Number of self-employed in Tenerife falls

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Which is probably not surprising news, given the current economic situation and how expensive it is to be self-employed. Overall, in the province of Tenerife in 2009, the number dropped by 5.6%.

But while the reductions in numbers in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (-4,8%) and La Laguna (-4,3%), were lower than the average, Arona led the descent with a drop of 11,1% in the number of self-employed.

We're sure the story on the ground is likely to be very different and that plenty of people are feeling the fallout, but "officially", there are no Canarian districts among those with a high proportion of foreigners (foreigner residents represented 41% of the total of 65,550 inhabitants in Arona in 2006), where those residents are of working age.

(If you are self-employed, remember there are other advantages though.)