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Agents insist Brits undeterred by Lanzarote tourism row

Destinations
Ilaria Grasso Macola
22 March 2023

A row over comments suggesting Lanzarote should reduce its reliance on the UK market and strive for higher standards of tourism hasn’t put Brits off booking holidays to the island or the Canaries, agents have told TTG.

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The strikes will run throughout the whole of October

Advantage Travel Partnership chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes said members hadn’t reported any impact on sales while Lisa Miles, manager of Newport’s La Vida Travel, said it was “business as usual” with Lanzarote.

“No one’s raised the row with us, no one’s brought it up,” said Miles. “I don’t think it’s something customers will take a lot of notice of.”

Earlier this month, Lanzarote council leader Dolores Corujo was reported to have said the island was looking to attract a more refined clientele, in an apparent snub to British tourists.