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Economists warning it could take Canary Islands five years to return to how things were before COVID
Editor's Thoughts: Simply put, we have a long road to travel in The Canary Islands. Anyone hanging on to the hope of the repercussions of 2020 being short term may wish to readjust and start to work on not simply how they might return to how things were before, but also how they are going to deal with the sustained economic impacts of low tourism, high unemployment and difficulties in generating income. We can get through this, but perhaps not all of us will. Economists are warning that...
COVID19 detection testing works: Great news, The Canary Islands seem to have successfully controlled a second wave
The Canary Islands have once again shown themselves extraordinarily successful in controlling corona virus infections. Following a record high of newly detected daily infections back on September 4, with 386 cases, the sub-tropical archipelago has managed to stabilise and control the epidemiological curve of a second wave which became evident from the first weeks of August. Just two weeks ago the growth rate in the number of COVID-19 positives being detected stood at 4.4% and now is 1.5%,...
Opposition leader in Mogán calls for immediate resignation of Mayor
The political party, Nueva Canarias in Mogán, on the south west coast of Gran Canaria, has demanded the immediate resignation of Mayor Onalia Bueno, this Thursday, along with her entire government group, after the president and two of her councillors were this morning arrested as part of a police operation investigating alleged electoral fraud in the municipality, in both the 2015 and 2019 elections. In a statement, Nueva Canarias states that this is now the second time that Onalia Bueno has...
Mogán mayor arrested and town hall forcibly closed by Guardia Civil searching for evidence of vote rigging in 2019
The Mayor of Mogán has been arrested alongside at least two of her councillors, Mencey Navarro and Tanya Alonso, under suspicion of serious electoral fraud, and the alleged rigging of the local elections by offering favours and even cash in exchange for postal votes. Judicial police officers entered the Town Hall and Arguineguín council offices in a surprise raid ordering all computers to be turned off. The mayor, Onalia Bueno (Ciuca) was forced to miss the visit of Ana Pastor (PP) the former...
Lopesan closes four hotels but most stay open on Gran Canaria
The Canarian Hotel & Resort group Lopesan has announced that it is closing four hotels, two on Gran Canaria and both of those on Fuerteventura "due to the notable decrease in the volume of reservations" suffered after recommendations from the UK and Germany advising against travel to the islands. The Abora Catarina and Abora Buenaventura hotels, both in Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, will close on September 16th, and on the 28th the IFA Altamarena hotel and the IFA Villas Altamarena, in...
Canary Islands Tourism Minister meets with the local tourism bosses about safe corridors and COVID-19 tests
The Canary Islands Government Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Yaiza Castilla, held a meeting last week with the presidents of the main hotel associations on the islands to coordinate the protocol to establish tests for tourists, to detect and diagnose Covid-19, both at origin and in destination, aiming to generate confidence in the Canary Islands as a destination for the winter season. The meeting was attended by leaders of the main hotelier and tourism business associations in the...
Canarian wines triumph in Italy
Canarian wines achieved notable success in the 2020 Mondial des Vins Extremes CERVIM competition held in the Aosta Valley, Italy at the end of August. A total of 38 medals were won by wine producers participating from the archipelago, 6 Great Gold Medals and 32 Gold Medals, and 6 Special Awards. The large participation from the islands has earned the Canaries the "Mondial des Vins Extremes 2020" award for being the region that has submitted the most samples to the contest. The Mondial des Vins...
While the tourists stay away, a humanitarian crisis looms, keeping people employed, at least for now, in hospitality
A humanitarian crisis has been brewing for more than a year, and now, with a distinct absence of tourism, The Canary Islands have controversially been repurposing some of their hospitality infrastructure, saving jobs and keeping establishments open. Politics is at play. Over the last weeks and months we have seen growing numbers of the local population expressing fear, anguish and concern towards the occupants of open boats that have been arriving to the Islands from the African continent....
Gran Canaria President wants migrants quickly moved on to mainland Europe
The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria island Government, Antonio Morales, this Saturday urgently requested that migrants arriving on the island be transferred to mainland Spain and to Europe as quickly as possible, because, in his words, The Canary Islands "should not become a prison" for people who reach its shores in boats or pateras, saying that he wants migrants quickly moved on. He was visiting the Arguineguín harbour wall (in the southwestern municipality of Mogán), where 222...
Spain confirms that there will be PCR tests for tourists, both at origin and destination
Spain's Minister for Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Reyes Maroto, has made clear this Thursday that there will be PCR tests for tourists, at origin and destination, in order to create safe tourism corridors for the winter season. In statements to journalists after meeting with the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, and representatives of the town councils and tourism employers, the minister pointed out that on September 28 a joint document signed by the ministers of tourism...
