Exhausted Lithuanians are buying more and more tickets to hot countries without a return ticket

Training on the terrace of the house during the lunch break. This is how Lithuanians play sports in Tenerife. One of them is businessman Raimonda, who came to the island in early January for three weeks, but has stayed there until now.

Raimonda says there is nothing to rush Lithuania, especially when you can work remotely.

“The working day is much easier than in Lithuania, because that good humor and optimism greatly increase the work capacity. We try to be in the sun a lot, to swim, to enjoy nature, to climb mountains, to simply walk by the seashore in the evenings and go out in the sun, ”says businessman Raimonda Čejauskienė.

And especially Raimondai likes food on the island washed by the Atlantic.

“I work in the food industry and that gourmet Tenerife with black paella, with octopus, with superbly prepared food and all the spices. You also want to experience, create and visit restaurants yourself, ”says R. Čejauskienė.

Ermita, a communication specialist who has escaped from Lithuanian quarantine and her daughters Dorothea and Cornelia, has been enjoying the sun in Tenerife for almost four months. During all this time, the girls from Tenerife connect to distance classes in Lithuania and they are already used to the fact that due to the time difference, the morning starts very early for them.

“From the beginning, it was really difficult to watch children who wake up at 5 in the morning, when it is still dark with us, and they are already sitting in class, trying to solve complex math problems when those eyes are still closed,” said communication specialist Ermita Kirdeikytė.

“But the lessons end for us earlier, that’s an advantage. As soon as the lessons are over, we prepare our homework and then we can do whatever we want, and it’s really more fun than being locked up in Lithuania and doing nothing,” says Dorotėja. , twelve years old.

Once prepared, the lessons can be taken to ranching, tennis courts, golf courses, or just by the sea. Ermita says she already feels at home with her daughters in Tenerife.

“Now we have changed our location, we have moved up to live in the mountains with a very beautiful view of the entire island, but to the place where the locals usually live. We already classify ourselves as such. But in the last few days, that influx of people has really been felt, ”says E. Kirdeikytė.

The influx in Tenerife that Ermita talks about is not foreign tourists, but Lithuanians, who have been choosing the Canary Islands very often for their so-called “working holidays” lately.

“It just came to our knowledge then. Only Lithuanian voices, Lithuanian music and restaurants can be heard around the beach adapting to the Lithuanian market by printing Lithuanian menus. We even laughed in the company of friends that this island is probably completely finished by occupied Lithuanians, ”says E. Kirdeikytė.

In winter, there was no shortage of Lithuanians in Tenerife, but it increased especially when the island can be reached by direct flight from Vilnius from the beginning of February.

“Relatively simple requirements to enter the Canary Islands, ease of staying for a longer period of time, because it is the EU, easy communication and a small time difference between Lithuania and the Canary Islands, because many Lithuanians still have to work during the Lithuanian work hours, “says Makalius.” Rimvydas Širvinskas.

Tour operators say that Lithuanians simply sweep tickets to Tenerife without saving between 500 and 700 euros and often buy a one-way ticket.

“It just came to our notice then. We started our first flights on February 5. and we only have a few seats left for this month’s flights. About half of the people are divided between those who buy pre-arranged travel packages and those who that they only buy flights, ”said Dovilė Zapkut representative, Novaturas representative.

In addition to the return ticket, the interior designer Diana and her husband arrived at the house on another Canary Island, Fuerteventura, at the end of January. She says the quarantine has sunk in Lithuania, so she just packed her suitcase and flew there.

“I worked, worked, worked, and I noticed that my productivity and mood began to abruptly deteriorate. And I realized that I needed to take something with me. And some things could have happened in my life. I could make an appointment with a psychologist every week or act so that the environment itself encourages me to work, create, live, play sports, just feel better, ”says interior designer Diana Pečiulevičienė.

According to Diana, a house by the sea in Fuerteventura can be rented for 500 euros per month. A car for 250 euros, and the food is even cheaper than in Lithuania. Diana is not bothered by the fact that masks must be worn in public places, and curfew goes into effect at 10pm.

“It is too early to rest and sunbathe, because somehow nature itself dictates that rhythm. The island is very sporty, it is a contagion to move. The days fly by. It seemed to me that he might even want to rest, but in fact that productivity has emerged. Maybe because of the sun? ”, Says D. Pečiulevičienė.

At that time, Žydrūnė, the commercial director who arrived in Fuerteventura just a few days ago, was still “warming up” his legs.

Lithuanians living in the Canary Islands are not surprised that today it is easier to reach islands more than 4,000 kilometers away than to Lithuania to visit relatives living in another city.