SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Feb. 11 (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Minister of Tourism of the Government of the Canary Islands, Yaiza Castilla, said this Friday that the central government’s decision that people between 12 and 17 years of age can travel to Spain without presenting the complete vaccination schedule is “positive” but “it is late “.
In statements to journalists during the presentation of the ‘Impactur’ report, he stressed that his Executive requested this change since December as the islands are in the middle of the high season and maintains that it is already very difficult to attract tourists en masse in the face of the traditional holiday week British February.
He has pointed out that only through Jet2.com, in December there were 100,000 cancellations in the British market and although Promotur is in “direct contact” in promotional work, he believes that most tourists have opted for other destinations.
However, he has indicated that they hope to recover British tourism “as soon as possible” after the “serious economic damage” caused by these restrictions on family tourism in the middle of the winter campaign, although he has acknowledged that they are “satisfied” because it marks a turning point in the remainder of the high season.
The vice president of Exceltur, José Luis Zoreda, has also valued that the restrictions have been relaxed because it will “facilitate” family tourism at a time when there is “enormous desire” to travel, although he has regretted that he has chosen to present PCR and no antigen test, which is more affordable economically.
