Spain to welcome tourists from July 1 with no quarantine

Your Ibiza trip could still be on the cards

Tourists to Spain will no longer have to quarantine themselves for two weeks on arrival from July 1, the Spanish government has announced.

Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, said on Saturday that foreign tourists could begin to plan holidays to the country from July and that the government would ‘guarantee’ visitors not bring ‘risks’ to Spain.

Spain relies heavily on tourism, seeing nearly 80 million visitors per year and the travel industry accounts for more than 12 per cent of the country’s economy.

This news comes after Greece announced last week it would start its tourism season from June 15 , while Italy has said it’s operating domestic and international flights from its airports from June 3.

The news also comes just a week after the UK government announced plans to put any incoming visitors into a two-week quarantine from June 8, and those who breach the rules could face a £1,000 fine . These new measures could hinder travel plans for any Brits hoping their summer holiday will still go ahead this year.

While easyJet, Wizz Air and Ryanair have all announced they will be resuming flights in June and July, the UK government still advises against any travel overseas.

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said in a statement: “After four months of lockdown, we welcome these moves by Governments in Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus to open their borders, remove travel restrictions and scrap ineffective quarantines. Irish and British families, who have been subject to lockdown for the last 10 weeks, can now look forward to booking their much needed family holiday to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and other Mediterranean destinations.

“All Ryanair flights will operate with new health guidelines in place, which will require all passengers (and Ryanair crews) to wear face masks at all times in the airport terminals and on board our aircraft, in compliance with EU guidelines.”

On Sunday, a group of airlines wrote to the UK government calling for ‘air bridge’ deals to be made with other countries, allowing quarantine measures to be relaxed for incoming travellers from low-risk countries.

Bosses from Tui, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic and Jet2, as well as the British Chambers of Commerce, UK Hospitality and Made UK wrote in the letter that the industry has ‘serious reservations’ about the impending quarantine regulations and that it ‘risks major damage to the arteries of UK trade with key industry supply chains’.

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