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Regarding tourist arrivals, 89% were foreign tourists, while 1.7 million, the remaining 11%, have their residence in other regions of Spain. Regarding foreign tourists, the United Kingdom shows the highest figures, slightly over 5 million tourists in 2018, representing approxi-mately a third of the tourists in the Canary Islands. Germans, with around 3 million, represent 20% of tourist arrivals, and in the third place in terms of arrivals are the tourists from the rest of Spain. Taken together, the Nordic countries represent 11% of tourist arrivals, while other relevant countries ranging between 2 and 4% of the arrivals are the

Canaria (ULPGC) in the context the cooperation agreements signed by both universities with the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Canary Islands. These agreements lie within the framework of the membership of the Tourism Observatory of the Canary Islands to the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. On 21 October 2020, the annual Global INSTO meeting confirmed the Canary Islands as a new member of the network.BACK TO INDEX CANARY ISLANDS TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY. PROGRESS REPORT 2022 TOURISM OBSERVATORY OF THE CANARY ISLANDS Contents 1. Executive summary 2. Destination in brief 3. The Impact of COVID-19 on tourism in the Canary Islands 4. Key issue areas of tourism sustainability Local satisfaction with tourism and local well-being Labor skills, entrepreneurship and employment Destination innovation, economic impacts and benefits Tourism seasonality Destination attractiveness and tourist satisfaction Digitalization, knowledge and smart tourism Energy management Water and wastewater management Solid waste management Climate change impacts and mitigation Governance Air transport connectivity and intermediation Mass tourism and overtourism Maturity of the destination and renovation Natural capital supporting tourism. Protected areas and fragile ecosystems Universal accessibility and inclusivity Conclusions Main data Sources References 5. 6. 7. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 4.7. 4.8. 4.9. 4.10. 4.11. 4.12. 4.13. 4.14. 4.15. 4.16.

Contenidos 1. Resumen ejecutivo 2. Datos básicos sobre el destino 3. El impacto del COVID-19 en el turismo de Canarias 4. Áreas clave de la sostenibilidad del turismo Satisfacción local con el turismo y bienestar Formación, emprendimiento y empleo Innovación en el destino, impactos y beneficios económicos Estacionalidad del turismo Atractivo del destino y satisfacción del turista Digitalización, conocimiento y turismo inteligente Gestión de la energía Gestión del agua y de las aguas residuales Gestión de residuos sólidos Cambio climático y mitigación Gobernanza Conectividad aérea e intermediación Turismo de masas y overtourism Madurez del destino y renovación Capital natural de apoyo al turismo. Áreas protegidas y ecosistemas frágiles Accesibilidad universal e inclusividad Conclusiones Fuentes principales Referencias 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 4.7. 4.8. 4.9. 4.10. 4.11. 4.12. 4.13. 4.14. 4.15. 4.16. 5. 6. 7. Concentración de las pernoctaciones en los principales municipios turísticos de Canarias (julio 2022) FUENTE: ISTAC 100.000-500.000 PERNOCTACIONES MÁS DE 500.000 PERNOCTACIONES Share of international tourists in total nights spent (%) EU=47,3