Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife shows, together with the Carnival of Cadiz, the maximum consideration for holidays that the department grants with competitions in tourism in Spain. It is considering the second carnival most popular and known internationally, after that they are celebrated in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). In fact the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is related by the city of Rio de Janeiro for this reason. Thousands of persons go out to the street every year during more than one week. January 18, 1980 was declared By Holiday of Tourist International Interest by the Secretariat of State for the Tourism, and it is one of the most important carnivals of the world. It is in addition the only Canary holiday that shows such a distinction. In the year 2000, the carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, dedicated this year converted The Pirates to the city into The World Capital of the Carnival. And it are that of major relevancy of the country and one of the most important of the world