The tourism sector is one of many that, given the announcement of the upcoming relaxation of restrictions after the fall in infections in the Valencian Community, is calling for its own de-escalation plan. The problem, in this case, is that tourist reactivation necessarily involves the lifting of barriers to mobility, that is, by disable perimeter […]
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Israel and Cyprus announce tourist corridor for vaccinated people
Israel and Cyprus have announced a tourist corridor that will allow the inhabitants of both countries to travel between them with no restrictions once they have received a certificate of vaccination against Covid-19. “I want to thank Cyprus for its willingness to recognize Israeli vaccination passports,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint […]
Pablo Casado did not appear on October 1 because he did not agree with the version of Mariano Rajoy and Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
Pablo Casado did not agree with the version that the top leaders of the PP, then in the government, offered during the day of the October 1, 2017 on the referendum organized by the Generalitat. President popular, who then held the position of Deputy Secretary of Communication of the party, he decided not to appear […]
Three consecutive PCRs for visitors to the UK
Visitors to the UK from countries like Spain should not only show a “negative” PCR performed in the last 72 hours, but undergo two other consecutive Covid tests on the second and eighth days after arrival, and isolate themselves for a total of ten days, regardless of the results of the tests. Spaniards, or Britons […]
Measures against the coronavirus: what restrictions will remain in force in Catalonia in the next 10 days?
Catalonia will keep until the next November 23 the majority of restrictions in force since October 30 aimed at curbing the rate of coronavirus infections. From that date, the Generalitat It is studying starting a de-escalation plan in which some of the current commercial, cultural or sports limitations would be lifted. The bars and restaurants, […]
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 […]
Money from the ‘correbous’ to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus crisis
Forced to alter or suspend their patron saint festivities due to the coronavirus crisis, several Catalan municipalities have canceled the traditional ones this year correbous and they have allocated the budget items for bullfighting festivities (which amount to 850,000 euros per year throughout the community, according to animal groups) to measures against the effects of […]
The Mossos d’Esquadra did not foresee the high degree of violence in the protests over the restrictions in Barcelona
After the incidents recorded last night in Barcelona, those responsible for the Mossos Esquadra recognize that they will have to review their devices in the event of future protests against the measures that the government and the Generalitat have decreed to stop the growth of coronavirus infections. The Catalan police detained at least 14 people […]
Tax freeze in Catalan municipalities due to the coronavirus crisis
The health emergency situation due to the coronavirus has forced Catalan municipalities to take drastic measures. In general, the local administration bets on Catalua for freezing rates and taxes in 2021. The Barcelona’s town hall It plans to freeze all municipal taxes next year with the exception of the terrace tax, which will maintain the […]
More than 40,000 workers in ERTE after the closure of restaurants and bars in Catalonia due to the coronavirus
The closure of bars and restaurants and restrictions on other businesses to combat the second wave of the Covid pandemic in Catalua has triggered again the Temporary Employment Regulation Files (ERTE), which, in just one week, rise to 4,871 and affect a total of 41,054 workers. According to the latest data from Department of […]