The Spanish travel board has had to issue a statement clarifying they have "strong ties" with British tourists after claims that Lanzarote was getting saturated with them. The island's president, Dolores Corujo, made the comments whilst saying that she wanted to attract "higher quality" tourists such as those from Germany and France.
Steve Heapy, the boss of Jet2, had to write to Dolores Corujo asking her to clarify the statements. Federacion Turistica de Lanzarote (FTL) also had to scramble and reiterate that they have "strong ties" with British tourists.
"We have always had very strong ties with the British market and, thanks to this, relations have been strengthened in such a way that they present a high level of fidelity with the Island,” the FTL stated in a press release yesterday afternoon, Birmingham Live reports.
