Online travel insurance customers looking for an affordable destination offering winter sun may be interested to hear the Canaries has been tipped as a top holiday spot.
The Spanish Tourist Office claims the islands are perennially popular with Britons not content with shorter days and chilly weather at home.
Recently released figures from the Canary Islands Tourist Board reveal Tenerife is the most popular island, with 45 per cent of UK tourists heading there for a winter tan.
Lanzarote is the next most in demand (24 per cent), followed by Gran Canaria with 18 per cent.
Paco Gutierrez, promotions executive for the tourism body, explained mainland Spain tends to attract summer holidaymakers, while the colder months see travellers gravitate towards the warmer islands.
He noted that spas in the Canaries offer a perfect chance for tired travellers to pamper themselves, with many using local produce such as lava and aloe vera in treatments.
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