Tenerife is the preferred winter destination for Thomas Cook and First Choice customers

[Janet]

Tenerife is the preferred winter destination for Thomas Cook and First Choice customers according to a study carried out by the two tour operators. Tenerife came out on top of  a list of favoured wintering places, ahead of Sharm el Sheik, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, and Mexico in fifth place.

Tenerife Cabildo economy vice President and tourism councillor, Carlos Alonso, said that the results were very good news and derived from Tenerife's character as destination leader, and consolidated the island as a valued holiday choice not just for British tourists, but for European ones at large since the two companies operate throughout Europe as well as in the UK.

Sr Alonso said that it shouldn't come as a surprise thanks to Tenerife's quality tourism offer which went far beyond just sun and beach. In 2011, British holidaymakers comprised the largest market with 1,650,000 tourists, followed by the Spanish themselves with 1,300,000, and then the Germans with 590,000. Hopefully this winter's figures will be boosted by this study and help 2012′s results too. JA

[mrintech]

I never heard about Tenerife before I joined this forum.

From pictures, it seems like a very beautiful island 

[Nova]

It is, especially in the north where they have more rain and more greenery.  In the south where I am, it's more dry and barren.  There's a marked difference between the climate and terrain around the island, even though it's really not very big.

[mrintech]

I never visited an island 

I think I should plan a trip to Andaman and Nicobar or Lakshadweep by BOAT 

BTW what's your first language? Spanish or English? 

[Nova]

English . I am English but I studied Spanish at university and moved here to work about five and a half years ago