Early tourism on Lanzarote began as doctors prescribed sun and relaxation to over-stressed or elderly patients.
In the 1950s most tourists visited during the winter months to escape the cruel northern winters.
The mass tourism boom began in the 1960s when the Canaries became a well-known destination for tourists world-wide, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that Lanzarote really picked up as a serious tourist destination - in 1978, with the introduction of vacation packages, Lanzarote tourism really began to boom.
Early tourists to Lanzarote had few choices for accommodation. In 1974, just before the big tourism boom, the island housed only about 2,000 hotel beds and received fewer than 10,000 guests per year.
By the early 1980s the island was receiving more than 90,000 guests per year. Obviously accommodations had to scale to fit the new tourism needs.
Today, Lanzarote is home to three major resorts with more than 53,000 hotel beds. The major resorts are usually at a minimum occupancy of 84 percent. More than 1.5 million tourists visit the island each year.
Costa Teguise is the smallest of the three large resorts on Lanzarote. It is about 6 miles northeast of the capital city Arrecife.
The entire resort is […]

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