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Tenerife registered 33% less overnight stays in January than in 2020
Tenerife registered 33% less overnight stays in January than in 2020

Hotel revenues in Santa Cruz de Tenerife total 106 million in the first month of the year, 28.5% less than in 2019...

Woman drowns after being knocked into the sea by a large wave
Woman drowns after being knocked into the sea by a large wave

She was having a photo taken near the Pechiguera Lighthouse when the tragic incident happened...

AEMET issues weather warnings for strong winds and forecasts rain all weekend
AEMET issues weather warnings for strong winds and forecasts rain all weekend

The Government issues safety advice due to more unstable weather in the Canary Islands...

Covid update: The rebound in new cases and incidence rates continues
Covid update: The rebound in new cases and incidence rates continues

The 7-day incidence rate for the islands is back up to 437, and the 14-day rate is almost 700...

VIDEO: A meteor lights up the sky over the Canary Islands
VIDEO: A meteor lights up the sky over the Canary Islands

The fireball was caught on video passing over Fuerteventura...

19-year-old man arrested for murder after street fight in Gran Canaria
19-year-old man arrested for murder after street fight in Gran Canaria

The victim was knocked unconscious and died in hospital of a heart attack...

Tenerife starts the ‘year of recovery’ with 44,000 cruise passengers in January
Tenerife starts the ‘year of recovery’ with 44,000 cruise passengers in January

667 stops by cruise ships are scheduled in the islands that make up the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife during 2022...

A cooler day with some showers before a wet weekend
A cooler day with some showers before a wet weekend

Some rain is forecast in various parts of the islands today, with slightly cooler temperatures. Full forecast here...

Covid update: The Canaries adds over 2,000 daily cases for the third day running
Covid update: The Canaries adds over 2,000 daily cases for the third day running

Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 965 followed by Tenerife with 824; there has also been three deaths...

Vaccination update: SCS teams have now administered 4,271,027 doses of Covid vaccines
Vaccination update: SCS teams have now administered 4,271,027 doses of Covid vaccines

83% of the target population, which now includes 5 to 11 year olds, have been full vaccinated...

Tattoo goes viral in England thanks to Tenerife ‘looky looky’ man
Tattoo goes viral in England thanks to Tenerife ‘looky looky’ man

The phrase "very good, very nice" has been seen in videos, memes, and now a tattoo...

New 4 star hotel gets the green light in Playa Blanca
New 4 star hotel gets the green light in Playa Blanca

The Governing Council of the Canary Islands have approved the project for the 110 bed exclusive resort...

Tenerife drops to Level 3 and the rest of the islands stay the same
Tenerife drops to Level 3 and the rest of the islands stay the same

Gran Canaria remains at level 4 and the rest at Level 3, except Lanzarote, which is at Level 2...

Today marks two years since quarantine of the Costa Adeje Palace hotel
Today marks two years since quarantine of the Costa Adeje Palace hotel

The H-10 hotel was fully locked down for two weeks after the first infection was detected in Tenerife...

The Canary Islands expect 15 million visitors this year
The Canary Islands expect 15 million visitors this year

Turismo believes that this figure is possible due to new issuing markets, as long as new ‘misfortunes’ don’t occur...

New cases have increased sharply as self test results are now included in totals
New cases have increased sharply as self test results are now included in totals

Up until now they haven’t been included meaning that thousands of positives haven’t been reported in the 6th wave...

UK driving licence holders now have until April 30th to change their licence
UK driving licence holders now have until April 30th to change their licence

The Spanish Government has extended the grace period by two months; full information here…

Police negotiator stops a man from attempting suicide in Gran Canaria
Police negotiator stops a man from attempting suicide in Gran Canaria

He had barricaded himself and his sister in his apartment and was threatening to jump from the tower block…

Covid update: New cases rebound to over 2,000 with five deaths
Covid update: New cases rebound to over 2,000 with five deaths

Incidence rates have increased, active cases have increased, and the positivity rate has increased, but hospitalisations are down…

Canaries has the highest hospital occupancy rate from Covid in the whole of Spain
Canaries has the highest hospital occupancy rate from Covid in the whole of Spain

As the sixth wave is declining so is the number of deaths; the islands have the sixth lowest 7-day incidence rate…