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ARCHIVED - Major blow for Spanish tourism as UK reinstates quarantine for returning travellers
Anyone travelling back to the UK from Spain will have to self-isolate for 14 days
A shock announcement from the British government will leave thousands of British tourists currently on holiday in Spain facing the prospect of a 14 day quarantine when they return to the UK from Sunday evening onwards and may dissuade thousands more from coming to Spain on holiday this summer.
"Protecting public health is our absolute priority and we have taken this decision to limit any potential spread to the UK," a spokesman from the Department of Transport said.
"We've always been clear that we would act immediately to remove a country from the quarantine exemptions list where necessary."
The spokesman said people currently on holiday in Spain should follow the local rules, return home as normal, and check the Foreign Office's travel advice website for further
Tourism losses. There is no doubt at all that this summer is difficult for businesses working in the tourist sector. Reservations in hotels from foreign visitors are down considerably due to the decline in the number of flights and fears that visitors may get caught up in local lockdowns. Publicity about the current outbreaks is naturally making foreign tourists nervous about the developing situation in Spain, although the same scenario is unfolding in other Mediterranean countries as well, with France and Italy in particular recording rising cases. The national tourism board has reported this week that reservations are dropping off and domestic tourism reservations are also low, with many cancellations in spite of a huge campaign and a vast amount of work to make Spain a safe destination.
Spain is probably one of the safest countries in which to holiday as there are so many restrictions and measures in place to protect tourists; the outbreaks so far have not been in the tourist sector and there are few reports of tourists being caught up in the outbreaks, but the negative publicity being reported internationally has now resulted in what will be the biggest blow to not only the recovery of Spanish businesses but an even bigger blow for the all the expat businesses who depend on British visitors for their livelihood. It is impossible for the Covid outbreaks not to impact negatively on businesses at every level, due to the fall in the number of tourists, but after 10 weeks of lockdown and less than a month of summer tourists, this will be the death blow to many expat owned businesses who depend on expat trade.
The tourism sector in Spain expects to lose 40 billion euros this summer alone and 83 billion euros this year.
The quarantine measures will apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Palma and Ibiza. However, Foreign Office advice against non-essential travel, which has ramifications for travel insurance, only applies to mainland Spain.
The Airport Operators Association said the new measures will "further damage what is already a fragile restart of the aviation sector which continues to face the biggest challenge in its history".
Budget airline EasyJet said it was "disappointed" and would operate a full schedule in the coming days.
"Customers who no longer wish to travel can transfer their flights without a change fee or receive a voucher for the value of the booking," the company said in a statement.
During the last two weeks Covid cases in Spain have once again resurged with over 12,000 new cases in the last week, but regional governments are introducing many new restrictions to bring the outbreaks back under control.
The use of masks in public is now mandatory in every region of Spain except Madrid and the Canary Islands, some regions have closed down all nightclubs and discos to stop young people spreading the virus, some are introducing mandatory registration of all visitors, some have introduced localised lockdowns and increased local lockdowns to reduce mobility.
The acting head of the area of the Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health, María José Sierra, explained this week that since the end of the de-escalation, 369 outbreaks with 5,000 cases have been detected in Spain, although many of the 281 outbreaks currently recorded are now under control.
In the last two weeks, she said, the accumulated incidence of infections has tripled with more and more outbreaks associated with leisure activities and young people.She stated that the health service is "concerned" about the epidemiological situation, although the health system is not experiencing stress despite the increase in cases, as 50% of positives are asymptomatic or very mild. The bulk of the cases relate to the younger population who are spreading the virus through social gatherings and through family reunions and gatherings, as well as via nocturnal leisure activities. The average age of positive cases diagnosed this week has dropped from 60 to 45 as a result.
However, although the numbers of new cases are rising, the health system is much better placed to control it and handle it as well as being better equipped and with an experienced staff, now used to working with Covid cases, the medical profession is aware of how the virus evolves and has found ways to minimise fatalities, the elderly are much better protected so the fatalities are considerably lower, and the cases which are being diagnosed now are principally milder as the virus is spreading amongst the younger population rather than the more vulnerable older population.
Although the figures are rising, the authorities are less concerned at the moment than they were last time we reached this level of new cases; last time the virus was something new, the cases being diagnosed were all PCR and were patients arriving in hospitals with severe symptoms as at that point the rapid testing kits were not available and testing on mild cases was not being undertaken. It is believed that at the start of the first wave there were more cases than were actually ever diagnosed as many were asymptomatic and mild cases were taken to be the common cold, subsequent testing highlighted this higher incidence, so at the moment the mild cases are being detected due to increased testing and the more vulnerable groups are being better protected, so there are less serious cases.
The government has already made several announcements about the plans being prepared for a second wave in the autumn and the mass purchase and manufacture of protective equipment, as well as logistical preparations, so there is no hiding from the fact that these new outbreaks are a concern, but there is NO talk of a general lockdown and no public talk about wider-scale restrictions.
The autonomous regional governments are making their own decisions at a local level as the number of cases dictates and are imposing their own restrictions as they see fit. The Health Ministry said on Thursday that they were satisfied the right decisions were being made.
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