The CEO of Jet2 questions the president of Lanzarote about tourist statements

Jet2 Holidays CEO Steve Heapy has written to the President of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, asking her to clarify whether or not she wants British tourists to visit the island.

He expressed “extreme concern about the articles that have been published in the UK this weekend” which concerned statements by the president calling for higher quality tourists from places outside the UK. He has asked Corujo to explain what he means by ‘higher quality tourism’

The British media have been angry with the statements of Corujo, who, at a tourism summit in Madrid (FITUR), said that the island should aim to attract higher quality tourists from places like Germany, France and the Netherlands instead of relying on much of the British market.

More recently, the president reiterated this desire at the Berlin Tourism Fair (ITB) last week, saying that “it is essential to work on the diversification of the sector and the growth of markets such as the German one, which adapt to our intentions to target to older quality tourism and vacationers who spend more when they are here and distances us from mass tourism”.

Following Corujo’s statements at both tourism fairs, the British press has interpreted his words as a slight to British tourists, causing great furor among the public.

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