Live | Crisis in Ukraine
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Feb. 25 (EUROPE PRESS) –
The president of Ashotel, Jorge Marichal, warned this Friday that the war in Ukraine “could undermine” tourism recovery because a war generates “instability” in air connectivity and makes travel difficult, citing as an example that Ukrainian airspace is closed.
In a statement released by the employers, he has appealed to “common sense” and diplomatic relations so that the war ends “as soon as possible” because there are many people “dying” and he is clear that in a “globalized” world there will be economic repercussions for the Canary Islands and Spain. “This is going to get to us,” she said.
Marichal has commented that the islands do not have open tourist packages with Ukraine, but there is a weekly flight from Russia on Saturdays with Tenerife –the island is the leading destination in the archipelago in that market– and tourists are “controlled” and do not they will have problems to return to their country.
The president of the employers’ association has not ignored that “facing the future” he does not know what the evolution of the tourism sector may bring because the war is in an area of Europe with neighboring countries that are issuing markets for the Canary Islands, in the case of Poland or Hungary.
He has said that the war could also affect competing destinations in the archipelago such as Greece or Turkey. “This is not good news for the tourism business and the stock markets are already down,” she said.
