Despite the current downbeat economic outlook in the UK the number of British tourists boarding flights to Lanzarote continued to climb last month.
A new marketing campaign promoting Lanzarote as a holiday destination has just been launched on the underground in London.
The number of tourists staying in apartment complexes and hotels in Lanzarote rose by just over 8% last month, according to the latest statistics released by ASOLAN, the islands hoteliers association.
A number of hotels and apartment complexes in both Puerto del Carmen and Costa Teguise have been earmarked for extensive improvements and upgrades.
The number of foreign tourists taking holidays in Lanzarote rose by 20.7% last month versus June 2010, according to the latest data just released by AENA, the Spanish airport authority.