Teneriffa General

Tenerife in facts and figures

Situation	Canary Islands/Spain between the 16^th and 17^th degree western latitude and the 28^th degree northern longitude. (only 80 km off the african coast)
Capital	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Status	Autonomic region of the Canary Islands Special status with the EU.
Area	2.034 sq. km
Coast Line	234 km
Island Motorway	Approx. 140km long and leading through the following places: Puerto de la Cruz - La Laguna -Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Candelaria - Southern Airport - Los Cristanos - Playa de las Americas - Adeje. The main places and larger harbours are connected with each other through this motorway. It is planned, that one day the motorway will go round the whole island.
Airports	Teneriffa South (TFS-Reina Sofia, mainly international) Teneriffa North (Los Rodeos, mainly national)
Distances	to Madrid approx. 1.600 km to Barcelona approx. 2.100 km to Frankfurt approx. 3.300 km to London approx. 2.900 km to Paris approx. 2.700 km to Zürich approx. 3.000 km
Flight time	London - TFS approx. 4,5 hours
Flight price	approx. US$ 200,-- to US$ 400,-- for return tickets according to season.

Population and Tourism

Inhabitants totally	770.000
Inhabitants per sq. km	338
Growth of population	1,6% per year
Holiday-maker per year	1997 record year with. 10 Mio. Urlauber on the Canaries. 8.433.873 foreign tourists and approx. 2 Mio. from the Spanish peninsula.

Tourists according to nations	Province Tenerife	Province Gran Canaria

Germany	778.043	1.998.250
Austria	65.165	101.578
Belgium	150.257	66.778
Denmark	67.932	146.367
USA	0	0
Russia	2.092	46.721
Finland	79.680	150.448
France	141.704	53.787
Great Britain	1.342.723	1.451.544
Holland	120.755	262.668
Ireland	21.181	108.936
Italy	11.998	60.991
Norway	59.352	180.496
Czech. Rep.	15.469	36.318
Poland	11.385	8.477
Sweden	115.559	284.181
Switzerland	58.772	165.700
Other Countries	87.684	102.912
Total	3.274.350	5.159.623