Fernando Clavijo,newly elected president, wants to create jobs and boost economy by encouraging holidaymakers to increase spendingThe newly elected president of the Canary Islands has said the Spanish region needs to do a better job of encouraging tourists on all-inclusive package trips to “leave the hotel” and spend money to boost the local economy. An estimated one in four of the 11.5 million tourists who came to the Canary Islands last year arrived as portion of all-inclusive vacations, and rarely venturing out of their hotels. Fernando Clavijo said the result was a low rate of spending per head which did limited to encourage growth. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com