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Canary Islands Tourism Evolution — 10 Year Analysis

Official ISTAC data · April 2015 – February 2026 · 131 months of data

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2016–2025
140.31M
140,305,881 tourists
10-Year Total
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+3.5% vs 2024
18.13M
2025 Annual
All-Time Record
New all-time high
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14.03M
Complete years 2016–2025
Annual Average
Excl. partial years 2015, 2026
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+19.9%
+19.9%
vs 2019 (15.12M)
2025 vs Pre-COVID
Far above pre-pandemic peak

Monthly Tourism Evolution — Canary Islands (April 2015 – February 2026)

Main tourists · All islands · Source: ISTAC/FRONTUR

Monthly arrivals COVID-19 data gap (Apr–May 2020)

Three Eras of Canary Islands Tourism

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Growth Era
2015 – 2019
Avg. tourists/year
15.41M
Peak: 2017 → 15.96M
+5.6% CAGR 2016→2019
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COVID-19 Impact
2020 – 2021
Avg. tourists/year
5.58M
Jun 2020: 13,494 arrivals
-81.2% vs 2019 (2020)
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Recovery & Records
2022 – 2026
Avg. tourists/year
16.88M
2025: New all-time record
+19.9% above 2019

Annual Tourist Arrivals (All Islands)

* Partial year · † COVID impact

Normal year COVID impact (2020) Recovery phase (2021) * Partial year

Annual Statistics Summary

Year Total Arrivals vs Prev Year Monthly Avg Notes
2025 18,131,060 +3.5% 1,510,922 Record year
2024 17,513,933 +8.0% 1,459,494
2023 16,210,911 +3.4% 1,350,909
2022 15,671,683 +88.6% 1,305,974 Post-COVID recovery
2021 8,307,165 +191.8% 692,264 Recovery year
2020 2,846,806 -81.2% 284,681 COVID-19 (10 months)
2019 15,115,709 -5.3% 1,259,642
2018 15,563,974 -2.5% 1,296,998
2017 15,964,527 +6.6% 1,330,377 Pre-COVID peak
2016 14,980,113 1,248,343
2015* 10,143,181 1,127,020 (Apr–Dec only)
Data Source

ISTAC — Instituto Canario de Estadística

istac.canarias.org ↗
Dataset

FRONTUR — Estadística de Movimientos Turísticos en Fronteras

Methodology

Main tourists (turistas principales) — excludes inter-island movements

© 2026 Turistas Canarias · Data updated through February 2026 · Download JSON data