Sheikha Mai Al Khalifa says that if she is elected today as the new secretary general of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the first thing she will do when she takes office will be to create a museum in part of the space of the Palacio de Congresos de Madrid, a building that was partially […]
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Tourism in the Canary Islands collapses in high season, while Catalonia and Madrid disappear as destinations
The month of November has also been devastating for tourism in Spain: the arrival of 456,956 international visitors has been registered, 90.2% less than in the same month of 2019, and total spending has decreased by 90 , 8%, to stay at 467 million euros, as shown by the sectorial data provided this Tuesday by […]
The Canary Islands closes Tenerife but does allow entry to tourists staying in hotels
A tourist from Catalonia or Madrid may travel to Tenerife, despite the fact that yesterday the closure of the island was decreed, in the next two weeks, but a resident of Gran Canaria who wants to spend Christmas with his family, who lives on the island, will not be able to do so. A Norwegian […]
The rise of motorhomes: an alternative engine for tourism in the face of the coronavirus crisis
 The motorhome and adapted van industry has seen a boom for years, as shown by the 9,000 new registrations of this type of vehicle made in 2019 in Spain -with Catalonia at the top, with 2,300-, compared to 1,500 in 2014. However, beyond the exponential growth of the sector, with the arrival of Covid-19 […]
Garamendi proposes that tourists be tested for antigens in pharmacies to regain activity
The president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, has asked that antigen tests be carried out in airports and that safe corridors be established to reactivate tourism in Spain. He has also suggested that these tests be done in pharmacies. “In pharmacies they could be done in a temporary way, provided there was a protocol. There […]
The Government recoils from the pressure of the Autonomous Communities and will demand PCR from all tourists from countries at risk
Spain will request a negative PCR test from all international travelers arriving from risk countries as of November 23. This is what the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has communicated to the autonomous communities this Wednesday in the Inter-territorial Council on Foreign Health. The tests will be done in the tourist’s country of origin (not […]
Spain has already lost 50 million tourists until September and more than 55,000 million of spending
Spain received 87% fewer tourists in September than last year on the same dates. Specific, 1.1 million international tourists arrived, compared to the 8.8 million who visited us last year. This means that we have lost more than seven million travelers in that month alone. This means deepening even more the drop registered in previous […]
The confinement of the United Kingdom and Germany frustrates the tourist corridors in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands see their last attempt to save part of their peak tourism season, which has just begun, disappear. Just a week after the United Kingdom and Germany decided to include the archipelago in the list of safe destinations, the governments of both countries have decreed a new confinement of their populations try to […]
Germany takes the Canary Islands out of their risky destinations to travel
Germany, one of the main countries of origin of tourists for Spain, has decided to remove the Canary Islands from its list of risk destinations for Covid to travel. This is a relief for the archipelago, which is now in the height of peak season. According to sources from the Canary Islands Government confirmed […]
Ifema delays Fitur to May and will seek to mark the return of face-to-face fairs after the Covid crisis
With the first quarter of next year “lost” for the return of visitors, Ifema’s management is already looking towards april and May to “kick off” the big fairs and congresses with a physical presence of people. Hence, on yesterday afternoon, Fitur’s organizing committee decided to move from the end of January to mid-May – […]