Beautiful Women Travel to Tenerife

Tenerife is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to the Canary Islands (Spain). Next to La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro forms the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. With an area of 2034.38 km ² and a population of 899 833 inhabitants, is the largest island of the Canary Islands and most populous Spain.2 5 7 8 9
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of the island and of the province and most populous city with 165 315 habitantes.10 The municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the most populous municipality with 222,417 inhabitants. Together with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is also the capital of the Canary Islands. The second largest city of the island is Puerto de la Cruz with 32 219 habitantes11 and third of the island is San Cristobal de La Laguna with 32 078 inhabitants, 12 City World Heritage Site as well (the only city that has such a distinction canaria). The metropolitan area of Santa Cruz and La Laguna has a population of over habitantes.13 14 15 373 078

The island has another place on the UNESCO as World Heritage Site which is also the second most visited National Park in the world: 16 17 Teide National Park, 18 where the highest point of Spain and third largest volcano in the world from its base, the Teide.19 The island is renowned for its carnival, considered the second largest in the world and declared International Tourist Festival Internacional.20 21 Moreover, the island has a varied architecture, among which highlights the colonial but all contemporary epitomized the modern building of the Auditorium of Tenerife, located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tenerife.22 23 24 25 is also known for being a great tourist destination in Spain and abroad, receiving over five million anualmente.26 tourists
Tourism
As indicated in the preceding paragraph, the economy of Tenerife, like the other Canary Islands is based primarily on tourism (60% of GDP). Already in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries largely emphasized the influx of foreign tourists, especially English, because he owned agricultural interests on the island. Tenerife attracts many domestic and international tourism (it is in fact the Canary Island tours), tourists come to the island for its beaches, diverse cultural offerings and nightlife. Later with the world wars this sector is suffering, but into the second half of the century begins to evolve in a very notable. At first highlights the Puerto de la Cruz by his kindly climate and all the attractions that Northern Valley of La Orotava concentrated, but following capture the sun and beach tourism, emerged around 1980 tourism boom in southern Tenerife, where include cities like Arona and Adeje, around tourist centers such as Los Cristianos, Playa de Las Americas and Costa Adeje, which today houses more than 65% of hotel beds on the island. Tenerife receives every year over 5 million tourists, being thus between the Canary archipelago, the island preferred in this regard. However, this figure also shows the large amount of this activity consumes resources (space, energy, water, etc.). 82 .33Great importance is also tourist Teide National Park as it is in fact the second most visited national park mundo.83 84

Business tourism and meetings

Business tourism and meetings, as economic activity, has its origins in the last years of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. However, it was not until well into the second half of the century when the so-called "industry meeting" was defined and recognized as such. Since then the activities related to the realization of events, meetings and conferences, have been positioning themselves in many countries as one of the tourist areas on the rise.
According to the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Spain is the third country in the world in this type of tourism. Currently, tourism business is very valuable for the development of the tourism industry in general. 10% of the more than 56 million international tourists arrive annually in Spain they do for business. These movements generate over 3,000 million euros a year. It should be noted that the average expenditure per tourist, business and day, is five times greater than that of a tourist resort. Undoubtedly, the high purchasing power of these visitors is one of the keys to the importance of this segment of tourism.
Tenerife has an infrastructure capable of accommodating small Garand and prestigious events.It has five multifunctional conference centers, located in different areas of the island These landmark buildings, full of character, and ability to raise up to 4,000 delegates.
To provide information and advice on organizing conferences and conventions Tenerife Tourism Tenerife has a specialized department, the convention bureau Tenerife.

Trade and industry
The trade has an important role in the economy Tenerife, representing almost 20% of GDP, which is the largest stronghold of Puerto de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Now finally, despite the various industrial sites that exist in the island territory, the importance of industrial activity (10% of GDP) is in the oil refinery in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which supplies petroleum products not only to the archipelago canary but also the mainland market, African and American. Refinery Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the largest industry in the Canary Islands. Historically, this refinery has guaranteed energy supply of the archipelago, has contributed significantly to the Canary port activity, ideal refueling point for maritime traffic Atlántico.

Events tradicionales

Tenerife has a large festival calendar that highlights mainly the Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the largest in the country and one of the most important mundo.112 21 official day on the island is on February 2 in honor of Our Lady of Candelaria (patron saint of the island and Patrona de Canarias). Other notable festivals are the processions, Corpus Christi, Holy Week and the Feast of Christ of La Laguna on 14 September.

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