Britain's decision late Saturday to impose quarantine on all
travellers coming from Spain represents a huge setback -- British
tourists are the largest national group of visitors, with 18 million of
them taking a Spanish holiday in 2019.
"It's a very tough blow" given that the tourist sector "had hoped to be able to turn things around in August," Ximo Puig, the Valencian regional president told Cadena Ser radio.
For some resorts like Benidorm, British tourists constitute 40 percent of visitors.
The announcement was terrible news for the embattled sector, which had hoped the summer months would help it claw back some of the colossal losses incurred through months of lockdown.
Read more at:
€8.7 billion lost: Can Spain's tourism sector survive latest blow? - The Local
"It's a very tough blow" given that the tourist sector "had hoped to be able to turn things around in August," Ximo Puig, the Valencian regional president told Cadena Ser radio.
For some resorts like Benidorm, British tourists constitute 40 percent of visitors.
The announcement was terrible news for the embattled sector, which had hoped the summer months would help it claw back some of the colossal losses incurred through months of lockdown.
Read more at:
€8.7 billion lost: Can Spain's tourism sector survive latest blow? - The Local
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