flights.
September Arrivals Up
A total of 706,946 passengers travelling through the airport in September, an increase of 5.7% compared to last year. The total number of passengers using the airport between January and the end of September was 6.4 million, up 6% on the same period last year.
Cable Down On LZ2
An electricity cable came down on the LZ2 and stopped traffic on the road for some time, before firefighters were able to raise the cable from the carriageway. It was later repaired by technicians.
3 Million € For Responsible Tourism Project
The budget for the responsible and ethical tourism project has been set at 3 million €. The objective is to inform tourists how to adopt sustainable and responsible practices, and to enjoy the island without leaving an ecological footprint. Airlines, tour operators and car hire companies will be asked to ensure all visitors receive information, in their own language, about the island and the culture here, with clear information about the things that are not allowed.
We’ll add more brief news here as it comes in this week……
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