Demand for both private rental accommodation and flights to Lanzarote has risen during January. According to figures just released by Monarch airlines and leading island travel portal, Lanzarote Guidebook.
According to the low cost flight operators Monarch, Lanzarote occupies the number 2 slot in their league table of “hot winter sun destinations”, just behind Tenerife. With flight bookings up 13% last month versus January 2008.
According to Liz Savage of Monarch: “Despite early indications that holidaymakers were looking to head east for their holidays this year, the picture to date is somewhat different. The Canary Islands which benefit from year-round sunshine and are only a four hour flight time from the UK, are the surprise destination leaders for both holiday and flight-only bookings this winter, with Lanzarote in particular already 13% ahead of holiday bookings versus 2008.”
Many Monarch customers are DIY holiday makers, arranging their own flights and accommodation independently. And the release of figures from the Lanzarote Guidebook website, which shows an increase in rental accommodation enquiries of just over 14% during January, certainly seems to support this positive picture.
Overall, Lanzarote Guidebook received a total of 639 enquiries for apartments and villas in Lanzarote last month. An increase of 14.2% versus the same period in 2008. With the majority of enquirers – 75.5% – seeking a holiday villa on the island.
Playa Blanca emerged as the most popular destination overall. Accounting for 41% of all enquires – and 42.7% of all villa demand. Whilst Puerto del Carmen occupies the number one slot for anyone planning an apartment holiday on the island. Accounting for 58.2% of all apartment accommodation enquiries.
The news certainly makes welcome reading for the thousands of overseas owners of property in Lanzarote. Many of whom are heavily reliant on British tourists for rental income. As the British market is by far and away the islands most important market. With the UK supplying over 50% of all of Lanzarote´s 1.5 million tourist visits during 2008.
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