60% of Lanzarote residents are happy with tourist numbers

Three out of five Lanzarote residents think that the number of tourists on the island is “appropriate” according to the latest Social Barometer Survey.

60.8% of residents see no problem with the number of tourists, while 23% believe it is excessive and 10.4% think there aren’t enough. 

Over half of islanders (53.6%) say that tourism improves the general quality of life. Almost three quarters of those surveyed (74.1%) believe that tourism is beneficial to the island in terms of employment. 70.5% think it improves cultural activities and over 58% say it improves infrastructure.

However, a majority of those surveyed say that tourism has a negative effect on citizens’ security (52.8%), the cost of living (56.5%) and transport and healthcare (57.7%).

As for housing, 58.9% of those surveyed said that tourism had a negative effect.