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294:, a Spanish archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco. Seven main islands and six islets make up the Canary Islands. They had 16 million visitors in 2023. Tourists seeking sunshine and beaches first began to visit the Canaries in large numbers in the 1960s. The Canary Islands are a leading European tourist destination with very attractive natural and cultural resources.
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422:(meaning "Parrot Park") on Tenerife has a collection of 3,000 parrots. However, most of these parrots cannot be seen by visitors. There is another facility south of the main park where approximately 330 parrots species are kept and a breeding program takes place. Other attractions in the park include alligators, gorillas, chimpanzees, jaguars, penguins, porpoises,
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474:. It has an arid volcanic landscape and there are about 300 volcanic cones on the island. The island has a low-key approach to tourism and the traditional architecture of island's interior are taken into consideration. This approach was influenced by the artist
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1463:recognition
1416:South Sudan
1306:Ivory Coast
991:5 September
499:Overtourism
494:Overtourism
420:Loro Parque
261:Population
170:10,137,202
1564:Categories
1518:(Portugal)
1476:Somaliland
1396:Seychelles
1361:Mozambique
1346:Mauritania
1331:Madagascar
1286:The Gambia
1221:Cape Verde
1108:2024-03-11
1069:2024-03-11
1063:cadena SER
1043:2024-03-11
1038:The Mirror
546:References
507:ecosystems
450:Maspalomas
446:Las Palmas
340:Statistics
281:3,355,942
273:2,498,847
226:2,011,000
218:2,522,619
210:3,735,735
202:4,872,849
194:6,545,396
186:7,569,096
178:9,975,977
162:9,778,512
154:9,836,785
146:9,427,265
138:9,276,963
130:9,530,039
122:9,326,116
114:9,210,509
106:1,530,267
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1351:Mauritius
950:20 August
920:20 August
898:20 August
852:20 August
816:20 August
703:20 August
574:20 August
468:Lanzarote
383:El Hierro
379:La Gomera
369:– 1,914.1
363:– 2,328.7
361:Lanzarote
357:– 3,654.8
351:– 4,885.9
316:Spaniards
81:Arrivals
1542: /
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1531:(France)
1525: /
1503: /
1499: /
1451:Zimbabwe
1426:Tanzania
1276:Ethiopia
1271:Eswatini
1251:Djibouti
1216:Cameroon
1201:Botswana
1102:euronews
1078:cite web
1017:11 March
664:21 April
612:21 April
529:See also
515:protests
436:El Teide
415:Tenerife
403:, seven
373:La Palma
349:Tenerife
258:Country
242:316,500
234:821,000
63:Tenerife
1527:RĂ©union
1523:Mayotte
1514:Madeira
1509:(Spain)
1505:Melilla
1436:Tunisia
1406:Somalia
1391:Senegal
1376:Nigeria
1366:Namibia
1356:Morocco
1321:Liberia
1316:Lesotho
1266:Eritrea
1236:Comoros
1211:Burundi
1186:Algeria
986:AstroGC
658:Barrons
606:Barrons
385:– 109.3
375:– 221.5
308:Germans
304:British
288:Tourism
270:Germany
250:69,000
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1446:Zambia
1441:Uganda
1381:Rwanda
1336:Malawi
1296:Guinea
1191:Angola
519:sewage
331:Poland
327:France
312:Nordic
1501:Ceuta
1421:Sudan
1371:Niger
1326:Libya
1311:Kenya
1291:Ghana
1281:Gabon
1256:Egypt
1196:Benin
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397:Teide
323:Italy
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