Spain is not discussing a travel corridor with Britain and favours a pan-European reopening of tourism, according to reports.
Reuters quoted a source in the Spanish Foreign Ministry as saying: “Spain has called for a common (European Union-wide) approach to opening the borders. If this is not done, it will establish its own criteria.”
Travel industry leaders have been urging the government to clarify its plans for ‘travel corridors’ publicly to help businesses plan to resume operations – but so far the government has only said it would review a 14-day quarantine introduced for UK arrivals on Monday after it had been in place for three weeks.
Spain has said it will open its borers to foreign visitors from July 1, and has agreed to let up to 10,900 Germans fly to the Balearics between June 15 and June 29 as part of a pilot tourism programme.
Visitors will have to provide health information and contact details and will face temperature checks upon arrival, but will not undergo quarantine or testing unless they show symptoms.
Regional leader Francina Armengol had told a press conference: “We have chosen Germany because it is our main source of tourists and because their epidemiological levels are similar to ours,” noting that the UK’s death toll was the highest in Europe.
