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Surprise !: Wizz will operate between London and Lanzarote
From October, Lanzarote will receive flights from the United Kingdom from a new low-cost airline, the Hungarian Wizz Air, a good sign that can be interpreted as a start to normalization after the coronavirus health pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis generated...
Phase 3: what can we do in Lanzarote starting Today?
The whole of the Canary Islands will pass next Monday to Phase 3 of the de-escalation, a step to which La Graciosa, El Hierro and La Gomera agreed in advance, and to which Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma now join. This new stage is...
Movement between the islands from Monday
From Monday there will be no need to justify transfers between islands, so there will be free mobility since the Canary Islands reach Phase 3 of the de-escalation. This was announced by the spokesman for the regional executive, Julio Pérez, in his subsequent...
Tourism Update
The Canary Islands tourist associations - Ashotel, FEHT, FTL and Asofuer - are advocating that this year's holidays be rewarded to peninsular tourists who choose the Archipelago for a break this summer. This is a measure that can contribute, as is already being done...
Lanzarote does 500 tests in one go and still does not find contagions
Lanzarote continues without registering new contagions of coronavirus after not being positive since last Friday, the day the infected passenger landed on the Peninsula. However, if we only take into account the infections produced within the island, the last...
Spain’s tourism industry prepares for record-low summer season
Thanks to El Pais - April 2020 was defined by the complete collapse of tourism in Spain due to the coronavirus crisis. Recent figures from Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) show that the industry has come to a complete standstill, a problem that is likely to...
The Canary Islands requests that Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and La Palma move on to Phase 3 on Monday
The Ministry of Health has presented this afternoon to the Ministry of Health the documentation required for the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma to pass to the next phase of the de-escalation towards the new normality. ...
Torres bets on “carrying out tests at origin” to recover tourism safely
The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has participated this Sunday morning, May 31, in the twelfth telematic conference of presidents of the autonomous communities called by the head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to address coordination...
Supporting the Community
The Lanzarote Business and Residents Association President Daniel Trigg was part of a group of representatives from local communities who have joined together to recognize, respect and support each other’s communities, help support and protect the people and the...
Lanzarote loses half a million tourists during the first months of 2020
Half a million fewer people have arrived in Lanzarote in the first four months of this year compared to the previous year. Indeed, in 2020, 524,230 people had arrived on the island between January and April, while in the first four months of 2019, this...
Update From Association Members Blevins Franks
Living in Spain – are you Brexit ready? With the end of the Brexit transition period just a few months away, we currently have some certainty regarding residence, healthcare and other citizen’s rights for UK nationals settled in Spain in 2020. The attached guide to...
The Canary Islands increases daily flights between islands to 40 from this Wednesday
The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands and the airline Binter have agreed to start a new expansion of routes and frequencies starting this Wednesday to meet the growing demand for places for people who must move...
An Introduction to Rapid Covid – 19 Testing
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Tourism Update
Spanish PM: Overseas tourists will be able to return to Spain from July During a televised address, Pedro Sánchez also announced that Spain’s top-flight soccer league, La Liga, will restart games next month Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a press conference on...
Know everything you can do starting Monday
The activities allowed in phase 2 of the de-escalation, stage to which Lanzarote accedes this Monday , have been increased after the publication of an order this Saturday that modifies the preconditions initially approved on May 16. Phase 2 reinforces mobility...
From Thursday, all over 6 years must go with a mask
The use of masks will be mandatory from this Thursday in closed spaces and on the street when a minimum distance of two meters cannot be guaranteed for those over six years old and recommended for children between 3 and 5 years old. The Official State Gazette...
Beach Time Again
It seemed that the time was never going to come, but yes, starting next week, specifically on Monday, May 25 , it will be possible to go to the beach in Lanzarote, keeping, yes, the safety distances. The Order published on Saturday in the BOE indicates that, during...
Rapid Covid -19 Tests
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Latest Official Update
Please see the link for the latest official BOE publication https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2020-5088&fbclid=IwAR0HyaanB7y3E9aNO77PhIjh_0zwBlJUYKusQPcMtvJhSKlhefuk6QdDGKE
Possible time slot changes
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has communicated to the regional presidents this Sunday the intention of the Government to eliminate the time slots to carry out certain activities in population centers of up to 10,000 inhabitants, as has been happening...
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura airports will also receive international flights
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura airports will also be the entry point for international flights. In this way they join the other two confirmed Canarian aerodromes, the one in Gran Canaria and the one in Tenerife South. This has been confirmed in his Twitter...
Arrecife market finally opens
The Recova Municipal de Arrecife has resumed its activity as an agricultural and food market, in a bid by the Department of Commerce and Consumption, led by Armando Santana at the Arrecife City Council, for the promotion of the products of our land and as a platform...
Rapid Covid – 19 Testing
The Lanzarote Business and Residents Association in partnership with DOCTORLANZ and BSL Urgent Care have been working on providing Rapid Covid -19 tests to be available in Lanzarote. We can confirm that these are now available at a charge of €45 per person. The tests...
Health authorizes 33 laboratories to carry out COVID-19 diagnostic tests
The Canary Islands Health Service, through the General Directorate of Public Health, has authorized a total of 33 laboratories and private companies to carry out PCR tests for the diagnosis of the coronavirus COVID-19 while the state of alarm continues. The...
Tax and Financial Questions Answered
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