The number of British tourists to arrive on the Baleares between January and April this year is up 25% higher than last year according to the regional tourism and employment department.

The number of British tourists to arrive on the Baleares between January and April this year is up 25% higher than last year according to the regional tourism and employment department.

The four months saw 245,850 British tourists arrive on the islands, with the increase on Ibiza particularly strong, up 37.4%.

Data from the Spanish Airports Authority, AENA, shows that 214,035 British tourists arrived on Menorca, up 24.1%, and 8, 286 on Menorca, up 19.1% and 23,529 on Ibiza, up 37.4%.

The numbers were released in London last Thursday and Friday which saw a special promotion at Canary Wharf as part of the ‘A Taste of Spain’ campaign organised jointly by the Spanish Tourism Office in London, and British Airways. It had a golf simulator and an Ibiza DJ among the attractions, with gastronomy too.
Other regions took part in the presentation, such as A Coruña, Andalucía, Asturias, Comunidad Valenciana, Galicia, Canarias and the Basque Country.

The Director of the London Tourism Office, Ignacio Vasallo, said that the numbers of British tourists heading for the Baleares were back to the level seen before the recession.

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