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ARCHIVED - No Spanish holidays for English residents from Thursday
Non-Spanish resident English nationals are not obliged to return to the UK immediately
Please note; on Tuesday afternoon changes were announced by the Foreign office which appeared to permit travel to the Canary Islands, but it has now been confirmed that travel to the Canary Islands is included within the travel ban until after December 2nd.
English nationals with Spanish residency will still be able to travel to Spain.
On Thursday the next set of restrictions relating to travel from England will come into force, along with the lockdown in England, contributing yet further to the nightmare being endured by many businesses in Spain which normally depend on foreign tourism, particularly during the winter months.
The principal point which will adversely affect second home owners in Spain, many of whom had booked flights for the autumn/festive season, is under the travel section of the new restrictions which says: “Overnight stays and holidays away from primary residences will not be allowed. This includes holidays abroad and in the UK. It also means you cannot stay in a second home, if you own one, or staying with anyone you do not live with or are in a support bubble with.”
This is another major body blow for businesses working within tourism businesses or in areas normally popular with foreign tourists seeking a little winter sun, coming on top of restrictions already placed by the Spanish regional governments limiting movement between regional borders in Spain, which has prevented holidaymakers from inland areas of Spain visiting the coast during the autumn, as is normally the case.
Tourism officials in the Canary Islands are devastated, as thousands of holidays were booked last week, following the decision of the British Government to open a safe tourism corridor with the islands; this is now invalidated by the ban on English tourists travelling and most of the holidays will be cancelled.
UPDATED INFORMATION: on Tuesday afternoon the Foreign 0ffice issued updated information, appearing to confirm that those scheduled to travel to the Canary islands from November 14th would be able to do so, but only by adopting additional measures. "From November 14 until further notice, if you’re travelling to the Canary Islands and are booked into regulated tourist accommodation, you will be obliged to:
- produce an official, negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours earlier, when checking in to your accommodation (this is not available on the NHS and must be paid for privately).
- download and activate the Radar COVID notification app throughout your stay on the islands, and for 15 days after your return home.
"These measures apply to all guests aged seven years and over unless they have proof of travel confirming their uninterrupted presence on the islands for the previous 15 days."
The FCDO continued: "Any traveller failing to comply risks being refused access to accommodation.
"For further information, refer to guidance from the Canarian tourist board, and check with your accommodation provider prior to travel."
"It is mandatory for all passengers travelling to Spain to fill out and sign an online form 48 hours prior to travel, providing the Spanish Ministry of Health with contact information and details of any known history of exposure to COVID-19," detailed the FCDO.
"You can do this on the Spain Travel Health website or downloadable app. On completion, you will be issued a personal and non-transferable QR code which you must show (electronically or hardcopy) at airport health controls on arrival."
Arrivals will also need to undergo a temperature check and a visual health assessment.
However, it has now been confirmed that the Canary islands travel corridor is included within the general travel ban and Jet2 has announced that all holidays to the Canary islands will be cancelled until after December 2nd.
I am due to fly out to Spain before Thursday. Can I still do so?
Yes.
If you are a Spanish resident there is no problem flying back to Spain, but there may be problems for non-residents due to the internal border restrictions in some areas of Spain.
The ban begins on Thursday 5th, so there is no reason why flights leaving before then can´t depart as normal. However, travelling back to the UK later on may be complicated as many airlines have already announced flight cancellations, and the return flight booked may not be running. In the spring there was a major problem as return flights from Spain became scarce and some travellers were forced to spend a significant amount of money trying to catch a flight from alternative airports after their original return flight was cancelled.
On return to the UK you will be expected to quarantine for 14 days.
Be aware, there are movement restrictions currently in place in many areas of Spain which may be intensified within the next few days (see below).
If I am currently visiting Spain do I have to return to England before 5th November?
No.
The British Government website says” British nationals currently abroad do not need to return home immediately. However, you should check with your airline or travel operator on arrangements for returning.”
Is there likely to be a shortage of flights back from Spain?
It depends on when you plan to go back to England. The principal low-cost airlines had already introduced significantly slimmed-down schedules, but within the last few hours travellers have reported flight cancellations by the airlines (particularly Easyjet).
Flights that are fully booked are likely to continue in the short-term as the carriers are not obliged to give a refund to passengers now unable to travel if the plane completes both legs of a scheduled journey. As in most cases, the passengers are cancelling their journeys, the airlines are unlikely to cancel short-term flights, as there will be passengers in Spain returning to England.
However, many flights in December are now being cancelled due to a complete collapse in bookings, with passengers concerned that the English lockdown may continue into December.
At the moment, Spain has not closed its external borders and flights are landing as normal.
The Spanish Government has declared a state of emergency, but there is no national lockdown and travel restrictions are in place only at a regional level, so flights are landing.
At the moment, most of the 17 autonomous regions of Spain have imposed movement restrictions on their perimeter borders, but in some cases there are also movement restrictions on internal municipal borders (the Region of Murcia and the Basque Country). These restrictions prevent movement between the regions of Spain and most are in place until 9th November.
The main exception is the Region of Madrid which is not imposing restrictions itself, but is surrounded by regions which are imposing border restrictions on movement.
It is important to check with the tourist information offices in your destination for details of local restrictions.
Region of Murcia restrictions.
The Region of Murcia has imposed a ban on movement between the 45 municipalities which make up the Region of Murcia which is in place until November 9th and may be extended.
The International Airport of Corvera is in the Murcia municipality, so to reach the remaining 44 municipalities, it will be necessary to cross into one or perhaps more, municipalities, which is banned. Crossing between the Murcian border and that of neighbouring Alicante Province is also banned, so if you are scheduled to land at Alicante airport, technically, you should not be crossing the internal border unless you are a resident returning home.
The wording of the BORM (regional bulletin) specifically restricts movement between the borders of the region and local municipalities to "essential reasons only" and "OMG I desperately need a holiday" is NOT classed as an essential reason for travel and inter-border movement.
Logically, holidaymakers heading for their second properties who are NOT legally residents of Spain are NOT travelling to their place of principal residence, in which case, local police have every right to stop them entering another municipality under the current border restrictions. They MAY of course, choose not to stop foreigners on holiday, and there have been reports on social media of non-residents successfully reaching their holiday property without being challenged by police this weekend, BUT the police can justifiably prevent travellers from doing so and can impose fines for those crossing internal borders.
However, holidaymakers must also stay within their municipality, so those in Torre Pacheco for example on the Mar Menor Resort or La Torre, can´t head down to Los Alcázares to the beach or to eat out and must stay in Torre Pacheco, so it's not really going to be much fun for visitors.
Added to which is the prospect that a lockdown may once again be imposed at any time should case numbers continue to climb. At the moment, the Spanish Government is ruling out the prospect of a second lockdown, but following violent rioting at the weekend in some cities and cases rising at a critical rate, some regions of Spain have already asked for permission to implement a domestic lockdown; the Spanish Government is currently saying this will not happen, but as we have all come to expect during this crisis, this stance can change at short notice.
Added to all of which, is the fact that the restrictions put in place by the Murcian and regional governments are specifically to stop movement and limit the spread of coronavirus; you may not know that you are in fact covid-positive when embarking on a journey but may become seriously ill within days of arriving in Spain or pass the virus onto friends and neighbours within the expat community by choosing to travel when the authorities are asking you not to.
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